fckit_test_broadcast_file failure

[DJDavies2]

What happened?

fckit_test_broadcast_file failed like this:

15/17 Test #12: fckit_test_broadcast_file ........***Failed    1.08 sec
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCOPE BEGIN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCOPE BEGIN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCOPE BEGIN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCOPE BEGIN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCOPE END ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCOPE END ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCOPE BEGIN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCOPE END ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCOPE END ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCOPE BEGIN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCOPE BEGIN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCOPE BEGIN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCOPE END ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCOPE END ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCOPE END ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCOPE END ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[WARNING] yaksa: 2 leaked handle pool objects
[WARNING] yaksa: 2 leaked handle pool objects
[WARNING] yaksa: 2 leaked handle pool objects
[WARNING] yaksa: 2 leaked handle pool objects

===================================================================================
=   BAD TERMINATION OF ONE OF YOUR APPLICATION PROCESSES
=   PID 15768 RUNNING AT expspicesrv053
=   EXIT CODE: 9
=   CLEANING UP REMAINING PROCESSES
=   YOU CAN IGNORE THE BELOW CLEANUP MESSAGES
===================================================================================
YOUR APPLICATION TERMINATED WITH THE EXIT STRING: Killed (signal 9)
This typically refers to a problem with your application.
Please see the FAQ page for debugging suggestions

What are the steps to reproduce the bug?

Build and run fckit ctests. This occurred with gnu/intel and mpich.

Version

develop

Platform (OS and architecture)

Linux

Relevant log output

No response

Accompanying data

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Organisation

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