Index: large_message.c
===================================================================
--- large_message.c     (revision 8601)
+++ large_message.c     (working copy)
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 {
   int        ierr,i,size,rank;
   int        cnt = 270000000;
+  int        stat_cnt = 0;
   MPI_Status status;
   long long  *cols;
   int errs = 0;
@@ -54,11 +55,14 @@
       /* printf("[%d] receiving...\n",rank); */
     for (i=0; i<cnt; i++) cols[i] = -1;
     ierr = MPI_Recv(cols,cnt,MPI_LONG_LONG_INT,0,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,&status);
-    /* ierr = MPI_Get_count(&status,MPI_LONG_LONG_INT,&cnt);
-       Get_count still fails because count is not 64 bit */
+    ierr = MPI_Get_count(&status,MPI_LONG_LONG_INT,&stat_cnt);
+    if (cnt != stat_cnt) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Output of MPI_Get_count (%d) does not match expected count (%d).\n", stat_cnt, cnt);
+        errs++;
+    }
     for (i=0; i<cnt; i++) {
         if (cols[i] != i) {
-            /*printf("Rank %d, cols[i]=%lld, should be %d\n", rank, cols[i], i);*/
+            fprintf(stderr, "Rank %d, cols[i]=%lld, should be %d\n", rank, cols[i], i);
             errs++;
         }
     }