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+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2021 by the deal.II authors
+//
+// This file is part of the deal.II library.
+//
+// The deal.II library is free software; you can use it, redistribute
+// it, and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General
+// Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+// The full text of the license can be found in the file LICENSE.md at
+// the top level directory of deal.II.
+//
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+// Create a serial triangulation with empty cell_info fields and copy it.
+
+#include <deal.II/base/mpi.h>
+
+#include <deal.II/distributed/fully_distributed_tria.h>
+#include <deal.II/distributed/shared_tria.h>
+#include <deal.II/distributed/tria.h>
+
+#include <deal.II/fe/fe_q.h>
+
+#include <deal.II/grid/grid_generator.h>
+#include <deal.II/grid/grid_out.h>
+#include <deal.II/grid/grid_tools.h>
+#include <deal.II/grid/tria.h>
+#include <deal.II/grid/tria_description.h>
+
+#include "./tests.h"
+
+using namespace dealii;
+
+template <int dim>
+void
+test(MPI_Comm comm)
+{
+ // create serial triangulation
+ Triangulation<dim> basetria;
+ GridGenerator::hyper_cube(basetria);
+
+ // create instance of pft
+ parallel::fullydistributed::Triangulation<dim> tria_pft(comm);
+
+ // extract relevant information form serial triangulation
+ auto construction_data =
+ TriangulationDescription::Utilities::create_description_from_triangulation(
+ basetria, comm);
+
+ // create some empty levels to imitate empty levels on some MPI processes
+ construction_data.cell_infos.resize(basetria.n_levels() + 2);
+
+ // actually create triangulation
+ tria_pft.create_triangulation(construction_data);
+
+ // if everything went fine, we do not have bugs inside the library
+ deallog << "OK" << std::endl;
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ Utilities::MPI::MPI_InitFinalize mpi_initialization(argc, argv, 1);
+ mpi_initlog();
+
+ const MPI_Comm comm = MPI_COMM_WORLD;
+
+ test<2>(comm);
+}