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Gempak users, The GEMPAK 5.6.J source and binary distribution files have been posted to the my.unidata.ucar.edu web portal download area for GEMPAK. Binary distribution tar files have been created for Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris (Sparc and X86). For new features included in this distribution, please see: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/gempak/GEMPAK5.6/whats_new.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- Note to FreeBSD sites that wish to build from source: The "make" that comes with FreeBSD cannot distinguish file timestamps to accuracy greater than 1 second, and therefore can become confused when testing dependencies. When building on this operating system, use "make -i all install" instead of "make all install". This is also mentioned in the installation instructions! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support