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[LDM #WLQ-664333]: Minor issue with LDM Source-Code Installation instructions

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  • Subject: [LDM #WLQ-664333]: Minor issue with LDM Source-Code Installation instructions
  • Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 11:02:35 -0700
Jeff,

You didn't miss anything. The use of mv(1) is incorrect when pax(1) is used.

This will be corrected in the next release.

Thanks for sending this in.

> Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems to me there is a minor issue with
> the installation instructions at:
> 
> https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/ldm-current/basics/source-install-steps.html
> 
> In the long installation instructions, as part of step 3, just after the
> gunzip command, it says to do:
> 
> mv ldm-6.13.6 src
> 
> If you do that though, then step 4.A is incorrect. Before the mv command,
> you have:
> 
> /home/ldm/ldm-6.13.6/src
> 
> After the mv command, you have:
> 
> /home/ldm/src/src
> 
> so you cannot cd $HOME/ldm-6.13.6/src, as that path doesn't exist any more.
> 
> I think the mv step is unnecessary and should be deleted.  Note that it is
> not part of the Short Installation Instructions.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: WLQ-664333
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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