Re: 950410: Question concerning netcdf on SGI

> >From: "Karl Kortkamp" <address@hidden>
> >Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc.
> >Keywords: 199504110158.AA19745

Hi Karl,

> I am looking for someone that can point me in the right direction.
> I am a Systems Engineer with Silicon Graphics and I am looking for
> someone to talk to concerning the netcdf libraries for the 64-bit
> version of our OS (IRIX 6.0.1).  This OS runs on our Power Challenge
> and Power Onyx systems.
> 
> If you have any information on this subject please E-mail me.  THANKS!!!

Via anonymous FTP in the directory ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/
you can find the file irix64-alpha.tar.Z, which is an alpha-test version of
netCDF modified to work on IRIX 6.0.1.  It's also mentioned in the WWW page
on "Known Problems with the netCDF Distribution", at

    http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/known_problems.html 

where the qualifications on our support for this release are stated:

    IRIX64

    The current release of the netCDF package will not work under IRIX64,
    which is a 64-bit operating system. We have developed a test version of
    the netCDF package that appears to work correctly -- so far. This
    version is not guaranteed to work under any other operating system (and
    might still have problems under IRIX64). If you absolutely must have a
    working netCDF package under IRIX64 and can't wait for the next release
    (which will be version 2.4) then you can try using the IRIX64 test
    version. It's available via the same mechanism as the current netCDF
    distribution -- but its name is irix64-alpha.tar.Z.

    Be advised that we won't support this version under any other operating
    system: if you have a problem with it on a non-IRIX64 platform, we don't
    want to hear about it. We're making this version available solely to
    help those users with an immediate need.

    Notwithstanding the above caveat, we are interested in feedback from
    IRIX64 sites that are attempting to use this test package.

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