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Re: 970120: Problem report: netcdf-3.3a

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  • Subject: Re: 970120: Problem report: netcdf-3.3a
  • Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 08:35:07 -0700
Harvey,

>Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 18:40:07 +1100 (EST) 
>From: Harvey DAVIES <address@hidden>
>Organization: Australia/CSIRO
>To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>
>Subject: Re: 970120: Problem report: netcdf-3.3a 
>Keywords: 199701220738.AAA26058 

In the above message you wrote:

> Checking again, 'make' & 'make install' do work.  And there is no need to
> specify FC='' to configure if there is no fortran on the system.
> 
> I must have done something weird (and/or was less than fully sane)
> yesterday!!  My apologies!!
> 
> But, nevertheless
> make test
> attempts
> make fortran/test 
> &
> make ncgen/test
> both of which do fail without fortran.

I'll fix these for the next release.

> I was merely asking for clearer instructions in INSTALL file.  All the current
> version says is:
> 
> > Decide on where you might want to install the library.
> > This will be used as the --prefix= argument to
> > the configure script below.
> > 
> > Run configure in the src directory. (The src directory is
> > location of this INSTALL file in the distribution.)
> > % ./configure -prefix=_whatever_you_decided
> 
> There is no mention of what happens by default.  The INSTALL file for udunits
> is better:
> 
> > By default, `make install' will install the package's files in ../bin,
> > ../lib, ../man, etc., relative to the directory containing this file.
> 
> although it then states
> 
> > You can specify an installation prefix other than /usr/local by giving
> 
> which I think should be
> 
> > You can specify an installation prefix other than ../.. by giving
> 
> I made the mistake of specifying 
> -prefix=..
> when it should have been
> -prefix=../..
> 
> So I suggest something along the lines of:
> 
> > The default installation prefix is '../..', which will install the package's
> > files in ../bin, ../lib, ../man, etc., relative to the directory containing
> > this INSTALL file.

Good verbage.  I've adopted it.

> Cheers from Melbourne where we have been experiencing temperatures up to
> 43C, leading to bushfires in surrounding areas with several deaths & about
> 40 houses destroyed!

Ouch!

> I'm glad to live only 50 metres from sea!
> Today was a lot cooler & it rained, so the danger is over.

Try cold showers.  It worked for me in Miami.

Ciao.

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Steve Emmerson   <address@hidden>