Re: 970130: Netcdf under NeXTstep

>To: address@hidden
>From: Steven Howell <address@hidden>
>Subject: netCDF 2.4.3 on a NeXT
>Organization: .
>Keywords: 199701310220.TAA15014

Hi Steve,

> GMT). My setup is a NeXT Cube (25MHz 68040 w/28 MB RAM) running
> NeXTSTEP 3.2. I need only the c interface, not the c++ or fortran
> versions. I realize that NeXTSTEP is no longer a supported operating
> system, but I had no trouble installing an earlier version (1.58, I
> think).

  ...

> Do you have any suggestions? I did a search on your netCDF mailing
> list for nextstep and nextos, but this particular difficulty wasn't
> mentioned. I'll ask some of the people who wrote whether they
> had any success. I'm curious whether the results from uname are
> enough different from expected to foul things up. Is there any more
> useful information I can give you? As an alternative, is there an
> older version of netCDF available that will compile on a NeXT? GMT
> documentation states that version 2.3 or newer is required.

I read Steve Emmerson's response and have another suggestion.

Try the new netcdf-3 pre-release, from

  ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf-3.3a.tar.Z

It's got a simpler configure system than the version you were trying to
port, and there are some improvements in portability as well.  It's a
complete rewrite of netCDF in ANSI C.  And since you said you don't need
the Fortran or C++ interfaces, it may be exactly what you need.

--Russ

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Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
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