Re: netCDF 331 Makefiles

Hi Bob,

> Thanks for maks.zip.  I  had to make the following changes to compile netCDF
> 331 with MSVC4.0 under Windows 95:
> 
> 
> libsrc\msoft.mak   lines 24 and 27: change /FD to  /Fd
> 
> ncdump\msoft.mak   lines 24 and 27: change /FD to  /Fd
>                                      line 36:               change : to ;
>                                      line 51:               change diff to
> comp
> 
> ncgen\msoft.mak        lines 24 and 27:   change /FD to .Fd
>                                      linee 38:             change : to ;
>                                      lines 63, 71, 94: change diff to comp
> 
> nctest\msoft.mak        lines 6 and 8: change /FD to /Fd
>                                      line 14: change : to ;
> 
> nc_test\msoft.mak      lines 6 and 8: change /FD  to /Fd
>                                      line 15: change : to ;
> 
> also "delete "&& test successful" which sometimes follows DIFF when changing
> DIFF to COMP.  (DOS COMP provides its own success or failure message."
>                                      
> I can't imagine what a job it must be to keep the make files up-to-date for
> the number of platforms which you seem to be supporting.  I had a hard time
> finding that : between  libsrc and &(LIB).  Maybe what I learned about NMAKE
> hunting will come in useful later!
> 
> I haad trouble with netCDF 232 which came with the ANDI Development Kit for
> Mass Spectroscopy.  I finallly found out about "OLDNAMES>LIB".  That fixed a
> number of problems.  Eventually, I found it in the Microsoft User's Guide for
> Visual C++ 4.0.  However, don'T ask what I think of Microsoft documentation
> for NMAKE!
>   
> Best regards,
> 
> Bob McDonald

Thanks for sending your changes.  I'll pass them on to John Caron, who
is providing Windows NT support.  He used Visual C++ 5.0 to test the
maks.zip, and it may not be possible to make it compatible with the 4.0
version as well ...

--Russ

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Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
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