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Carlie, Thanks for sending-in the changes necessary to build the netCDF package on an AIX SP. We'll be sure to make them available. Regards, Steve Emmerson <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu> >Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 09:28:52 -0500 >From: Carlie Coats <address@hidden> >Organization: MCNC/NCSC Environmental Programs >To: address@hidden >Subject: 64-bit netCDF build for AIX >Keywords: 200011081429.eA8ETM427055 > > Dear Steve: > > I had a bit of a problem getting netCDF 3.4 built for 64-bit mode > under AIX on our SP, caused by IBM's requiring rather unusual > (to me, anyway;-( ) "-X 64" command-line flags for "ar" and "nm" > for these to run with 64-bit objects. > > I finally got what seems a good build so far (passes "test", at > least; haven't put it through the wringer of operation use yet) > by doing the following, in addition to what is recommended for > AIX in the "INSTALL" document: > > Edit "netcdf/configure" at line 1463 to do the replacement > > "FCALLSCSUB=`nm conftest.o | awk '" > ~~~~~> > "FCALLSCSUB=`nm -X 64 conftest.o | awk '" > > setenv ARFLAGS '-X 64 cru' > > I thought you might like to have this info for the "Other Builds" > page, > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/other-builds.html > -- > > Carlie J. Coats, Jr. address@hidden > > 6502 Glen Forrest Dr. home: (919) 493-7695 > Chapel Hill, NC 27514 > > MCNC-Environmental Programs phone: (919)248-9241 > North Carolina Supercomputing Center fax: (919)248-9245 > 3021 Cornwallis Road P. O. Box 12889 > Research Triangle Park, N. C. 27709-2889 USA > "My opinions are my own, and I've got *lots* of them!"