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------- Forwarded Message Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 01:41:04 -0500 To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden> From: "Craig A. Mattocks" <address@hidden> Subject: NetCDF on Mac OS X FC (Build 4K78) Hi Steve, NetCDF 3.5 beta8 builds successfully under the Final Candidate of Mac OS X. Don't know how much will change prior to GM (Golden Master). Will keep you updated. Small modification -- deleted Darwin reference to i386 architecture in /Developer/Makefiles/CoreOS/ReleaseControl/Common.make as a configure precaution. - - Craig #!/bin/sh ################################################################# # This UNIX script builds the NetCDF (network Common Data Form) # # library -- a machine-independent format for the creation, # # access, and sharing of scientific data -- under Mac OS X. # # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # Info: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/index.html # # Note: make this script executable with "chmod +x buildNetCDF" # # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # Errata: # # 1. Log in as root to execute this script. # # 2. FORTRAN interface (using f2c) fails tests, so it is # # currently deactivated. Working on this with Unidata. # ################################################################# ###################################### # Set trap to allow abort on signal: # ###################################### trap 'echo "Interrupted by signal" >&2; exit' 1 2 3 15 ######################## # Specify source name: # ######################## export THE_SOURCE="netcdf-3.5-beta8" echo "============" echo "Build NetCDF" echo "============" echo "USAGE: ./buildNetCDF" echo "---------------------------------------------" echo "1. Downloading NetCDF source from the Unidata" echo " Program Center in Boulder, Colorado ... " echo "---------------------------------------------" wget ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/$THE_SOURCE.tar.Z echo "... done." echo "----------------------------------" echo "2. Uncompressing NetCDF source ..." echo "----------------------------------" uncompress $THE_SOURCE.tar.Z tar -xvf $THE_SOURCE.tar compress $THE_SOURCE.tar echo "... done." echo "----------------------------------" echo "3. Configuring the environment ..." echo "----------------------------------" export MAKE=/usr/bin/gnumake # gnumake supports "include" syntax in makefiles export CC=/usr/bin/cc # Version gcc-926 based on gcc version 2.95.2 export CPPFLAGS="-O -DNDEBUG" # export CPPFLAGS="-O -DNDEBUG -Df2cFortran" export CFLAGS=-O export CXX=/usr/bin/c++ export CXXFLAGS=-O export FC= export FFLAGS= # export FC=/usr/local/bin/fc # Fortran compiler is actually an f2c script # export FFLAGS="-O -w -Nx400" # "-Nx400" allows fortran/netcdf.inc to have # many EXTERNAL statements export F90= # f2c is not a rigorous f90 compiler export RELCO="/Developer/Makefiles/CoreOS/ReleaseControl" mv $RELCO/Common.make $RELCO/Common.make.orig sed 's/ i386//' $RELCO/Common.make.orig > $RELCO/Common.make cd $THE_SOURCE/src/ cp /usr/libexec/config.* ./ ./configure --prefix=/usr > $HOME/netcdf.configure.log 2>&1 tail -5 $HOME/netcdf.configure.log echo "... done. See $HOME/netcdf.configure.log for details." echo "---------------------------------------------" echo "4. Preparing Makefile for building NetCDF ..." echo "---------------------------------------------" mv macros.make macros.orig sed 's/(prefix)\/man/(prefix)\/share\/man/' macros.orig > macros.make echo "... done." echo "----------------------" echo "5. Building NetCDF ..." echo "----------------------" make echo "... done." ################################################# # Run NetCDF tests: # # Eliminate reference to the math library (-lm) # # since it is included the System framework and # # and is linked by default under Mac OS X. # ################################################# cd nc_test mv Makefile Makefile.orig sed 's/ -lm//' Makefile.orig > Makefile cd .. echo "---------------------" echo "6. Testing NetCDF ..." echo "---------------------" make test echo "... done." echo "------------------------" echo "7. Installing NetCDF ..." echo "------------------------" if test ! -d /usr/share/man/man9; then mkdir -p /usr/share/man/man9 fi make install echo "... done." echo "------------------" echo "8. Cleaning up ..." echo "------------------" make clean cd .. echo "... All done!" exit ------- End of Forwarded Message