20030804: Netcdf performance problem on NEC SX6

Mathis,

We've created a new version of the netCDF package that fixes the 1999
nc_sync() bug but shouldn't have the performance problem that you
encountered.

Would you be willing to test it?  The new version is available via 
anonymous FTP at

    ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/exp/netcdf-3.5.1-beta12.tar.Z

Please let us know what you decide or discover.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson