Re: RPM for perl-netcdf 1.2.2

Alan,

>Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 14:06:09 +0000 (GMT)
>From: Alan Iwi <address@hidden>
>Organization: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
>To: address@hidden
>Subject: RPM for perl-netcdf 1.2.2

The above message contained the following:

> Dear Steve,
> 
> This is to let you know of RedHat RPM for perl-netcdf 1.2.2.
> 
> I see that you have released version 1.2.2 of perl-netcdf, and also that a
> RedHat RPM exists for version 1.2.1, packaged by Zhangfan Xing at JPL.  So
> I have (fairly trivially) combined these to produce an RPM version 1.2.2,
> to run on RedHat 9.  (I had to comment out the "make test", but as you
> suggested(*) it didn't seem to matter.)
> 
> Would you be willing to distribute these RPMs (source, and redhat9 binary)
> alongside the source tarball on ftp.unidata.ucar.edu?

I'm sorry but I can't make third-party software available on UPC systems
for security reasons (I would have to vet the distribution and I don't
have that much time).

I suggest that you make the RPM permanently available on your FTP
server.  I can put a hyperlink to it on the netCDF-Perl webpage.

> Rather than attach
> them to the email, I've put them temporarily at:
> 
>    ftp://neptune.badc.rl.ac.uk/pub/AlanIwi/perl-netcdf

That URL was "421 Service not available".

> Best regards,
> 
> Alan Iwi
> 
> 
> (*) I found the discussion at
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/coohl/mhonarc/MailArchives/netcdf-perl/msg00128.html
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Alan Iwi
> Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, UK
> Tel +44 (0)1235 446399 // Fax +44 (0)1235 445848 // Email address@hidden

Regards,
Steve Emmerson