20040903: installing netCDF on RH Linux 9 using pgf90 5.1

Dear Prosenjit Chatterjee,

>Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 05:02:35 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Prosenjit Chatterjee <address@hidden>
>Organization: Jadavpur University
>To: address@hidden
>Subject: Re: 20040902: installing netCDF on RH Linux 9 using pgf90 
> Keywords: 200408271505.i7RF5VXn028251

The above message contained the following:

>                Thank you for answering. I download
> netCDF and  I set environment for linux pg compiler
> case .I configure .It ok. Config.log and Configure.log
> files has no error massege.Then I do 
>              make >&make.log&
> It ok.Make.log has no error massege. Then I do 
>               make test >&make.test.log&
> It gives one error massege. 
> Then I do 
>               make install
> It give no error massege and create directories
> bin,lib,include,man.
> Is it ok? Can I do any work using NETCDF? I
> coppy important portion of  make.test.log here .Please
> help me.
>                          Prosenjit Chatterjee
...

Your netCDF installation is OK except for the Fortran-90 interface:

> Making `test' in directory
> /home1/mm5v3/WRF/NETCDF/netcdf-3.5.1/src/f90
>                                                       
>                          
> make[2]: Entering directory
> `/home1/mm5v3/WRF/NETCDF/netcdf-3.5.1/src/f90'
> ./netcdf_test
> example_good.cdl example.cdl differ: byte 881, line 37
> *** Failure ***
> *** example_good.cdl    2004-04-07 22:36:30.000000000
> +0530
> --- example.cdl 2004-04-08 02:51:05.000000000 +0530
> ***************
> *** 34,43 ****
>     953, 954, 955,
>     956, 957, 958,
>     959, 960, 961,
> !   962, 963, 964,
> !   965, 966, 967,
> !   968, 969, 970,
> !   971, 972, 973 ;
>                                                       
>                          
>    lat = -90, -87.5, -85, -82.5 ;
>                                                       
>                          
> --- 34,43 ----
>     953, 954, 955,
>     956, 957, 958,
>     959, 960, 961,
> !   950, 951, 952,
> !   953, 954, 955,
> !   956, 957, 958,
> !   959, 960, 961 ;
>                                                       
>                          
>    lat = -90, -87.5, -85, -82.5 ;
> make[2]: *** [test] Error 1
...

The above indicates that you are using version 5.1 of the Portland Group
Fortran-90 compiler (pgf90).  This compiler does not correctly handle
array sections as arguments.  Information on the bug and a URL for the
fix can be found at

    
http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/getfile?file=/content/support/help/MailArchives/netcdf/msg02431.html

If you will not use the Fortran-90 interface, then you can safely use
the netCDF library; otherwise, you should fix your pgf90 and rebuild and
reinstall the netCDF package.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson