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> Dear NetCDF support. Howdy again Remko! > > I just downloaded the tar.gz archive of the latest version of NetCDF > (3.6.2-beta3). I'm pleased the gfortran compiler is now properly > supported. But there are three issues: > > 1) There is no easy way to switch on optimisation (unless I specify > CFLAGS=-O2 FCFLAGS=-O2 etc in calling configure) I believe that this is correct and usual with autoconf/automake/libtool packages. There is no way for me to know what optimization flags might work on your platform. So how can I set them? > 2) There is no easy way to switch off debugging (unless I do the > above AND specify AM_CPPFLAGS=../libsrc in calling make) You mean the -g option? That should no longer be turned on anywhere by default. If it is, that's a bug. Please let me know. All flags must be set by the user, for debugging or optimization. > 3) The manpages for Fortran 90 are missing (there is no file netcdf. > 3f90) Thanks for pointing this out! I never noticed that the F90 man pages wasn't being installed. I have fixed this for the next release. > Furthermore, since man will only find netcdf.3f and netcdf.3f90 > when they are in directories man3f and man3f90, it may be wise to add > symbolic links man3f -> man3 and man3f90 -> man3 Sorry, I don't follow you here. Could you elaborate? > Keep up the good work! You too! Thanks, Ed Hartnett Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: IQO-210917 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Open