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[netCDF #SOP-272405]: support NetCDF

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  • Subject: [netCDF #SOP-272405]: support NetCDF
  • Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:29:46 -0600
Hi Irina,

I believe the problem you saw is caused by having "/usr/ucb" early in your 
PATH, before /opt/SUNWspro/bin and /usr/bin.  Many of the commands in /ucb/bin 
are old, from when Sun's operating system was based on Berkeley Unix.

I was able to duplicate your problem exactly when I set my PATH to
  /usr/ccs/bin:/usr/ucb:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
on a Sparc SunOS 5.8 platform, but the problem went away when I changed the 
PATH to
  /usr/ccs/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb
instead, ran "make distclean", then "configure" and "make check" again.  I'm 
not exactly sure which old command from /usr/ucb was causing the problem, but 
it must have been one that is also in one of the other directories in the above 
PATH.  I suspect "test", since that command is used in the ncdump test script.

In general, I recommend against having /usr/ucb in your PATH ahead of /usr/bin. 
 /usr/ucb/ps has been reported to have a security problem and produces 
incompatible output to /usr/bin/ps.

--Russ

Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                     http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: SOP-272405
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed