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Hi Terri, > I am just running into this problem with some of our > users who are still running 3.6.3: > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/archives/netcdfgroup/2008/msg00189.html > > But I noticed that your download page still has an older > version than the date of this message. Do you have source > that you distribute with the patch already applied? The patch was applied to the versions distributed after 3.6.3, including 4.0.1, and 4.1.1. I would recommend getting he most recent release, 4.1.1, and just building it with the configure option "--disable-netcdf-4" if you only want the netCDF-3 libraries and format. You don't even need to specify "--disable-netcdf-4" if you build on a system that has no HDF5 libraries visible to the configure script. Only the version 3 "classic" netCDF libraries will be built in that case, by default. Similarly, if you want netCDF libraries built without client support for OPeNDAP protocols, also specify the configure option "--disable-dap". That will be the default if you build on a system that has no curl libraries visible to the configure script. Other netCDF-3 bugs and portability problems have been fixed since the 3.6.3 release, but only incorporated in the single combined netCDF-4 releases. We haven't maintained separate netCDF-3 and netCDF-4 branches because the combined release offers the same functionality and make testing and development more practical. If you encounter problems building or using netCDF-3 libraries from the combined release, please let us know. --Russ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ZHE-231758 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed