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> Great. Following the new sentence about autoreconf, I think it should > say something like "Then perform a complete build in the normal way, > starting with running the configure script". Yes, that's more helpful. For the new split netcdf-fortran-4.2 release, I actually need to apply the patch to the m4/libtools.m4 in the fortran release sources in addition to (or maybe instead of) in the C release. I'm currently having problems in the Fortran library linking step, but it has nothing to do with the patch to libtool.m4. libtool is called with a link argument "-wl,-force_load" and gives the error message: /usr/bin/libtool: unknown option character `f' in: -force_load I need to do a little Googling research on this, but in the meantime, I may be able to test the modified configure for 4.1.3 and 4.1.2 in parallel and make that available ... --Russ > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Unidata netCDF Support > <address@hidden> wrote: > > Dave, > > > >> On the known problems page, it would be good to augment this sentence > >> as follows: "Equivalent fixes may also work with Netcdf versions as > >> far back as 3.6.2, which are all based on libtool". > > > > Done. > > > >> Yes, patched and tested configure scripts for various Netcdf versions > >> will be more user friendly than the raw libtool patch. The patch > >> requires extra user steps and a compatible set of GNU build utilities. > >> > >> Consider removing the last paragraph where I discuss running configure > >> twice, and replace it with a better recipe using autoreconf. I think > >> you have a better understanding of how to run the GNU build system. > > > > Done. > > > >> Can you include "NOAA/PSD/CIRES" after my name on the known problems > >> page? They supported my R&D on this. Thank you. > > > > Done. > > > > I'm currently testing with the new configure script on the snapshot release, > > and will test on 4.1.3, 4.1.2, and 4.1.1 shortly. > > > > --Russ > > Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: YVQ-214480 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed