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Hi Eric, > I'm installing netCDF in order to install GMT. I untarred the > `netcdf-4.2.tar.gz' file and ran `./configure', then `make check', which > failed with the following error: > > ---------------------------------------- > > *** Tests successful! > PASS: tst_vars2 > > *** Testing netcdf file functions. > *** Checking the new inq_path function...ok. > *** Tests successful! > PASS: tst_files5 > > *** Testing netcdf file functions some more. > syntax error, unexpected WORD_WORD, expecting SCAN_ATTR or SCAN_DATASET or > SCAN_ERROR > context: <html^><head><title>Apache Tomcat/6.0.35 - Error > report</title><style><!--H1 > {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:22px;} > H2 > {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:16px;} > H3 > {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:14px;} > BODY > {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-color:white;} B > {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;} P > {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;background:white;color:black;font-size:12px;}A > {color : black;}A.name {color : black;}HR {color : #525D76;}--></style> > </head><body><h1>HTTP Status 404 - /dts/test.01.dds</h1><HR size="1" > noshade="noshade"><p><b>type</b> Status report</p><p><b>message</b> > <u>/dts/test.01.dds</u></p><p><b>description</b> <u>The requested resource > (/dts/test.01.dds) is not available.</u></p><HR size="1" > noshade="noshade"><h3>Apache Tomcat/6.0 .35</h3></body></html> > *** testing simple opendap open/close...Sorry! Unexpected result, > tst_files6.c, line: 25 > FAIL: tst_files6 > ... The `context' text is what's retrieved from > `http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/dts/test.01', so I don't know if the > error is because the URL has changed or the service is down, but this is > the only test that failed. Sorry, the test failed because the test server was moved from port 8080 to port 8081. It should be OK to install, but if you want a clean build, you'll either have to retrieve the modified tarball with the test server urls changed: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/netcdf/ftp/netcdf-4.2.0.tar.gz or "make clean" and run the configure script again with "--disable-dap-remote-tests" option, then "make check install". --Russ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: UFR-312275 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed