[netCDF #JNH-860762]: Problems with CDL/vlen example

Lynton,

Ooops, sorry to say my report of the bug being fixed seems premature.
Although the bug that we thought showed the essential problem was fixed,
I just got this report from Dennis:

  Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:05:34 -0600
  From: Dennis Heimbigner <address@hidden>
  To: Russ Rew <address@hidden>
  Subject: vlen bug is still there...

  I found the very original file
  Lynton sent and ran it, and it
  still fails. So the original bug
  is still not fixed.
  =Dennis

I'll talk to Dennis more about this next week ...

--Russ


> New Client Reply: Problems with CDL/vlen example
> 
> thanks Russ,
> this is great news. I will need to schedule some time to get back to finish t
> he work.I cannot do it right away but will get back to it as soon as I can.
> Lynton
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Unidata netCDF Support [mailto:address@hidden] 
> Sent: 29 August 2012 20:55
> To: Appel, Lynton
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> address@hidden
> Subject: [netCDF #JNH-860762]: Problems with CDL/vlen example
> 
> Hi Lynton,
> 
> > Dear Sylwester and Russ,
> > thanks for the enquiry
> > I spent a lot of time on developing an upgraded C++ API that could
> > handle user-defined in a much better way.  The validation process has got
> > somewhat stalled by a bug in the netCDF-C layer or HDF5-layer.
> > Russ is there any news on this?
> 
> Yes, there is as of this afternoon.  The bug that was holding things up
> appears to have been fixed with changes to netCDF-4 or HDF5.  I say "or",
> because at this point, it's difficult to determine whether the fix was in
> the upgrade from HDF5 1.8.8 to 1.8.9 or the netCDF-4 upgrade from 4.1.3
> to 4.2.0, but it works now with the combination netCDF-4 version 4.2.1.1
> and HDF5 version 1.8.9.  The details are in this Jira issue description
> and comments:
> 
>   https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/jira/browse/NCF-155
> 
> Please try compiling and linking against the new versions and verify whether
> you agree that the bug that was blocking release of your new version of the
> netCDF-4 C++ release is now fixed.  I'm hoping no new bugs affecting that 
> code have been introduced ...
> 
> --Russ
> 
> 
> 
> Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
> address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu
> 
> 
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> Ticket Details
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> Ticket ID: JNH-860762
> Department: Support netCDF
> Priority: Critical
> Status: Closed
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> Ticket ID: JNH-860762
> Department: Support netCDF
> Priority: Critical
> Status: Open
> Link:  https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/esupport/staff/index.php?_m=tickets&_a=vi
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: JNH-860762
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Critical
Status: Open