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Greetings Ed! The test data server here at UCAR is returning a 400 error when trying to access that particular dataset...not sure why, but I know there has been a bit of work addressing issues with the OPeNDAP testing in the netCDF libs. You can make netCDF skip the remote data tests by using the following flag when you run the configure script: --disable-dap-remote-tests Try re-running configure and include that flag, and then rebuild and test your install. If everything goes well, then I would say your installation is good-to- go. Cheers, Sean > Hello, > > I'm trying to build netCDF on Mac OS X Version 10.6.8. (I'm at Los Alamos so > upgrading the OS is not as straight forward as it should be.) I downloaded > the following libraries > > hdf5-1.8.9.tar.gz > netcdf-4.2.1.1.tar.gz > zlib-1.2.7.tar.gz > > following the instructions at > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf-install/Quick-Instructions.html > > Everything seems to go smoothly until the end when building netCDF where I > get the error below. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Ed > > -------------------- > > error: NetCDF: Malformed or inaccessible DAP DDS at test_varm3.c:106 > FAIL: test_varm3 > *** Test: var conversions on URL: > file:///Users/dendy/netCDF_tarballs/netcdf-4.2.1.1/ncdap_test/testdata3/test.02 > *** testing: ch_data > *** testing: int8_data > *** testing: uint8_data > *** testing: int8toint32_data > *** testing: int82float32_data > *** testing: int16_data > *** testing: int16toint32_data > *** testing: int162float32_data > *** testing: int32_data > *** testing: int32tofloat32_data > *** testing: int32toilong_data > *** testing: float32_data > *** testing: float64_data > PASS: t_dap3a > ================================================ > 3 of 8 tests failed > Please report to address@hidden > ================================================ > make[4]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1 > make[3]: *** [check-am] Error 2 > make[2]: *** [check-recursive] Error 1 > make[1]: *** [check] Error 2 > make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1 > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Ed Dendy > CCS-2 Computational Physics and Algorithms > email: address@hidden > Office phone: 505-667-4399 > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: TBZ-749956 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Open