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Hi, > Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. > > ** Changed in: netcdf (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Confirmed Thanks for confirming this problem. We have been lately getting more Ubuntu users trying to install netCDF on their platforms, so a fix for this will really help us provide better support for them. --Russ > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/702565 > > Title: > The libnetcdf6 package should depend on HDF5 1.8.5-patch1 or later, > not HDF5 1.8.4, as it currently does. HDF5-1.8.4 and earlier have a > bad bug affecting netCDF-4, causing it to create non-portable files on > big-endian platforms. See HDF5 site for confirmation. > > Status in “netcdf” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > HDF5 1.8.4 should not be used to compile netCDF-4.1.1 or later > versions. > > See the details in the "Known Problems" page at the HDF5 site: > > Corruption Problem In HDF5 1.8.0 through HDF5 1.8.4 > http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/known_problems/index.html > > As it says there, if netCDF is linked with any version of HDF5 before > HDF5-1.8.4-patch1, > it can create corrupt files that are not readable on little-endian platforms > or by later > versions of HDF5 or netCDF-4 libraries. > > A "make check" in the netCDF package should have revealed this problem. > Perhaps > "make check" wasn't run? > > The easiest (and only, as far as I know) way to fix this problem is to make > netCDF-4 packages > require HDF5 1.8.5 or later, instead of the current dependency on HDF5-1.8.4. > > Thanks in advance for handling this problem, before a lot more corrupt files > are created on Ubuntu > platforms! > > --Russ Rew > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netcdf/+bug/702565/+subscriptions > Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: DSJ-694365 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed