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[netCDF #CPW-270700]: compile error

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  • Subject: [netCDF #CPW-270700]: compile error
  • Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 09:47:36 -0600
Hi Bin,

> There are several hdf5 libraries installed in the Linux system . How could I 
> let the NetCDF compiled with one set of hdf5 library?

If you are using configure to build the netCDF-C library from source,
you have to rebuild netCDF using the CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS environment
variables (or configure flags) when you rerun configure.  For example

  $ H5DIR=/your/path/to/hdf5
  $ CPPFLAGS="-I${H5DIR}/include"
  $ LDFLAGS="-L${H5DIR}/lib"
  $ ./configure --prefix= ...

Here's some documentation:

  http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/docs/getting_and_building_netcdf.html

--Russ

> > On May 27, 2014, at 16:43, "Unidata netCDF Support" <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Bin,
> >
> >> I tried to build netcdf library with support of HDF 4 files. Following the 
> >> instruction on the webpage: 
> >> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/getting_and_building_netcdf.html#build_hdf4
> >> I got the compiling error in make check step. Here is the cotent of 
> >> ncdump/test-suite.log:
> >> =========================================
> >> netCDF 4.3.2: ncdump/test-suite.log
> >> =========================================
> >>
> >> # TOTAL: 39
> >> # PASS:  36
> >> # SKIP:  0
> >> # XFAIL: 0
> >> # FAIL:  3
> >> # XPASS: 0
> >> # ERROR: 0
> >>
> >> .. contents:: :depth: 2
> >>
> >> FAIL: tst_h_scalar
> >> ==================
> >>
> >> HDF5-DIAG: Error detected in HDF5 (1.8.6) thread 0:
> >> #000: H5T.c line 1597 in H5Tcreate(): unable to create type
> >> major: Datatype
> >> minor: Unable to initialize object
> >> #001: H5T.c line 2985 in H5T_create(): type class is not appropriate - use 
> >> H5Tcopy()
> >> major: Datatype
> >> minor: Feature is unsupported
> >>
> >> *** Create file with datasets & attributes that have scalar 
> >> dataspaces...Sorry! Unexpected result, tst_h_scalar.c, line: 123
> >>
> >> FAIL: tst_h_scalar.sh
> >> =====================
> >
> > You have to use a more recent version of HDF5, 1.8.8 or later, with netCDF
> > 4.2 or later.
> >
> > There was a bug in HDF5-1.8.7 that we didn't test for in the corresponding
> > netCDF version 4.1.3. Recent netCDF versions detect the HDF5 bug when built
> > with HDF5-1.8.7 or earlier, but build fine with HDF5 versions 1.8.8 and 
> > later.
> > If you have to rebuild HDF5 from source anyway, I would recommend just using
> > the latest version 1.8.13, as that's what we're testing with now.
> >
> > We need to document more prominently that HDF5-1.8.7 and earlier don't work
> > well with current versions of the netCDF C library.
> >
> > --Russ
> >
> > Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
> > address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu
> >
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: CPW-270700
> > Department: Support netCDF
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> 
> 
Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: CPW-270700
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed