Others here have had some trouble here using NetCDF on DEC Alpha
workstations running OSF. From the letter below, this appears to be a
common problem. I don't yet know the nature of the problem myself,
but I was wondering if anyone has encountered the trouble and
found a solution.
Bill Weibel
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> From: whitmand@xxxxxxx
> To: Multiple recipients of list <gmthelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: GMT on Dec Alpha AXP
>
> I am attempting to install GMT on a DEC alpha AXP workstation running OSF.
> Both
> GMT and the NetCDF library compile without problems, but GMT programs crash
> whenever they try to access a netCDF file. I suspect that the problem is
> with
> the netCDF interface, in particular, with the XDR library, but I am not quite
> sure which "buttons" to push on the netCDF installation scripts. The netCDF
> tests all run OK. It appears that GMT and netCDF have been successufully
> ported
> to the alpha platform. I would appreciate it if someone could give me some
> suggestions before I invest more time into this problem.
>
> Dean Whitman
> Florida International University
>
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