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Known Problems with the netCDF 3.3 Distribution

This is where we document some reported problems with the current release (netCDF version 3.3) and their workarounds.

• Builds in other environments
• Bug in ncdump for variables with last dimension > 1000
• Bug in ncdump for _FillValue attribute of char variables

Bug in ncdump for variables with last dimension > 1000

If a variable has more than 1000 values in its last dimension, ncdump will incorrectly output a semicolon (`;') instead of a comma (`,') separator after one of the values. A patch to ncdump/vardata.c is available that fixes the problem.

This has been fixed in version 3.3.1. Thanks to Alain Coat for reporting the problem.

Bug in ncdump for _FillValue attribute of char variables

If a netCDF file has a character variable with a "_FillValue" attribute, ncdump will report the following error when given the file as input:

ncdump: Attempt to convert between text & numbers

A patch to ncdump/ncdump.c is available that fixes the problem.

This has been fixed in version 3.3.1. Thanks to Robb Kambic for reporting the problem.

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