Re: netcdf-4.0-beta1 release now available on netCDF web site...

[Jeff Whitaker <jswhit@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff Whitaker wrote:
> Ed Hartnett wrote:
> > Howdy all!
> >
> > With the recent release of HDF5 1.8.0-beta1, it is now possible for us
> > to release netCDF-4.0-beta1, and it is now available from the netCDF
> > web site:
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/
> >
> > The netCDF-4.0 beta release requires HDF5 1.8.0-beta1, and
> > zlib-1.2.3. These can be obtained from the netCDF-4 FTP site:
> > ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf-4
> >
> > Build instructions can be found here:
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs_beta/netcdf-install.html#Quick-Instructions-for-Installing-NetCDF-on-Unix 
> >
> >
> > Documentation for this release can be found on the netCDF beta
> > documentation page:
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs_beta/
> >
> > For more information about this release, see the netCDF-4.0 beta
> > release notes:
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/release-notes-4.0-beta.html
> >
> > Recent changes in netCDF-4.0 include the use of the new creation
> > ordering capabilities of HDF5 1.8.0. Since this feature was added to
> > HDF5 very recently, the HDF5-1.8.0 beta1 release is now required for
> > netCDF-4.0; previous versions of HDF5 will no longer work.
> >
> > Build output from a variety of platforms may be found at the netCDF-4
> > snapshot build page:
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/builds/snapshot/index_4.html
> >
> > The version 4.0 release of netCDF includes many new features, with a
> > correspondingly higher risk of bugs in the code and the
> > documentation. Please report any problems to
> > support-netcdf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Ed
> >   
>
> Ed:  Thanks!  beta1 works fine and passes all the tests with my python 
> module.  However, ncdump appears to be broken - every netcdf-4 file I 
> try results in something like this:
>
> ncdump: test.nc: HDF error
>
> It seems to work fine with netcdf-3 files however.
>
> -Jeff
Anybody else seeing this problem with ncdump and netcdf4 files?

-Jeff

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