Re: netcdf-perl

[Steve Emmerson <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jean-Marie,

I've incorporated your changes to the NetCDF.xs file.  They will be in
the next release.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

>Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:58:22 +0200
>From: J-M Epitalon <Jean-Marie.Epitalon@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Organization: C.E.R.F.A.C.S;Global change
>To: Jonathan.S.Callahan@xxxxxxxx,
>To: epitalon@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: netcdf-perl
>
> Hello Jonathan,
> 
> I regret that LAS distribution includes netcdf-perl module version 1.2.1
> 
> It does not work with the option POLLUTE=1
> 
> Moreover, it does not work at all on Linux RedHat 9 (Perl 5.8)
> 
> Alan Iwi <A.M.Iwi@xxxxxxxx> designed a version 1.2.3 that works on
> Perl 5.8 The "configure" script of this version selects POLLUTE option
> relevant to the Perl version in use on the system.
> 
> However, I understand that this does not suit the need of LAS
> installation, which calls makemaker with option POLLUTE=1 regardless
> of Perl version.
>
> That is why I propose to you a slight modif in one file of this
> module, so that it will compile with or without POLLUTE option.  This
> file is NetCDF.xs, attached to this email
> 
> Please, tell me if this is usefull.
> 
> Jean-Marie
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