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960821: netcdf-perl-1.0.4 make failure on AIX 4.1

John,

> To: address@hidden
> From: address@hidden (John Caron)
> Subject: netcdf-perl-1.0.4 make failure on AIX 4.1
> Organization: UCAR/NCAR/ACD
> Keywords: 199608212018.AA07226

In the above message you wrote:

> cd:/n/caron/src/netcdf-perl-1.0.4/src> configure
> creating cache ./config.cache
> checking for perl... perl
> checking for perl manual page directory... /usr/local/man
> checking for cc... cc
> configure: warning: reading configuration customizations
> checking for neqn... neqn
> checking for tbl... tbl
> checking type of operating system... aix
> checking for tar flags... -chf
> checking for netCDF header-file... -I/usr/local/include
> checking for netCDF library... -L/usr/local/lib -lnetcdf
> checking for package version... 1.0
> updating cache ./config.cache
> creating ./config.status
> creating Makefile
> creating perl/Makefile.PL
> creating port/Makefile
> creating port/master.mk
> expanding `include's in file `Makefile'
> expanding `include's in file `perl/Makefile.PL'
> expanding `include's in file `port/Makefile'
> expanding `include's in file `port/master.mk'
> 
> acd:/n/caron/src/netcdf-perl-1.0.4/src> uname -a
> AIX acd 1 4 000015765C00
> 
> acd:/n/caron/src/netcdf-perl-1.0.4/src> perl5 -ver
> 
> This is perl, version 5.003 with EMBED
>         built under aix at Jun 26 1996 13:48:02
>         + suidperl security patch
> 
> cd:/n/caron/src/netcdf-perl-1.0.4/src> cat VERSION
> 1.0.4
> 
> acd:/n/caron/src/netcdf-perl-1.0.4/src> make
>         cd perl && /usr/local/bin/perl5 Makefile.PL
> "%att" is not exported by the ExtUtils::MakeMaker module at 
> /usr/local/lib/perl5/Exporter.pm line 95
>         Exporter::export called at /usr/local/lib/perl5/Exporter.pm line 149
>         Exporter::import called at Makefile.PL line 2
>         main::BEGIN called at /usr/local/lib/perl5/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line > 0
>         eval {...} called at /usr/local/lib/perl5/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 0
> Can't continue after import errors at Makefile.PL line 2
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 2.
> make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 2.

I suggest that you try installing the latest version of the netCDFPerl
package (1.1).  I tested it on an IBM rs6000 under AIX 4.1 and just
released it.  It's available at the following URL:

    http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf-perl/

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Steve Emmerson   <address@hidden>