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Re: 20010601: Configuration-failure for IRIX64 "-64" version of netCDF 3.5.0

>To: address@hidden
>From: Carlie Coats <address@hidden>
>Subject: Configuration-failure for IRIX64 "-64" version of netCDF 3.5.0
>Organization: MCNC/NCSC Environmental Programs
>Keywords: 200106011921.f51JLAp27753

Hi Carlie,

> creating cache ./config.cache
> checking for top-level source-directory
 ...
> checking if Fortran "integer*1" is C "signed char"... configure: error:
> Could not link conftestf.o and conftest.o

 ...

> "Debugging" the "src/configure" showed that it was trying to use
> a number of environment variables not documented in "INSTALL.html" --
> particularly "LIBS" (which my ".cshrc"-file sets appropriately for
> my machine-type).
> 
> I'd like to suggest that "INSTALL.html" should document something
> of the following sort:
> 
>    "You should NOT set the following environment variables, or
>     else they will interfere with "configure":  LIBS, FLDFLAGS, ...

Sorry you ran into this, and thanks for the suggestion.  I've added
such a warning to the online INSTALL.html and it will also be include
in the next minor release.

--Russ

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Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                     http://www.unidata.ucar.edu