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[netCDF #UFN-957034]: Netcdf installation failure

"Russ Rew" <address@hidden> writes:

> New Staff Reply: Netcdf installation failure
>
> Hi Lakshmi,
>
> Here are user reports of successful builds with ifort on Mac OS X 10.5:
>
>   http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/docs/other-builds.html#ifort_mac_64
>
> Rather than he "3.6.2 snapshot release" mentioned there, you could use the
> netCDF version 3.6.3 release from June 2008:
>
>   ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf-3.6.3.tar.gz
>
> Also, I recommend not using the "--enable-64-bit" configure option, as it is
> not needed for making use of the 64-bit offset format variant for large
files,
> and it has not been tested on most platforms.  That option is not yet
supported
> for the configure script in versions 3.6.3 and later.
>

Nor will it ever be. It was a bad idea and there is no good way for
configure to solve this problem for the user. So --enable-64-bit is no
longer a configure option.

Thanks,

Ed
--
Ed Hartnett  -- address@hidden



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: UFN-957034
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed