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[netCDF #TLV-493188]: Netcdf make test problems

Emily,

> Thank you very much for all of your help- I really appreciate it!  I just
> wanted to let you know that I have also encountered a bug with the make
> uninstall.  I have attached the error I received in a text document. I have
> not run make distclean and it states that my configure is up to date when I
> type make configure.  Is it possible just to remove the entire directory
> instead? ( I have it as /usr/local/netcdf).  Thanks!

Thanks for reporting the bug with "make uninstall".  We'll try to fix this 
before
the next release.  You can just remove the install directory /usr/local/netcdf 
and that should have the same effect as "make uninstall".

--Russ
> address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Emily,
> >
> > > I followed all of your previous advice, but kept on running into problems
> > > with my g95 compiler.  I am now using GFORTRAN and getting much farther
> > but
> > > I still am running into problems in the make process.  I have attached my
> > > latest configure files and maketest files. I am passing most of the tests
> > > until the very end where i receive errors 127 and 1- I am not sure how to
> > > figure out what these errors mean.  I am using version 4.1.1.  Thank you
> > > again so much for your time- I really appreciate it!!
> >
> > The symptom you are seeing at the end of running "make check" :
> >
> > > Making check in man4
> > > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/netcdf/netcdf-4.1.1/man4'
> > > TEXINPUTS=".:$TEXINPUTS" \
> > >       MAKEINFO='/bin/sh /usr/local/netcdf/netcdf-4.1.1/missing --run
> > makeinfo   -I .' \
> > >       texi2dvi -s  --pdf --batch netcdf.texi
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/netcdf/netcdf-4.1.1/man4'
> > > /bin/sh: texi2dvi: command not found
> > > make[1]: *** [netcdf.pdf] Error 127
> > > make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
> >
> > is not your problem, but a bug in the 4.1.1 release that occurs when
> > you build the software, then invoke "make clean", then try to build it
> > again, perhaps with different settings, in the original directory.
> > The bug is that "make clean" deleted generated documentation files
> > that it should not have removed, so when you try to build again, it
> > tries to rebuild the documentation from source, requiring a tool you
> > don't have installed (and shouldn't need).
> >
> > The easiest solution is to just get a new copy of the 4.1.1 source and
> > build and test with the same settings you used with gfortran.
> > Invoking "make check" should finish successfully, as long as you don't
> > invoke "make clean" first.
> >
> > We have fixed this problem in the current snapshot and in the upcoming
> > 4.1.2 release, but I will also add a note about it in the document
> > "Known Problems with netCDF 4.1.1" document at
> >
> >  http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/known_problems.html
> >
> > Thanks for pointing this out, and for your persistence in getting netCDF
> > to build.  Please let us know if you still encounter problems with building
> > and testing netCDF.
> >
> > --Russ
> >
> >
> > Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
> > address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu
> >
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: TLV-493188
> > Department: Support netCDF
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> >
> 
> 

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



Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: TLV-493188
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed