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[netCDF #KGN-827851]: libnetcdff ??

> 
> Dear Sirs:
> 
> With netCDF Version 4.1.x, I am having a _lot_ of problems
> from the environmental community's use of the Models-3 I/O API
> data access library, which is built on a number of lower-level
> platforms including netCDF and PVM3.  This library has been in
> extensive use in the environmental modeling community since
> 1993, and is the official data access library for the EPA's
> emissions and Eulerian air quality models.
> 
> Suddenly, all of the model-building and tool-building
> facilities are breaking:  whereas previous versions of
> libnetcdf.a stood alone, now new libraries, including
> particularly libnetcdff.a, are required -- making it
> impossible to construct a Makefile that works simultaneously
> for netCDF v3.x and v4.x.
> 
> At least with the other extra libraries (HDF, etc., it is
> possible to configure the netCDF build so as to turn off
> these features.  How can my community configure it to
> construct a _single_ C-and-Fortran "libnetcdf.a" ??
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> 
> Carlie J. Coats, Jr., Ph.D.
> 
> EPA/BAMS/MCNC Models-3 I/O API Systems Architect
> 
> Chief Systems Architect                     address@hidden
> Environmental Modeling Center                   address@hidden
> Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC.
> 
> 1021 Main Campus Drive, Suite 300                     campux box 7268
> Raleigh, NC 27606           phone: (919)515-0762 / fax: (919)515-0767
> 
> 

Howdy Carlie!

I have a hard time understanding why it is so difficult to modify Makefiles to 
use -lnetcdff instead of -lnetcdf. What am I missing here?

Thanks,

Ed

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: KGN-827851
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed