RE: New decoders release

• To: "HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM)" <brian.r.hoeth1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: RE: New decoders release
• From: Robb Kambic <rkambic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 13:41:31 -0700 (MST)

On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM) wrote:

Robb,

Thanks!  It worked!  If I may trouble you some more, I have a few more
questions:

(1) Is there a User's Guide for the decoders package?

Brian,

There no user's guide per se but there's README.perlDecoders and I'll send
examples of the ldm pqact.conf entries as a attachment. Look for the
gribtonc entries.

(2) I'm wanting to mess around with gribtonc, but I can't find any
documentation on it.  I tried "man gribtonc", but I'm told there is No
manual entry for gribtonc?  I'm not sure why because I see gribtonc.1 in
/home/ldm/man/man1 and I have added /home/ldm/man, /home/ldm/man/man1, and
/home/ldm/man/man3 to MANPATH?

The man files are in the man directory of the decoders package, same level
as the src directory.  Either copy them to the ldm man directory or add
that directory to the MANPATH environment variable.  Also you can go to
the man directory and do command line nroff, ie

% nroff -man gribtonc.1 | more

(3) Where should I put the *.cdl files?

The cdls are usually placed in the ~ldm/etc directory.  The decoders
binaries are usually located in a ~ldm/decoders directory also.

Robb...

Thanks!

Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: Robb Kambic [mailto:rkambic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:31 AM
To: HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM)
Cc: decoders
Subject: RE: New decoders release


On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM) wrote:

> Robb,
>
> OK, I grabbed the binary distributions of udunits and netcdf and was able
to
> get the source distribution of netcdf-perl to seemingly install without
> problems.  I've grabbed the
> decoders-2.4.4.tar.Z file and the decoders_patches.tar file.  I unzipped
and
> untarred decoders-2.4.4.tar.Z and tried to run:
>
> (./configure & make install install clean) >&! log
>
> No joy!  No what?  I've attached my log file, my CUSTOMIZE file, the
results
> of "uname -a" (uname.out).  For kicks, I attached the results of "perl -V"
> too (perl.out).  Are there any "known" settings for the CUSTOMIZE file for
> my linux OS?

Brian,

I think the problem is your compiler flag -traditional. Here's what to do:

% make distclean   in src dir of decoders-2.4.4
% setenv CC gcc
% (./configure & make all test install clean) >&! log &    Note changes
% tail -f log

Let me know how this works out.

Robb...

ps log info stuff really helps out in debugging problems
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brian
>
> P.S. - I've obviously never tried to install decoders.tar.Z before in case
> you hadn't guessed.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robb Kambic [mailto:rkambic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 10:35 AM
> To: HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM)
> Cc: decoders
> Subject: RE: New decoders release
>
>
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM) wrote:
>
> > Robb,
> >
> > Question:  Are the binary distributions of udunits, netcdf, and
> netcdf-perl
> > sufficient in order to install decoders-2.4.4.tar.Z or should I attempt
to
> > install the source distributions of each of the auxilliary packages?
>
> Brian,
>
> If the binaries are available, you could use them.  the decoders package
> needs the libraries and include files for netcdf and udunits. I don't
> think netcdf-perl is available as a binary though
>
> Let me know of problems.
>
> Robb...
>
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > ---------------
> > Brian Hoeth
> > Spaceflight Meteorology Group
> > Johnson Space Center
> > Ph: 281-483-3246
> > Ops:  281-483-1051
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robb Kambic [mailto:rkambic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 3:53 PM
> > To: decoders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: decoders
> > Subject: New decoders release
> >
> >
> >
> > Hiya,
> >
> > I'm pleased to announce the tested release of Decoders 2.4.4.  Remember
> > the last release was a beta release, since then there have been many
> changes
> > to make decoders more robust. If any of the following release notes
apply
> or
> > there are gribtonc messages in the ldmd.log file, I suggest that one
> > installs the latest release.
> >
> > Release Notes since last release:
> >
> > 2.4.4 2003-02-25        added vars gust_sfc to ruc2.cdl and vars
Tmin_fhg
> > and
> >                         Tmax_fhg to avn-x.cdl
> >                         mods to gdes.c gribtocdl.[1c] inetutil.c ulog.h
so
> >                         code compiles on AIX boxes.
> >
> > 2.4.3 2003-02-21        modifications so user parms functionality works
> >                         correctly in the code, added this functionality
to
> >                         gribdump. Also updated the man pages. mods to:
> >                         gribtocdl.c, params.c, gribdump.c, gribtonc.1
and
> >                         gribdump.1
> >
> > 2.4.2 2003-02-19        Added the PNO indicator for Metar decoder
> >                         In gdes.c, changed i_dim from lat to lon
> >                         fixed avn-1.0x1.0.cdl also
> >
> > 2.4.1 2003-01-31        Fixed some error for the avn-1.0x1.0 Grid.  Also
> > fixed
> >                         errors for the Gaussian lat/lon grid, plus other
> > fixes
> >                         mods to gribtocdl.c gdes.c nc.c
> >
> > Other fixes forgotten to be entered in Notes.
> >
> > To reiterate a couple of gribtocdl notes:
> >
> > - Use a representative dataset when creating a CDL file with gribtocdl.
If
> > the
> >   dataset is missing a variable, it will also be missing in the CDL.
> >
> > - Consider the created CDL as a starting point, minor tweaks are usually
> >   needed.
> >
> > - The external table file feature for variable name override has not
> >   been tested much, but needs to be used with gribtocdl as well as
> >   gribtonc to override variable names. It can also be used with
gribdump.
> >
> > - Default variable names follow NUWG conventions.
> >
> >
> > To get the decoders code via ftp:
> >
> > % ftp www.unidata.ucar.edu
> > login as anonymous
> >
> > % cd pub/decoders
> > % get decoders-2.4.4.tar.Z
> >
> >
> > If problems are found, please send email to support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
with
> > information necessary to reproduce the problem, error messages, and log
> > messages.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Robb...
> >
> >

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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
rkambic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                   WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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