[DebianGIS-dev] FYI: Netcdf 4 is now available.

[Francesco P. Lovergine]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 03:40:37PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi Francesco,
> 
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 02:37:33PM +0200, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote:
> > A long due upgrade to current Netcdf (4.0.1) is now available on _experimental_
> > ...
> > Please, do your homework using the experimental repository to test your apps.
> 
> Thanks for your work on this.  As far as I can see in our SVN this concerns
> our packages
> 
>    bioimagesuite   and
>    minc
> 
> Please speak up if I missed some package.  Could the actual uploaders please
> have a look?
> 
> Kind regards
> 
>     Andreas.
> 

Some more information about netcdf4. The library is now built with
extended netcdf4 support, which implies having to link hdf5 and libz.
That could cause configuration tests failing for third parties software
and could require appropriate patching. 
It actually happens now for gdal, for instance. 

Netcdf4 includes now a pkg-config snippet, which could
be used to infer the right ccflags and ldflags combinations. Unfortunately,
that did not happen for netcdf3, so that 3rd parties programs
currently still have their own ways to detect libs and link.

So, definitively be warned: netcdf4 will require probably a bit of work
on your side to avoid FTBSes.


-- 
Francesco P. Lovergine