GMT on Dec Alpha AXP (fwd)

• To: netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Subject: GMT on Dec Alpha AXP (fwd)
• From: weibel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (william weibel)
• Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 10:01:46 PDT

Others here have had some trouble here using NetCDF on DEC Alpha
workstations running OSF.  From the letter below, this appears to be a
common problem.  I don't yet know the nature of the problem myself,
but I was wondering if anyone has encountered the trouble and
found a solution.

Bill Weibel

Forwarded message:
> From: whitmand@xxxxxxx
> To: Multiple recipients of list <gmthelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: GMT on Dec Alpha AXP 
> 
> I am attempting to install GMT on a DEC alpha AXP workstation running OSF.  
> Both 
> GMT and the NetCDF library compile without problems, but GMT programs crash 
> whenever they try to access a netCDF file.  I suspect that the problem is 
> with 
> the netCDF interface, in particular, with the XDR library, but I am not quite 
> sure which "buttons" to push on the netCDF installation scripts.  The netCDF 
> tests all run OK.  It appears that GMT and netCDF have been successufully 
> ported 
> to the alpha platform.  I would appreciate it if someone could give me some 
> suggestions before I invest more time into this problem.
>
> Dean Whitman
> Florida International University
> 

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