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[netcdfgroup] NetCDF 4.1.3-2011072520 small typo in ./configure --help

In the ./configure --help message, netcdf says: 
--disable-netcdf-4      build with netcdf-4 (HDF5 and zlib required)
--enable-netcdf4        build with netcdf-4 (HDF5 and zlib required)

1: Why there’s no --disable-netcdf4 or why isn’t the enable option 
‘--enable-netcdf-4’? This is just misleading for new users.
2: It should say ‘build witout...’ on --disable-netcdf-4.

In fact, if I --disable-netcdf4, it says nothing and does not try to disable 
netcdf4+hdf5 support; maybe that option should be left as synonymous option or 
the enable option be documented with ‘netcdf-4’ but still supported ‘netcdf4’ 
form.

Well, that’s all, I wonder if all reasons that make netcdf incompatible with < 
1.8.6 HDF5 version is that silly H5F_LIBVER_18 macro. :/

- fabricio
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