Re: [netcdfgroup] "configure" and HDF5 on Centos 5.8

• To: netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] "configure" and HDF5 on Centos 5.8
• From: Daniel Packman <pack@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:21:37 -0700

On Feb 22, 2013, at Feb 22   11:07 AM, Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate 
<gerry.creager@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Since something's unhappy in my mailer, let's see if this one goes out. Note, 
> it's in response to 2 separate messages on this thread. Apologies for any 
> inconvenience.
> 
> Orion:  I've seen different, and usually older, flavors of HDF5 included with 
> EPEL
> for years, as well as RPMs for Netcdf. However, they are always to be
> considered contributed and likely to have problems, as they're often not
> prepared by the folks who know the code the best.….

Since the close integration of netcdf with hdf5, it has become more and more 
unlikely
that a freely available rpm is of any value. It would be nice if somebody would 
provide
a current package of netcdf4/hdf5/hdf5/hdfeos2/hdfeos5 full integrated. An 
additional
problem with such a package is that compiler quirks may make it necessary to 
have
different packages for gcc, icc, pgcc  et al. We have machines with several 
versions
in the integrated package.

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  • Re: [netcdfgroup] "configure" and HDF5 on Centos 5.8
    • From: Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate