[netcdfgroup] Can I build zstandard support in netCDF with a static build?

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• From: "Thompson, Matt (GSFC-610.1)[SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC]" <matthew.thompson@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2022 16:57:13 +0000
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All,

I recently grabbed netCDF-C v4.9.0 and netCDF-Fortran v4.6.0 and thought, heck, 
let's try to get zstd support as well! zstd built just fine and when I built 
netCDF-C it seemed pretty happy:

  ZSTD Support:           yes

but then when I tried to build netCDF-Fortran:

  configure: WARNING: ------------------------------------------
  configure: WARNING: libnetcdf was built with zstd support, but 
HDF5_PLUGIN_PATH is not set.
  Either set the HDF5_PLUGIN_PATH environmental variable if zstandard tests 
fail,
  or use --disable-zstandard-plugin when running configure.
  configure: WARNING: ------------------------------------------

Okay. New to me. I then went back to the netCDF-C build and saw:

  checking whether dynamically loaded plugins is enabled... yes
  configure: WARNING: --disable-shared => --disable-plugins
  ...
  checking whether and where we should install plugins... no
  ...
  Plugin Install Prefix:  N.A.

Seeing that warning reminded me I build netCDF-C and netCDF-Fortran as a static 
library mainly for historical reasons (was static in the past and, well, if it 
works, don't mess with it unless you need to!)

So I suppose the question is: Can I use zstd with a static build of netCDF?

Or is it time to bite the bullet and reconfigure my software to use shared 
libraries...

Matt

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