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
--
Matt Thompson, SSAI, Ld Scientific Programmer/Analyst
NASA GSFC, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office
Code 610.1, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771
Phone: 301-614-6712 Fax: 301-614-6246
http://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/bio/matthew.thompson
