parallel-netcdf-1.1.1 released

[Gerald Creager]

Rob Latham wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 03:30:34PM -0600, Gerald Creager wrote:
>> Lemme see how WRF behaves. I can probably create the WRF
>> preprocessing system with NetcDF-3.6.3, but I desperately need
>> parallel-NetCDF for one  the model domains I'm running... I'm dying
>> now on I/O and was told simply this was the answer.
> 
> OK, I think I understand where the confusion lies: parallel-netcdf
> should work just fine for you, and everything appears to be in good
> shape.
> 
> The libpnetcdf.a you have in the lib/ directory will behave exactly
> like a libpnetcdf.so (if we had one) when you compile WRF.  
> 
> When you link with "-lpnetcdf", the linker will look for libpnetcdf.so
> and then fall back to libpnetcdf.a.
> 
> The only difference is that when you execute your program, there will
> be one less thing that can go wrong (shared libraries can get out of
> sync, or be in an odd location, or ...).  That's why we like static
> libs, though I recognize there are some situations where shared libs
> work better.

Sounds good, Rob. Recompiling now.

Thanks, gc
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