[Datastream #IZJ-689237]: Additional Datafeeds

Hi Jeff,

re:
> This is going to sound really stupid, but I thought that I did build
> it from source.  I followed the instructions at:
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/gempak/help_and_documentation/Install_current.html

If there is a lack of understanding at play, it is on my part!  I did not 
realize that
you built the 5.11.1 distribution from source.  I thought that you, like most 
people,
installed the 64-bit binary release that we make available. 

This is news that is unexpected.  Why the dcacft, dcmetr and dcmsfc decoders 
were producing
bad output files is now a bigger mystery than it was before.
 
> The make.out and install.out files are still in the ~gempak/GEMPAK directory. 
>  I
> tailed the file as it was going and didn't see any errors go by, but I didn't 
> open
> the file(s) and look through them afterwards.

One of the things I don't like about the GEMPAK build process is that the build 
does
not stop on errors (like it should).

> Granted I'm used to the whole "configure, make, make install" cycle, but 
> assumed
> that it was being combined here.  Like I said early on - I know just enough 
> to be
> dangerous! :-)

My bad.  I thought we were dealing with binary executables that had been built 
in
our shop.  The thinking was that there is an inconsistency (probably in the 
shared
gcc library) between our system (Fedora 9) and yours (CentOS Enterprise 5).

re:
> That's not a problem.  I've been using yum for awhile.  I had to use that to
> install the -devel libraries prior to the 5.11.1 install that I did a couple
> of days ago.

Very good.

Well, now I am at a loss for good ideas on how to proceed.

My casual and not completely informed observation is that things appear to be
running at this point, but I have not tried running GEMPAK or GARP to see if
there are the same kind of data "holes" as you originally reported.  Can you
exercise Garp and NMAP2 on whistler to see what (hopefully if anything) is
missing/incorrect?  We will pick-up from there after your testing.

Last thing: McIDAS.  Do you want to upgrade McIDAS to the latest distribution,
v2008?

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: IZJ-689237
Department: Support IDD
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed