[ncl-install] udunits v.2.1.2 struct utUnit missing member origin

[Mary Haley]

Hi Marcin,

Thanks for the heads up on this. I will change the documentation to
indicate that Udunits 1.x should be used. I haven't tried V2 myself.

For the next release of NCL, we'll see about using this version.

--Mary

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009, Marcin Sliwowski wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> When compiling ncl-ncar v5.1.0 I ran into the following error when
> building with udunits support using udunits v.2.1.2:
>
> PGC-S-0060-factor is not a member of this struct or union
> (utCalendar_cal.c: 265)
> PGC-S-0060-factor is not a member of this struct or union
> (utCalendar_cal.c: 279)
> PGC-S-0060-origin is not a member of this struct or union
> (utCalendar_cal.c: 462)
>
> PGC/x86-64 Linux 8.0-4: compilation completed with severe errors
> make[5]: *** [utCalendar_cal.o] Error 2
> make[5]: Leaving directory `/opt/ncl_ncarg-5.1.0/ni/src/lib/nfp'
>
> On line 265 of utCalendar_cal.c there is the following access:
> udu_origin_zero.origin
>
> udu_origin_zero is of type utUnit, which is a struct defined in
> $UDUNITS/include/udunits.h
>
> It appears that in the new udunits v.2.1.2 the struct utUnit is
> completely different than the same struct as defined in udunits.h in
> udunits v.1.12.9, mainly it is missing the member origin that is being
> accessed on line 265 of utCalendar_cal.c
>
> Just wanted to let everyone know, maybe the ncl/ncarg installation guide
> should now specify to use udunits v.1.12.9 instead of this new v.2.1.2
>
> -- 
> Marcin Sliwowski
> Systems Programmer
> Duke University - Pratt School of Engineering
> Office: 919-660-8450
>
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