[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#546943: Bug#546943: ncview: requires udunits.dat

[Francesco P. Lovergine]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 06:00:44PM +0200, alberto maurizi wrote:
> Package: ncview
> Version: 1.93g-1+b1
> Severity: important
> 
> 
> executing ncview gives:
> udunits(3): Couldn't open units database "/usr/share/udunits/udunits.dat": No such file or directory
> Note: Udunits units file not found; no units conversion will be attmpted.
> (put path of units file in environmental variable UDUNITS_PATH)
> 
> Without udunits.dat no time information is translated in date/time.
> 
> I guess udunits.dat should be "sold" with some udunits* package but it
> isn't.
> 
> In an installation on another machine, where an old udunits (version 1)
> package is installed (not debian), ncview works fine.
> 

Well, it is not strictly required, you could be not interested in time information.
I would add a Recommends for that.

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Francesco P. Lovergine