Bug#749859: netcdf: Please increase size of netcdf models for exodus

[Alastair McKinstry]

Package: netcdf
Version: 4.2.1+
Severity: normal

I maintain the ExodusII package, which has in its README:

The exodus library uses the netcdf library for low-level data
storage.

Exodus requires NetCDF version 4.2.1.1 or later.

The netcdf library must be modified slightly in order to handle the
exodus datamodel. The specific changes are:

1. include/netcdf.h -- Modify the following defines:

#define NC_MAX_DIMS     65536    /* max dimensions per file */
#define NC_MAX_VARS     524288   /* max variables per file */
#define NC_MAX_VAR_DIMS 8        /* max per variable dimensions */

If these changes are not made, the exodus library will still function
for "normal" size models, but it will fail for "large" models. The
error message from exodus/netcdf should be somewhat clear when this
happens...



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.4
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-powerpc
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash