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| -rw-r--r-- | var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netcdf-cxx/package.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netcdf-cxx/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netcdf-cxx/package.py index 5334dfb853..8aa1d8b236 100644 --- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netcdf-cxx/package.py +++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netcdf-cxx/package.py @@ -1,7 +1,11 @@ from spack import * class NetcdfCxx(Package): - """C++ compatibility bindings for NetCDF""" + """Deprecated C++ compatibility bindings for NetCDF. + These do NOT read or write NetCDF-4 files, and are no longer + maintained by Unidata. Developers should migrate to current + NetCDF C++ bindings, in Spack package netcdf-cxx4.""" + homepage = "http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf" url = "http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/netcdf/ftp/netcdf-cxx-4.2.tar.gz" |