Package: hdf4-tools
Version: 4.2r4-5
The libhdf4g-run package, which hdf4-tools is, IIUC, intended to
replace, contained the `ncdump-hdf' and `ncgen-hdf' programs,
which allowed easy transformation of the data between HDF4 and a
certain ASCII representation. However, these programs were, for
a reason unknown to me, excluded from hdf4-tools, and it seems
that no comparable replacement was provided.
For example, as of this hdf4-tools version, there's no easy way
to list the ``contents'' of an HDF4 file (field names,
dimensions, attributes) -- the information that has proven to be
vital for everyday use. Formely, it could be done with, say:
$ ncdump-hdf -h FILE.hdf | less
One of the 4.1st versions of the package that I have the sources
to had the following in the Debian .diff.gz:
$ zcat pool/main/libh/libhdf4/libhdf4_4.1r4-22.diff.gz
...
--- libhdf4-4.1r4.orig/debian/rules
+++ libhdf4-4.1r4/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
...
+binary-run:
...
+ # Rename ncgen and ncdump
+ mv debian/tmp-run/usr/bin/ncgen{,-hdf}
+ mv debian/tmp-run/usr/bin/ncdump{,-hdf}
...
$
The 4.2r4-5 has instead:
$ zcat pool/main/libh/libhdf4/libhdf4_4.2r4-5.diff.gz
--- libhdf4-4.2r4.orig/debian/rules
+++ libhdf4-4.2r4/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
...
+stamps/install-stamp: build-arch
...
+ # remove programs and manpages provided by netcdf-bin
+ rm -f $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/ncdump $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/ncgen
+ rm -f $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man1/ncdump*
$(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man1/ncgen*
+
...
$
The comment provided is, to the best of my knowledge, wrong: the
versions of these programs provided by netcdf-bin are for NetCDF
files only, and have no relation (except of the one of the
``ancestry'' character) to HDF4.
Please consider bringing ncdump-hdf and ncgen-hdf back to the
Debian package.
TIA.
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