#38256: Import Error with HDF5 version 1.8.10 ---------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: andrealphus@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.1.3 Keywords: | Port: hdf5-18, netcdf4 ---------------------------+-------------------------------- See similar ticket; http://code.google.com/p/netcdf4-python/issues/detail?id=147 What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. compile hdf5 version 1.8.10 2. run netCDF4 "python setup.py install" 3. attempt to import netCDF4 What is the expected output? What do you see instead? No expected output, instead get this import error ImportError: netCDF4 module must be linked against HDF5 version 1.8.4-patch1 or higher, got 1.8.10 What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? netCDF4-1.0.1 Please provide any additional information below. It appears that the __hdf5libversion__ and the __required_hdf5version__ variables are strings are used in the version comparison. The problem appears to be that the string comparison does not work now that HDF5 is up to version 1.8.10. "1.8.10">"1.8.4" is FALSE This would have worked in previous versions of HDF5 since "1.8.9">"1.8.4" is TRUE -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/38256> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS