netcdf4<1.4.0 + gdal

[bekozi]

netcdf4 added some improvements in the 1.4.0 release. They are unfortunately backwards incompatible. I am hoping to get a netcdf4<1.4.0 build that is compatible with gdal. Right now I get:

$ conda install -c conda-forge "netcdf4<1.4.0" gdal
$ python -c "import osgeo"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ocgis/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
    import osgeo
  File "/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/osgeo/__init__.py", line 21, in <module>
    _gdal = swig_import_helper()
  File "/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/osgeo/__init__.py", line 17, in swig_import_helper
    _mod = imp.load_module('_gdal', fp, pathname, description)
  File "/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/imp.py", line 243, in load_module
    return load_dynamic(name, filename, file)
  File "/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/imp.py", line 343, in load_dynamic
    return _load(spec)
ImportError: libpoppler.so.71: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Is there a trick I should be using? Can we get a working build for netcdf4<1.4.0+gdal? Upgrading to the new cftime was not bad, but I'd like for code built on older netcdf4 to be supported on conda-forge until we get a new one out. Thanks!

[ocefpaf]

We would need to rebuild a version of netcdf<1.4.0. If you want to open a PR for that I can create a branch for the version that works for you.

[bekozi]

Works. Thanks @ocefpaf

[ocefpaf]

I did not do anything, you sent the PR, I just merged it ;-p