Version 3.7.8 is mostly a bug-fix release, however, this version also includes support for pkg-config. The NEWS file contained in the source release, along with the matching ChangeLog file, detail the fixes. There are no API changes in this release. Briefly, the fixes include:
- Memory error with the Regex class on 64-bit machines;
- Memory error when reading HTTP headers from an older server;
Binaries
Linux (x86_64)- Fedora Core 6, RPMs (gcc 4.1)
Required packages
The libdap 3.7.8 software requires libcurl 7.10.6, libxml2 2.5.7 and a modern pthreads library. To build from a fresh SVN checkout, you'll need automake 1.9.6, autoconf 2.59 and libtool 1.5.18.
Mac OS/X 10.4 or greater- You will need to install libxml2; libcurl and pthreads are already present. See the third-party software page or go directly to the libxml2 page.
- Linux (x86_64/i386)
- Modern versions of Linux come with the needed libraries.
SPARC/Solaris, SGI/IRIX- For these and other Unix distributions you will need to get libcurl, libxml and maybe pthreads. See the third-party software page.
Source code
- Version 3.7.8
- tar.gz. Required: libcurl, libxml2 and pthreads. See above.
Contributed builds
- Version 3.7.8
- Contributed: Sharing your binary builds for those operating systems not available here.