netcdfcxx4: switch to CMake

This resolves the Darwin linking issues Once and For All.

Also, this makes the build parallel, which is nice too.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf-cxx4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf-cxx4/default.nix
index 4c9d294b784..494f4bf7157 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf-cxx4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf-cxx4/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchzip, netcdf, hdf5, curl }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchzip, netcdf, hdf5, curl, cmake, ninja }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "netcdf-cxx4";
   version = "4.3.1";
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "05kydd5z9iil5iv4fp7l11cicda5n5lsg5sdmsmc55xpspnsg7hr";
   };
 
-  configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
-    "--without-nc-config"
-  ]; # prevent linking failure on Darwin
+  preConfigure = ''
+    cmakeFlags+="-Dabs_top_srcdir=$(readlink -f ./)"
+  '';
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ninja ];
   buildInputs = [ netcdf hdf5 curl ];
+
   doCheck = true;
+  enableParallelChecking = false;
 
   meta = {
     description = "C++ API to manipulate netcdf files";