--- a/main/netcdf/DESCRIPTION	Tue Jun 09 16:25:46 2015 +0000
+++ b/main/netcdf/DESCRIPTION	Wed Jun 10 12:37:24 2015 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: netcdf
-Version: 1.0.6
-Date: 2015-02-22
+Version: 1.0.7
+Date: 2015-06-10
 Author: Alexander Barth <barth.alexander@gmail.com>
 Maintainer: Alexander Barth <barth.alexander@gmail.com>
 Title: netcdf

--- a/main/netcdf/NEWS	Tue Jun 09 16:25:46 2015 +0000
+++ b/main/netcdf/NEWS	Wed Jun 10 12:37:24 2015 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Summary of important user-visible changes for netcdf 1.0.7:
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ ** apply patch from John Donoghue to allow cross-compilation (bug #44837)
+
 Summary of important user-visible changes for netcdf 1.0.6:
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 

--- a/main/netcdf/src/Makeconf.in	Tue Jun 09 16:25:46 2015 +0000
+++ b/main/netcdf/src/Makeconf.in	Wed Jun 10 12:37:24 2015 +0000
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 OCTAVE_VERSION = @OCTAVE_VERSION@
 MKOCTFILE = @MKOCTFILE@ -DHAVE_OCTAVE_$(ver) -v
 SHLEXT = @SHLEXT@
+NC_CONFIG = @NC_CONFIG@
+OCTAVE_CONFIG = @OCTAVE_CONFIG@
 
 %.o: %.c ; $(MKOCTFILE) -c $<
 %.o: %.f ; $(MKOCTFILE) -c $<

--- a/main/netcdf/src/Makefile	Tue Jun 09 16:25:46 2015 +0000
+++ b/main/netcdf/src/Makefile	Wed Jun 10 12:37:24 2015 +0000
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-LIBS=$(shell nc-config --libs)
-AWK=awk
-MKOCTFILE=mkoctfile
-OCTAVE=octave
-NCHEADER=$(shell nc-config --includedir)/netcdf.h
+sinclude Makeconf
+
+AWK ?= awk
+MKOCTFILE ?= mkoctfile
+OCTAVE ?= octave
+NC_CONFIG ?= nc-config
+NCHEADER=$(shell $(NC_CONFIG) --includedir)/netcdf.h
 SRC=__netcdf__.cc
-CFLAGS=$(shell nc-config --cflags)
+CFLAGS=$(shell $(NC_CONFIG) --cflags)
+LIBS=$(shell $(NC_CONFIG) --libs)
 
 all: __netcdf__.oct
 

--- a/main/netcdf/src/configure.base	Tue Jun 09 16:25:46 2015 +0000
+++ b/main/netcdf/src/configure.base	Wed Jun 10 12:37:24 2015 +0000
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
 AC_CHECK_PROG(MKOCTFILE,mkoctfile,mkoctfile)
 test -z "$MKOCTFILE" &&	AC_MSG_WARN([no mkoctfile found on path])
 
+AC_CHECK_PROG(OCTAVE_CONFIG,octave-config,octave-config)
+test -z "$OCTAVE_CONFIG" &&	AC_MSG_WARN([no octave-config found on path])
+
 AC_SUBST(ver)
 AC_SUBST(subver)
 AC_SUBST(mpath)
@@ -252,6 +255,13 @@
 AC_SUBST($2)
 ])
 
+AC_DEFUN(OCTAVE_CONFIG_EVAL,
+[AC_MSG_CHECKING([for $1 in octave-config])
+$2=`$OCTAVE_CONFIG -p $1`
+AC_MSG_RESULT($$2)
+AC_SUBST($2)
+])
+
 dnl Check status of an octave variable
 dnl
 dnl OCTAVE_CHECK_EXIST(variable,action_if_true,action_if_false)
@@ -269,13 +279,13 @@
 
 dnl should check that $(OCTAVE) --version matches $(MKOCTFILE) --version
 AC_CHECK_PROG(OCTAVE,octave,octave)
-OCTAVE_EVAL(OCTAVE_VERSION,OCTAVE_VERSION)
+OCTAVE_CONFIG_EVAL(VERSION,OCTAVE_VERSION)
 
 dnl grab canonical host type so we can write system specific install stuff
-OCTAVE_EVAL(octave_config_info('canonical_host_type'),canonical_host_type)
+OCTAVE_CONFIG_EVAL(CANONICAL_HOST_TYPE,canonical_host_type)
 
 dnl grab SHLEXT from octave config
-OCTAVE_EVAL(octave_config_info('SHLEXT'),SHLEXT)
+OCTAVE_CONFIG_EVAL(SHLEXT,SHLEXT)
 
 AC_PROG_LN_S
 
@@ -310,13 +320,14 @@
 
 dnl checking for nc-config
 
-AC_CHECK_PROG(NC_CONFIG, nc-config, nc-config)
+dnl AC_CHECK_PROG(NC_CONFIG, nc-config, nc-config)
+AC_CHECK_TOOL(NC_CONFIG, nc-config, nc-config)
 if test -z "$NC_CONFIG"; then
 AC_MSG_ERROR([nc-config not found], 1);
 fi
 
-NETCDF_LIBS="$NETCDF_LIBS `nc-config --libs`"
-NETCDF_CFLAGS="$NETCDF_CFLAGS `nc-config --cflags`"
+NETCDF_LIBS="$NETCDF_LIBS `$NC_CONFIG --libs`"
+NETCDF_CFLAGS="$NETCDF_CFLAGS `$NC_CONFIG --cflags`"
 
 
 CONFIGURE_OUTPUTS="Makeconf"
@@ -336,7 +347,8 @@
    headers:   $includedir
 
 octave-forge is configured with
-   octave:      $OCTAVE (version $OCTAVE_VERSION)
-   mkoctfile:	$MKOCTFILE for Octave $subver
+   octave:        $OCTAVE (version $OCTAVE_VERSION)
+   mkoctfile:	  $MKOCTFILE for Octave $subver
+   octave-config: $OCTAVE_CONFIG for Octave $subver
    netCDF compiler flags: $NETCDF_CFLAGS
    netCDF libraries: $NETCDF_LIBS"