The latest netCDF documentation (including this manual) can be found at http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs.
The output of successful build and test runs for recent versions of netCDF can be found at http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/builds.
A list of known problems with netCDF builds, and suggested fixes, can be found at http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/known_problems.html.
Reportedly successful settings for platforms unavailable for netCDF testing can be found at http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/other-builds.html. If you build netCDF on a system that is not listed, please send your environment settings, and the full output of your configure, compile, and testing, to support@unidata.ucar.edu. We will add the information to the other-builds page, with a credit to you.
The replies to all netCDF support emails are on-line and can be searched. Before reporting a problem to Unidata, please search this on-line database to see if your problem has already been addressed in a support email. If you are having build problems it's usually useful to search on your system host name. On Unix systems, use the uname command to find it.
The netCDF Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list can be found at http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/faq.html.
To search the support database, see http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailsearchform.php?archive=netcdf&archivename=NetCDF.
The netCDF mailing list also can be searched; see http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailsearchform.php?archive=netcdfgroup-list&archivename=NetCDF_Group.