[svn-r4908] Purpose:

	Documentation of bug^Wfeature
Description:
	Documented the demented way libtool treats the Intel compiler on IA64
	systems. I.e., it doesn't use the "-Wl," flag for during the linking
	phase of the compilation process.
Solution:
	Explained how and where to change the libtool file after
	configuration so that you can compile the stuff.
Platforms tested:
	Stone tablets

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index bc29aeb..1dda35d 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ Supported Configuration Features Summary
 
 Known Problems
 ==============
+
     * Datasets or attributes which have a variable-length string datatype are
       not printing correctly with h5dump and h5ls.
 
@@ -277,3 +278,16 @@ Known Problems
       be off by default.  One may turn it on by setting environment variable
       HDF5_MPI_OPT_TYPES to a non-zero value such as 1.
 
+    * On IA64 systems, if you use a compiler other than GCC (such as Intel's
+      ecc compiler), you will need to modify the generated "libtool" program
+      after configuration is finished. On or around line 102 of the libtool
+      file, there are lines which look like:
+
+          # How to pass a linker flag through the compiler.
+          wl=""
+
+      change the lines to this:
+
+          # How to pass a linker flag through the compiler.
+          wl="-Wl,"
+