[svn-r10225] Purpose: Release of 1.6.4hdf5-1_6_4

Description: I ran bin/h5vers to change version number to 1.6.4. Several files
             were modified by bin/h5vers. I am checking them in before
             tagging the release with hdf5-1_6_4 tag

Solution:

Platforms tested:

Misc. update:

10 files changed, 249 insertions, 231 deletions

diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 403ca94..c866ba2 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HDF5 version 1.6.4-pre3 currently under development
+HDF5 version 1.6.4 released on Tue Mar 15 20:38:48 CST 2005
 Please refer to the release_docs/INSTALL file for installation instructions.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/c++/configure b/c++/configure
index 5de1315..6f734d4 100755
--- a/c++/configure
+++ b/c++/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # From c++/configure.in Id: configure.in.
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for HDF5 C++ 1.6.4-pre3.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for HDF5 C++ 1.6.4.
 #
 # Report bugs to <hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu>.
 #
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='HDF5 C++'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='hdf5-c--'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='1.6.4-pre3'
-PACKAGE_STRING='HDF5 C++ 1.6.4-pre3'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='1.6.4'
+PACKAGE_STRING='HDF5 C++ 1.6.4'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu'
 
 ac_unique_file="src/H5Library.cpp"
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures HDF5 C++ 1.6.4-pre3 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures HDF5 C++ 1.6.4 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of HDF5 C++ 1.6.4-pre3:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of HDF5 C++ 1.6.4:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit 0
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-HDF5 C++ configure 1.6.4-pre3
+HDF5 C++ configure 1.6.4
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59
 
 Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ cat >&5 <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by HDF5 C++ $as_me 1.6.4-pre3, which was
+It was created by HDF5 C++ $as_me 1.6.4, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -10986,7 +10986,7 @@ _ASBOX
 } >&5
 cat >&5 <<_CSEOF
 
-This file was extended by HDF5 C++ $as_me 1.6.4-pre3, which was
+This file was extended by HDF5 C++ $as_me 1.6.4, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -11041,7 +11041,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF
 ac_cs_version="\\
-HDF5 C++ config.status 1.6.4-pre3
+HDF5 C++ config.status 1.6.4
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59,
   with options \\"`echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`\\"
 
diff --git a/c++/configure.in b/c++/configure.in
index b78d118..42a7000 100644
--- a/c++/configure.in
+++ b/c++/configure.in
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dnl
 dnl NOTE: Don't forget to change the version number here when we do a
 dnl release!!!
 dnl
-AC_INIT([HDF5 C++], [1.6.4-pre3], [hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu])
+AC_INIT([HDF5 C++], [1.6.4], [hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/H5Library.cpp])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([../bin])
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ae9dd9c..4c10c88 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # From configure.in Id: configure.in.
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for HDF5 1.6.4-pre3.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for HDF5 1.6.4.
 #
 # Report bugs to <hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu>.
 #
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='HDF5'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='hdf5'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='1.6.4-pre3'
-PACKAGE_STRING='HDF5 1.6.4-pre3'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='1.6.4'
+PACKAGE_STRING='HDF5 1.6.4'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu'
 
 ac_unique_file="src/H5.c"
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures HDF5 1.6.4-pre3 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures HDF5 1.6.4 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of HDF5 1.6.4-pre3:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of HDF5 1.6.4:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit 0
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-HDF5 configure 1.6.4-pre3
+HDF5 configure 1.6.4
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59
 
 Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ cat >&5 <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by HDF5 $as_me 1.6.4-pre3, which was
+It was created by HDF5 $as_me 1.6.4, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -37029,7 +37029,7 @@ _ASBOX
 } >&5
 cat >&5 <<_CSEOF
 
-This file was extended by HDF5 $as_me 1.6.4-pre3, which was
+This file was extended by HDF5 $as_me 1.6.4, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -37092,7 +37092,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF
 ac_cs_version="\\
-HDF5 config.status 1.6.4-pre3
+HDF5 config.status 1.6.4
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59,
   with options \\"`echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0501600..80eaa7f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dnl
 dnl NOTE: Don't forget to change the version number here when we do a
 dnl release!!!
 dnl
-AC_INIT([HDF5], [1.6.4-pre3], [hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu])
+AC_INIT([HDF5], [1.6.4], [hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/H5.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([src/H5config.h])
 
diff --git a/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
index a948795..bcb8f70 100644
--- a/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-HDF5 version 1.6.4-snap7 released on Sun Feb 13 18:15:48 CST 2005
+HDF5 version 1.6.4 released on Tue Mar 15 20:38:48 CST 2005
 ================================================================================
 
-
 INTRODUCTION
-
+============
 This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.6.3 and
-HDF5-1.6.3-*, and contains information on the platforms tested and
-known problems in HDF5-1.6.3-*. For more details check the HISTORY.txt
+HDF5-1.6.4, and contains information on the platforms tested and
+known problems in HDF5-1.6.4. For more details check the HISTORY.txt
 file in the HDF5 source.
 
 The HDF5 documentation can be found on the NCSA ftp server
@@ -22,8 +21,9 @@ If you have any questions or comments, please send them to:
 
     hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu
 
-CONTENTS
 
+CONTENTS
+========
 - New Features
 - Support for new platforms and languages
 - Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.3
@@ -35,16 +35,26 @@ CONTENTS
 
 New Features
 ============
+    Source code distribution:
+    -------------------------
 
+    The High-Level (HL) C APIs were added to the source code distribution.
+    For HL documentation, see
+    http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/hdf5_hl/doc/RM_hdf5hl.html.
+
+    The HL library, libhdf5_hl.a(so), is built and installed by default. 
+    Use --disable-hl configure flag to disable the HL library.
 
     Library:
     --------
-        - Compound datatype has been enhanced with a new feature of size 
-            adjustment.  The size can be increased and decreased(without
+        - We recommend you to use SZIP v2.0 with this release. 
+          For more information see
+          http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/doc_resource/SZIP/ 
+        - The compound datatype has been enhanced with a new feature of size 
+            adjustment.  The size can be increased and decreased (without
             cutting the last member).  No API change is involved.  SLU - 
             2004/10/1
-        - Removed PABLO support 
-                                2005/01/20 EIP 
+        - Removed PABLO support.  2005/01/20 EIP 
 
     Parallel Library:
     -----------------
@@ -53,43 +63,57 @@ New Features
 
     Tools:
     ------
-	- New tool, h5jam.  See reference manual.  2004/10/08	      
+	- New tool, h5jam.  See HDF5 Reference Manual.  2004/10/08	      
 
     F90 API:
     --------
+          No new features in this release.
 
     C++ API:
     --------
+	- Started using C library's reference counting in place of the class
+	  RefCounter, which existed before the C mechanism was available.  
+	  As a result, RefCounter has been removed.  2005/03/12 BMR
 
 
 Support for new platforms, languages and compilers.
 =======================================
 
+    Configuration
+    -------------
+	- Upgraded from GNU autoconf 2.53 to autoconf 2.59.  JML - 2005/01/31
+
+
 Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.3 release
 ==================================
 
     Library
     -------
-        - H5Tget_member_value calls for enum datatype didn't return correct 
-            value if H5Tenum_valueof was called first.  It's fixed.  SLU - 
-            2005/02/08
+        - Fixed a racing condition in MPIPOSIX virtual file drive close
+	  function.  Now all processes must completed the close before any
+	  of them is returned.  This prevents some "faster" processes start
+	  accessing the file for another purpose (e.g., open with truncate)
+	  while other "slower" processes have not closed the same file with
+	  the previous purpose.  AKC - 2005/03/01
+	- H5Tget_member_value calls for enum datatype didn't return correct 
+          value if H5Tenum_valueof was called first.  It's fixed.  SLU - 
+          2005/02/08
         - For variable-length string, H5Tget_class returned H5T_STRING as its
-            class.  But H5Tdetect_class and H5Tget_member_class considered it
-            as H5T_VLEN.  This is fixed to let all these 3 functions treat it
-            as H5T_STRING.  SLU - 2005/02/08
+          class.  But H5Tdetect_class and H5Tget_member_class considered it
+          as H5T_VLEN.  This is fixed to let all these 3 functions treat it
+          as H5T_STRING.  SLU - 2005/02/08
         - The byte order of all 1-byte integer types was fixed as
-            little-endian even on a big-endian machine.  It's corrected.
-            SLU - 2005/02/07
-        - Fix segmentation fault when calling H5Fflush with an attribute that
-            hasn't had a value written to it open.  QAK - 2004/10/18
-        - Back up supporting bitfield and time types in H5Tget_native_type.  
-            Leave it to future support.  The function simply returns error 
-            message of "not support" for bitfield and time types.  
-            SLU - 2004/10/5
+          little-endian even on a big-endian machine.  It's corrected.
+          SLU - 2005/02/07
+        - Fixed segmentation fault when calling H5Fflush with an attribute that
+          hasn't had a value written to it open.  QAK - 2004/10/18
+        - Backed out support for bitfield and time types in H5Tget_native_type.
+          Leave it to future support.  The function simply returns error 
+          message of "not support" for bitfield and time types. SLU - 2004/10/5
         - Fixed address check in Core VFL driver to avoid spurious address/size
-            overflows for odd valued addresses and/or sizes.  QAK - 2004/09/27
+          overflows for odd valued addresses and/or sizes.  QAK - 2004/09/27
         - Fixed problem where chunked datasets were not able to be deleted
-            from a file under certain circumstances.  QAK - 2004/09/27/
+          from a file under certain circumstances.  QAK - 2004/09/27/
 
     Configuration
     -------------
@@ -99,39 +123,53 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.3 release
 	  code with -O3 option.  Changed enable-production default compiler
 	  option to -O2. AKC - 2004/12/06
 	- Long double is assumed to be a supported C data type.  It is a
-	  stanadard C89 type. AKC - 2004/10/22
-
+	  standard C89 type. AKC - 2004/10/22
 
     Performance
     -------------
-
+    Many changes were made to the library to improve performance,
+    especially for the variable-length datatypes and metadata cache.
+   
     Tools
     -----
+        - h5fc and h5c++ work correctly when -c compiler flag
+          is used.  EIP - 2005/03/14        
 	- Fixed h5dump to print attributes data in ASCII if -r option is used.
 	  AKC - 2004/11/18
-        - Fixed space utilization reported in h5ls to correct error in formula
-            used.  QAK - 2004/10/22
+        - Fixed space utilization reported in h5ls to correct error 
+          in formula used.  QAK - 2004/10/22
 
     Documentation 
     ------------- 
 
     F90 API
     -------
-       - on windows, previously Fortran DLL built and tested failed,
-                     now Fortran DLL has been built and tested successfully
-                         with Dec Fortran 6.6c or Dec Fortran 6.0.
+       - On windows, previously Fortran DLL built and tested failed.
+         Now Fortran DLL has been built and tested successfully
+         with Dec Fortran 6.6c or Dec Fortran 6.0.
+
     C++ API
     -------
+
+
 Documentation
 =============
 
     HDF5 Library documentation
     --------------------------
+    No substantive changes to the structure or types of content in the 
+    HDF5 Library documentation.
 
     Windows installation documentation
     ----------------------------------
-        
+    1. On Windows zlib has been updated to 1.2.2. You may find the binary at
+       either http://www.zlib.net/zlib122-dll.zip or
+              ftp://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/lib-external/zlib/bin/windows
 
+    2. Only DLLs of external libraries (zlib and szip) are linked with the 
+       HDF5 Library. We will no longer provide binary to link static library 
+       with HDF5. For details, please check INSTALL_Windows in this directory.
+        
 
 Platforms Tested
 ================
@@ -146,205 +184,194 @@ Platforms Tested
 				  xlC 5.0.2.5
 				  mpcc_r 5.0.2.5
 				  mpxlf_r 7.1.1.2
-    AIX 5.2                       xlc 6.0.0.8
+    AIX 5.2 (32/64 bit)           xlc 6.0.0.8
+                                  xlC 6.0.0.9
+                                  xlf 8.1.1.7
+                                  mpcc_r 6.0.0.8
+                                  mpxlf_r 8.1.1.7
+    AIX 5.2 (32/64 bit, LLNL frost)    xlc 6.0.0.8
                                   xlC 6.0.0.8
-                                  xlf 8.1.1.6
+                                  xlf 8.1.1.7
                                   mpcc_r 6.0.0.8
-                                  mpxlf_r 8.1.1.6
+                                  mpxlf_r 8.1.1.7
     Cray T90 sn7001 10.0.0md      Cray Standard C Version 6.4.0.3
                                   Cray Fortran Version 3.4.0.0
-    Cray T3E sn6606 2.0.6.08      Cray Standard C Version 6.6.0.3
-                                  Cray Fortran Version 3.6.0.3
     Cray SV1 sn9617 10.0.1.2      Cray Standard C Version 6.6.0.3.6
                                   Cray Fortran Version 3.6.0.3.1
     FreeBSD 4.9                   gcc 2.95.4
                                   g++ 2.95.4
+                                  gcc 3.2.3, 3.3.6, 3.4.4, 4.0.0
     HP-UX B.11.00                 HP C  HP92453-01 A.11.01.20 
                                   HP F90 v2.4
                                   HP ANSI C++ B3910B A.03.13
                                   MPIch 1.2.4
+    IRIX64 6.5 (tesla -64)        MIPSpro cc 7.4.2m
+                                  F90 MIPSpro 7.4.2m
+                                  C++ MIPSpro cc 7.4.2m
     IRIX64 6.5 (64 & n32)         MIPSpro cc 7.3.1.3m
                                   F90 MIPSpro 7.3.1.3m (64 only)
                                   C++ MIPSpro cc 7.3.1.3m
 				  mpt 1.6
-    Linux 2.4.18                  gcc 2.96, 3.3.2
-                                  g++ 3.3.2
-                                  Intel(R) C++ Version 7.1
-                                  Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 7.1
-                                  PGI compilers (pgcc, pgf90, pgCC) version 5.0-2
-                                  MPIch 1.2.4
+    Linux 2.4.20-28.7             gcc 2.96
+    (eirene, verbena)             gcc 3.3.2
+                                  PGI compilers (pgcc, pgf90, pgCC) 
+                                  version 5.2-1
                                   Absoft Fortran compiler v9.0
-    Linux 2.4.20-8                gcc 3.3.2
-                                  PGI compilers (pgcc, pgf90, pgCC) version 5.0-2
-                                  MPIch 1.2.4
-    Linux 2.4.21-2.9.5ws #3       gcc 3.2.3 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-16)
-          SMP x86_64              g++ 3.2.3
-    Linux 2.4.21-4.ELsmp	  Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.0
-    				  Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.0
-				  gcc 3.4.0
-				  MPICH 1..5.2 Inmel 8.0
-    Linux 2.4.19-SMP  x86_64      gcc (GCC) 3.2.2 (SuSE Linux)
-                                  g++ 3.2.2
-    Linux 2.6.4-52smp x86_64      gcc 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux 9.1 AMD64))
-                                  PGI 5.2-1 C and F90 
-
-    Linux 2.4.21-sgi Altix 
-          SMP ia64                Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
-                                  Intel(R) Fortran Itanium(R) Version 8.0
+                         	  Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.1
+    				  Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.1
+                                  MPIch 1.2.6
+    Linux 2.4.21-268-smp x86_64   gcc 3.3.1 (SuSE Linux, AMD)
+    (mir)                         PGI 5.2-1 C and F90 (with k3-32) 
+                         	  Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.1
+    				  Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.1
+    Linux 2.4.21-sgi303r2 Altix 
+          SMP ia64                Intel(R) C++ Version 8.1
+    (cobalt)                      Intel(R) Fortran Itanium(R) Version 8.1
                                   SGI MPI
-    OSF1 V5.1                     Compaq C V6.5-303 
+    OSF1 V5.1 (QSC)               Compaq C V6.5-011 
+                                  HP Fortran V5.5A-3548
+				  Compaq C++ V6.5-036  
+				  MPIX200_64_r13.4
+    OSF1 V5.1 (PSC)               Compaq C V6.5-303 
                                   HP Fortran V5.5A-3548
 				  Compaq C++ V6.5-040  
-				  MPI_64bit_R13
-    SunOS 5.7(32 and 64 bit)      WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0
-     (Solaris 2.7)                WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C++ 5.0 
-                                  WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/10/25 
+				  MPIX200_64_r13.4
                                   FORTRAN 90 2.0 Patch 107356-04 
-    SunOS 5.8(32 and 64 bit)      Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3
+    SunOS 5.8 32,46               Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3
      (Solaris 2.8)                Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 Fortran 90
                                   Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3
-    TFLOPS r1.0.4 v4.4.3 i386     pgcc Rel 3.1-4i with mpich-1.2.4 with
+    SunOS 5.9 32,64               Sun C 5.6 2004/07/15
+     (Solaris 2.9)                Sun Fortran 95 8.0 2004/07/15
+                                  Sun C++ 5.6 2004/07/15
+    TFLOPS r1.0.4 v4.5.2 i386     pgcc Rel 3.1-4i with mpich-1.2.4 with
                                           local modifications
-    IA-32 Linux 2.4.18            gcc 2.96
-                                  Intel(R) C++ Version 7.0
-                                  Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 7.0
-
     Xeon Linux 2.4.20-31.9smp_perfctr_lustre
-	                          Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
+    (tungsten)	                  Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
                                   Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.0
-                                  
-    IA-64 Linux 2.4.16 ia64       gcc version 3.0.4
-                                  Intel(R) C++ Version 7.1
-                                  Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 7.1
-
     IA-64 Linux 2.4.21.SuSE_128.bef1 ia64
-                                  Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
+    (NCSA tg-login)               Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
                                   Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.0
 				  mpich-gm-1.2.5..intel
-
-    Windows 2000 (NT5.0)          MSVC++ 6.0
-                                  MSVC++ .NET
-                                  DEC Visual Fortran 6.0
-                                  Intel C and F90 compilers version 7.1
-				  Code Warrior 8.0
     Windows XP                    MSVC++.NET
                                   MSVC++ 6.0
-                                  DEC Visual Fortran 6.0
-
+                                  Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6C
+                                  Intel 8.1 C++
     MAC OS X                      Darwin 7.5
                                   gcc and g++ Apple Computer, Inc. GCC 
                                   version 1175, based on gcc version 3.3.2
                                   IBM XL Fortran version 8.1 
                                   Absoft Fortran compiler v8.2
-                                  
 
 
 Supported Configuration Features Summary
 ========================================
 
-Key:   y = tested and supported
-       n = not supported or not tested in this release
-       x = not working in this release
+Key:   y   = tested and supported
+       n   = not supported or not tested in this release
+       x   = not working in this release
        dna = does not apply
        ( ) = footnote appears below second table
 
 Platform                             C        F90    F90      C++  zlib  SZIP
                                      parallel        parallel      
-Solaris2.7 64-bit                    y (1)    y      y (1)    y    y     y
-Solaris2.7 32-bit                    y (1)    y      y (1)    y    y     y
-Solaris2.8 64-bit                    y (1)    y      y (1)    y    y     y
-Solaris2.8 32-bit                    y        y      y (1)    y    y     y
-IRIX64_6.5 64-bit                    y (2)    y      y        y    y     y
-IRIX64_6.5 32-bit                    y (2)    n      n        n    y     y
-HPUX11.00                            y (1)    y      y        y    y     y
+Solaris2.8 64-bit                    y        y      y(1)     y    y     y
+Solaris2.8 32-bit                    y        y      y(1)     y    y     y
+Solaris2.9 64-bit                    y(1)     y      y(1)     y    y     y
+Solaris2.9 32-bit                    y(1)     y      y(1)     y    y     y
+IRIX64_6.5 64-bit                    y(2)     y      y        y    y     y
+IRIX64_6.5 32-bit                    y(2)     n      n        n    y     y
+HPUX11.00                            y(1)     y      y        y    y     y
 OSF1 v5.1                            y        y      y        y    y     y
 T90 IEEE                             n        y      n        n    y     n
-T3E                                  y (5)    y      y (5)    n    y     n
-SV1                                  y (5)    y      y (5)    n    y     n
-TFLOPS                               y (1)    n      n        n    y     n
+SV1                                  y(5)     y      y(5)     n    y     n
+TFLOPS                               y(1)     n      n        n    y     n
 AIX-5.1 & 5.2 32-bit                 y        y      y        y    y     y
 AIX-5.1 & 5.2 64-bit                 y        y      y        y    y     y
-WinXP Visual Studio 6.0              n        y (9)  n        y    y     y
-WinXP .Net                           n        n      n        y    y     y
-WinXP Code Warrior                   n        n      n        n    y     y
-Win2000 Visual Studio 6.0            n        y (10) n        y    y     y
-Win2000 Visual Studio Intel (6)      n        y      n        y    y     y
-Win2000 .Net                         n        n      n        y    y     y
-Mac OS X 10.3                        n        y (11) n        y    y     y
-FreeBSD 4.9                          y (1)    n      n        y    y     y
-RedHat 7   W        (3)              y (1)    y (12) n        y    y     y
+WinXP Visual Studio 6.0              n        y(9)   n        y    y     y
+WinXP .Net                           n        n      n        y(8) y     y
+Mac OS X 10.3                        n        y(10)  n        y    y     y
+FreeBSD 4.9                          y(1)     n      n        y    y     y
+RedHat 7.3  W (3)                    y(1)     y(11)  n        y    y     y
 RedHat 7.3  W Intel (3)              n        y      n        y    y     y
-RedHat 7.3  W PGI   (3)              n        y      n        y    y     y
-RedHat 8 & SuSe x86_64 gcc     (3)   n        y (13) n        y    y     y
-Linux 2.4 Xeon C Lustre Intel (3,7)  n        y      n        y    y     y
-Linux 2.4 SuSE ia64 C   Intel (3,8)  y        y      y        y    y     y
+RedHat 7.3  W PGI (3)                n        y      n        y    y     y
+SuSe x86_64 gcc (3,13)               n        y(12)  n        y    y     y
+SuSe x86_64 icc (3,13)               n        y(14)  n        y    y     y
+Linux 2.4 Xeon C Lustre Intel (3,6)  n        y      n        y    y     y
+Linux 2.4 SuSE ia64 C Intel (3,7)    y        y      y        y    y     y
 Linux 2.4 SGI Altix ia64 Intel (3)   y        y      y        y    y     y
 
 
-Platform                             Shared         static-  Thread-  STREAM- 
-                                     libraries (4)  exec     safe     VFD    
-Solaris2.7 64-bit                    y              x        y        y
-Solaris2.7 32-bit                    y              x        y        y
-Solaris2.8 64-bit                    y              x        y        y
-Solaris2.8 32-bit                    y              x        y        y
-IRIX64_6.5 64-bit                    y              y        y        y
-IRIX64_6.5 32-bit                    y              y        y        y
-HPUX11.00                            y              x        n        y
-OSF1 v5.1                            y              y        n        y
-T90 IEEE                             n              y        n        y
-T3E                                  n              y        n        y
-SV1                                  n              y        n        y
-TFLOPS                               n              y        n        n
-AIX-5.1 & 5.2 32-bit                 n              y        n        y
-AIX-5.1 & 5.2 64-bit                 n              y        n        y
-WinXP Visual Studio 6.0              y              y        n        n
-WinXP .Net                           y              y        n        n
-WinXP Code Warrior                   n              y        n        n
-Win2000 Visual Studio 6.0            y              y        n        n
-Win2000 Visual Studio Intel (6)      y              y        n        n
-Win2000 .Net                         y              y        n        n
-Mac OS X 10.3                        y              y        n        y
-FreeBSD 4.9                          y              y        y        y
-RedHat 7    W       (3)              y              y        y        y
-RedHat 7.3  W Intel (3)              n              y        n        y
-RedHat 7.3  W PGI   (3)              n              y        n        y
-RedHat 8 & SuSe x86_64 gcc     (3)   n              y        n        y
-Linux 2.4 Xeon C Lustre Intel (3,7)  y              y        n        y
-Linux 2.4 SuSE ia64 C Intel   (3,8)  y              y        n        n
-Linux 2.4 SGI Altix ia64 Intel (3)   y              y        n        y
-
+Platform                             Shared        static-  Thread-  STREAM- 
+                                     libraries(4)  exec     safe     VFD    
+Solaris2.8 64-bit                    y              x       y        y
+Solaris2.8 32-bit                    y              x       y        y
+Solaris2.9 64-bit                    y              x       y        y
+Solaris2.9 32-bit                    y              x       y        y
+IRIX64_6.5 64-bit                    y              y       y        y
+IRIX64_6.5 32-bit                    y              y       y        y
+HPUX11.00                            y              x       n        y
+OSF1 v5.1                            y              y       n        y
+T90 IEEE                             n              y       n        y
+SV1                                  n              y       n        y
+TFLOPS                               n              y       n        n
+AIX-5.1 & 5.2 32-bit                 n              y       n        y
+AIX-5.1 & 5.2 64-bit                 n              y       n        y
+WinXP Visual Studio 6.0              y              y       n        n
+WinXP .Net                           y              y       n        n
+Mac OS X 10.3                        y              y       n        y
+FreeBSD 4.9                          y              y       y        y
+RedHat 7.3   W (3)                   y              y       y        y
+RedHat 7.3  W  Intel (3)             n              y       n        y
+RedHat 7.3  W  PGI (3)               n              y       n        y
+SuSe x86_64 gcc (3,13)               n              y       n        y
+SuSe x86_64 icc (3,13)               y              y(15)   n        y
+Linux 2.4 Xeon C Lustre Intel (3,6)  y              y       n        y
+Linux 2.4 SuSE ia64 C Intel (3,7)    y              y       n        n
+Linux 2.4 SGI Altix ia64 Intel  (3)  y              y       n        y
 
 
 Compiler versions for each platform are listed in the "Platforms Tested" 
 table found elsewhere in this file (RELEASE.txt).  Unless otherwise noted, 
 compilers used are the system compilers.
 
-Footnotes:  (1) Using mpich 1.2.4
-            (2) Using mpt and mpich 1.2.4
-            (3) Linux 2.4 with GNU, Intel, and PGI compilers, as indicated  
-                W or C indicates workstation or cluster, respectively
+Footnotes:  (1) Using mpich 1.2.6
+            (2) Using mpt and mpich 1.2.6.
+            (3) Linux 2.4 with GNU, Intel, and PGI compilers, as indicated.  
+                  W or C indicates workstation or cluster, respectively.
             (4) Shared libraries are provided only for the C library, 
-                except on Windows where they are provided for C and C++
-            (5) Using mpt
-            (6) Intel 7.1 compilers in Visual Studio 6.0 environment
-            (7) Linux 2.4.20-31.9.  Xeon cluster with smp_perfctr_lustre 
+                except on Windows where they are provided for C and C++.
+            (5) Using mpt.
+            (6) Linux 2.4.20-31.9.  Xeon cluster with smp_perfctr_lustre 
                 and Intel compilers
-            (8) Linux 2.4.21, SuSE_128.befl.  Ia64 cluster with Intel compilers
-            (9) DEC Visual Fortran 6.0 and Intel 7.1
-            (10) DEC Visual Fortran 6.0
-            (11) IBM XLF and Absoft
-            (12) PGI, Absoft
-            (13) PGI
-       FMB/EIP - 2004/09/21
-
+            (7) Linux 2.4.21, SuSE_128.befl.  Ia64 cluster with Intel compilers
+            (8) Intel 8.1
+            (9) Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6C
+           (10) IBM XLF and Absoft
+           (11) PGI, Absoft.  No shared libraries with Absoft; 
+                use '--disable-shared'.
+           (12) PGI and Intel compilers for both C and Fortran
+           (13) AMD Opteron x86_64
+           (14) ifort
+           (15) Yes with C and Fortran, but not with C++
+       FMB/EIP - 2005/03/15
 
 
 Known Problems
 ==============
+* test/big fails sometimes with the message "Possible overlap with another
+  region."  The test selects regions randomly, and this error occurs when
+  two regions overlap each other; it is an bug in the test and not in
+  HDF5.  Since the error is triggered by a random situation, it will
+  usually disappear if the test is re-run.
+
+* Cray SV1 fails to correctly convert between floating-point and "long double"
+  for software conversion.  Problem is being investigated. SLU - 2005/03/04
+
 * Newer SGI MIPSpro compilers (version 7.4.x) support C99 features but it
   has a "guard" statement in stdint.h that will #error and skip the rest
-  of the header file if C99 option is not used explicitely.  Hardset
+  of the header file if C99 option is not used explicitly.  Hardset
   $CC to c99 will resolve the problem. AKC - 2004/12/13
+
 * On IBM AIX systems, parallel HDF5 mode will fail some tests with error
   messages like "INFO: 0031-XXX ...".  This is from the command poe.
   Set the environment variable MP_INFOLEVEL to 0 to minimize the messages
@@ -357,16 +384,12 @@ Known Problems
   Ask your system administrator to clean them out.  Lastly, request IBM
   to provide a mean to run poe without the debug socket.
 
-* h5fc and h5c++ compilation scripts have a bug: object files (*.o) cannot be
-  created when source code is compiled using h5fc or h5c++. We will provide
-  a fix. Please check ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/current/src/patches/ 
-  for the patches.
-
-* Fortran subroutine h5pget_driver_f doesn't return a correct driver information.
+* Fortran subroutine h5pget_driver_f doesn't return a correct driver 
+  information.
 
-* There are two h5dump xml tests(h5dump --xml thlink.h5 and h5dump --xml tmany.h5)
-  failed on windows xp with .NET for debug and debug dll. Release and Release
-  dll work fine. 
+* There are two h5dump xml tests(h5dump --xml thlink.h5 and 
+  h5dump --xml tmany.h5) failed on windows xp with .NET for debug and 
+  debug dll. Release and Release dll work fine. 
 
 * The h5dump tests may fail to match the expected output on some platforms
   (e.g. parallel jobs, Windows) where the error messages directed to
@@ -400,10 +423,10 @@ Known Problems
   program to fail.
 
 * Certain platforms give false negatives when testing h5ls:
-    - Cray J90 and Cray T90IEEE give errors during testing when displaying
+    - Cray T90IEEE give errors during testing when displaying
       some floating-point values. These are benign differences due to
-      the different precision in the values displayed and h5ls appears to
-      be dumping floating-point numbers correctly.
+      the different precision in the values displayed.
+      h5ls appears to be dumping floating-point numbers correctly.
 
 * Before building HDF5 F90 Library from source on Crays 
   replace H5Aff.f90, H5Dff.f90 and H5Pff.f90 files in the fortran/src
@@ -411,27 +434,13 @@ Known Problems
   from the site:
   ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/current/src/patches/
 
-* On some platforms that use Intel and Absoft compilers to build HDF5 fortran library,
-  compilation may fail for fortranlib_test.f90, fflush1.f90 and fflush2.f90
-  complaining about exit subroutine. Comment out the line 
+* On some platforms that use Intel and Absoft compilers to build HDF5 fortran 
+  library, compilation may fail for fortranlib_test.f90, fflush1.f90 and 
+  fflush2.f90 complaining about exit subroutine. Comment out the line 
   IF (total_error .ne. 0) CALL exit (total_error)
 
-* On IA32 and IA64 systems, if you use a compiler other than GCC (such as
-  Intel's ecc or icc compilers), you will need to modify the generated
-  "libtool" program after configuration is finished. On or around line 104 of
-  the libtool file, there are lines which look like:
-
-      # How to pass a linker flag through the compiler.
-      wl=""
-
-  change these lines to this:
-
-      # How to pass a linker flag through the compiler.
-      wl="-Wl,"
-
-  UPDATE: This is now done automatically by the configure script. However, if
-  you still experience a problem, you may want to check this line in the
-  libtool file and make sure that it has the correct value.
+* Use --disable-shared configure flag if building with Absoft Fortran
+  compiler
 
 * Information about building with PGI and Intel compilers is available in
   INSTALL file sections 5.7 and 5.8
@@ -451,6 +460,15 @@ Known Problems
         setenv CXX "pgCC --instantiate=local"  for pgCC 5.02 and higher
         setenv CXX "pgCC -tlocal" for others
 
+* Fortran release DLL randomly failed with compaq visual fortran 6.6c on
+  windows. 
+
+* Fortran DLL built with Intel 8.1 in .NET environment crushed the compiler,
+  To build Fortran Static library with Intel 8.1 in .NET environment 
+  needs manually setting the project file,
+  please contact to hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu if you need to build
+  fortran static library with Intel 8.1 with .NET environment.
+
 * On at least one system, (SDSC DataStar), the scheduler (in this case
   LoadLeveler) sends job status updates to standard error when you run
   any executable that was compiled with the parallel compilers.
diff --git a/fortran/configure b/fortran/configure
index 05701e5..978f048 100755
--- a/fortran/configure
+++ b/fortran/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # From fortran/configure.in Id: configure.in.
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for HDF5 Fortran 1.6.4-pre3.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for HDF5 Fortran 1.6.4.
 #
 # Report bugs to <hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu>.
 #
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='HDF5 Fortran'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='hdf5-fortran'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='1.6.4-pre3'
-PACKAGE_STRING='HDF5 Fortran 1.6.4-pre3'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='1.6.4'
+PACKAGE_STRING='HDF5 Fortran 1.6.4'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu'
 
 ac_unique_file="src/HDF5.f90"
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures HDF5 Fortran 1.6.4-pre3 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures HDF5 Fortran 1.6.4 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of HDF5 Fortran 1.6.4-pre3:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of HDF5 Fortran 1.6.4:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit 0
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-HDF5 Fortran configure 1.6.4-pre3
+HDF5 Fortran configure 1.6.4
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59
 
 Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ cat >&5 <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by HDF5 Fortran $as_me 1.6.4-pre3, which was
+It was created by HDF5 Fortran $as_me 1.6.4, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -12184,7 +12184,7 @@ _ASBOX
 } >&5
 cat >&5 <<_CSEOF
 
-This file was extended by HDF5 Fortran $as_me 1.6.4-pre3, which was
+This file was extended by HDF5 Fortran $as_me 1.6.4, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -12247,7 +12247,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF
 ac_cs_version="\\
-HDF5 Fortran config.status 1.6.4-pre3
+HDF5 Fortran config.status 1.6.4
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59,
   with options \\"`echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`\\"
 
diff --git a/fortran/configure.in b/fortran/configure.in
index 10860f8..c65ef93 100644
--- a/fortran/configure.in
+++ b/fortran/configure.in
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dnl
 dnl NOTE: Don't forget to change the version number here when we do a
 dnl release!!!
 dnl
-AC_INIT([HDF5 Fortran], [1.6.4-pre3], [hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu])
+AC_INIT([HDF5 Fortran], [1.6.4], [hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/HDF5.f90])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([src/H5config_fortran.h])
 
diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index 776943d..bcb8f70 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HDF5 version 1.6.4-pre3 currently under development
+HDF5 version 1.6.4 released on Tue Mar 15 20:38:48 CST 2005
 ================================================================================
 
 INTRODUCTION
diff --git a/src/H5public.h b/src/H5public.h
index 661c763..9eb1a03 100644
--- a/src/H5public.h
+++ b/src/H5public.h
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ extern "C" {
 #define H5_VERS_MAJOR	1	/* For major interface/format changes  	     */
 #define H5_VERS_MINOR	6	/* For minor interface/format changes  	     */
 #define H5_VERS_RELEASE	4	/* For tweaks, bug-fixes, or development     */
-#define H5_VERS_SUBRELEASE "pre3"	/* For pre-releases like snap0       */
+#define H5_VERS_SUBRELEASE ""	/* For pre-releases like snap0       */
 				/* Empty string for real releases.           */
-#define H5_VERS_INFO    "HDF5 library version: 1.6.4-pre3"      /* Full version string */
+#define H5_VERS_INFO    "HDF5 library version: 1.6.4"      /* Full version string */
 
 #define H5check()	H5check_version(H5_VERS_MAJOR,H5_VERS_MINOR,	      \
 				        H5_VERS_RELEASE)