[svn-r198] Changes since 19980129

----------------------

./INSTALL
./INSTALL_MAINT
./README
	Updated installation instructions for hdf-5.0.0a.

./RELEASE
	Updated release notes.  Needs more work.

./bin/release
	The tarballs include the name of the root directory like
	hdf-5.0.0a so it doesn't have to be explicitly created when
	the files are extracted.

5 files changed, 283 insertions, 127 deletions

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 68885e8..793415a 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,72 +1,113 @@
-                          UNIX-LIKE SYSTEMS
-                          -----------------
+This file contains instructions for the installation of HDF5 on
+Unix-like systems.  First, one must obtain a tarball of the HDF5
+release from ---FIXME---->http://hdf5.ncsa.uiuc.edu<----FIXME---
+repository.  The files are available in uncompressed tar, gzip, bzip2,
+and compress formats.
 
-To build/install HDF5 on Unix systems from the root of the
-distribution directory:
+For those that like to live dangerously and don't like to read ;-) you
+can do the following:
 
-   * Build the ./src/H5config.h file and Makefiles by saying:
+	$ tar xf hdf-5.0.0a.tar
+	$ cd hdf-5.0.0a
+	$ make test
+	$ make install		# Optional
 
-        ./configure
 
-     You can say `./configure --help' to see a list of options.
+Step 1. Unpack the source tree.
 
-     One common option is to specify the prefix directory under which
-     public files are stored.  The default prefix is `/usr/local'
-     resulting in the directory structure:
+    * The tarball will unpack into an hdf-5.0.0a directory with one of
+      the following commands:
 
-        /usr/local/include      -- C header files.
-        /usr/local/lib          -- The HDF5 library.
-        /usr/local/bin          -- HDF5 support programs.
+	$ tar xf hdf-5.0.0a.tar				OR
+	$ gunzip <hdf-5.0.0a.tar.gz |tar xf -		OR
+	$ bunzip2 <hdf-5.0.0a.tar.bz2 |tar xf -		OR
+	$ uncompress -c <hdf-5.0.0a.tar.Z | tar xf -
 
-     To install the public files in `/usr/include', `/usr/lib', and
-     `/usr/bin' instead say:
 
-        ./configure --prefix=/usr
+Step 2. Configure makefiles.
 
-     Configure will create directories `include', `lib', and `bin'
-     under the prefix directory if they don't already exist, but the
-     prefix directory must already exist and be writable.
+    * HDF5 uses the GNU autoconf program for configuration.  Most
+      installations can be configured by typing just (from the
+      hdf-5.0.0a directory)
 
-     You can also override detection of certain things with
-     environment variables:
+	$ ./configure
+
+    * By default libraries, programs, and documentation are installed
+      under /usr/local/lib, /usr/local/bin, and /usr/local/man.
+      However, if you want them in some other location you can specify
+      a prefix to use instead of /usr/local.  For instance, to install
+      in /usr/lib, /usr/bin, and /usr/man one would say
+
+	$ ./configure --prefix=/usr
+
+      Note: HDF5 can be used without installing it.
+
+    * You can also override detection of certain things with
+      environment variables:
 
         CC              Name of the C compiler to use.
         CFLAGS          Alternate C compiler flags.
         CPPFLAGS        Alternate C preprocessor flags.
         MAKE            Name of the make(1) program.
 
-     For instance it is common to say (add `env' to the beginning of
-     this command if you're running a csh-like shell)
+      For instance it is common to specify the name of the C compiler, 
+      C proprocessor flags, and compiler flags (add `env' to the
+      beginning of this command if you're running a csh-like shell)
+
+        $ CC=gcc CPPFLAGS=-DNDEBUG CFLAGS="-Wall -O3" ./configure
+
+
+    * You can see a list of other configuration options by saying
+
+	$ ./configure --help
+
+
+Step 3. Compile library, tests, and programs.
+
+    * Build library targets by saying
+
+        $ make
+
+      Note: If you supplied some other make command through the MAKE
+      environment variable in the previous step then use that command
+      instead.
+
+      Note: If you're re-building the library after changing some
+      files and you're not using GNU make and gcc, then you should say
+      `make clean' from the top directory between each build attempt
+      since the development Makefiles don't have complete dependency
+      information yet.
+
+      Note: When using GNU make you can add `-j -l6' to the make
+      command to compile in parallel on SMP machines.
+
+
+Step 4. Run confidence tests.
+
+    * All confidence tests should be run by saying
+
+	$ make test
 
-        CPPFLAGS=-DNDEBUG CC=gcc CFLAGS=-O3 ./configure
+      The command will fail if any test fails.
 
-   * Build library targets by saying (if you supplied some other
-     make command through the MAKE variable in the previous step then
-     use that command instead):
+      Note: some versions of make will report that `test is up to
+      date'. If this happens then run `make test' from within the test
+      directory.
 
-        make
 
-     If you're re-building the library after changing some files and
-     you're not using GNU make and gcc, then you should say `make
-     clean' from the top directory between each build attempt since
-     the development Makefiles don't have complete dependency
-     information yet.
+Step 5. Install public files.
 
-   * Install the library, header files, and programs by saying:
+    * Install the library, header files, and programs by saying:
 
-        make install
+        $ make install
 
      This step will fail unless you have permission to write to the
      installation directories.  Of course, you can use the header
      files, library, and programs directly out of the source tree if
      you like, skipping this step.
 
+Step 6. Subscribe to mailing lists.
 
-                           NON-UNIX SYSTEMS
-                           ----------------
+    * Subscribe to the mailing lists described in the README file.
 
-To build/install HDF5 on non-Unix systems from the root of the
-distribution directory:
 
-   * To be written later.  Basically, there will be a separate
-     makefile (or equivalent) for each platform.
diff --git a/INSTALL_MAINT b/INSTALL_MAINT
index e889b00..2f42cf0 100644
--- a/INSTALL_MAINT
+++ b/INSTALL_MAINT
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Information for HDF5 maintainers:
 
         all              -- build locally.
         install          -- install libs, headers, progs.
-        uninstall        -- removed installed files.
+        uninstall        -- remove installed files.
         mostlyclean      -- remove temp files (eg, *.o but not *.a).
         clean            -- mostlyclean plus libs and progs.
         distclean        -- all non-distributed files.
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ Information for HDF5 maintainers:
         fi
 
   Site configuration files are for personal preferences and should
-  not be distributed.
-
+  not be distributed. Run bin/config.guess to see what we think your
+  CPU, VENDOR, and OS values are.
 
 * If you use GNU make along with gcc the Makefile will contain targets
   that automatically maintain a list of source interdependencies; you
@@ -57,16 +57,16 @@ Information for HDF5 maintainers:
   to force an update.
 
   To force an update of all dependency information remove the
-  `.depend' file from each directory and type `make depend'.  For
+  `.depend' file from each directory and type `make'.  For
   instance:
 
 	$ cd $HDF5_HOME
 	$ find . -name .depend -exec rm {} \;
-	$ make depend
+	$ make
 
 * Object files stay in the directory and are added to the library as a
   final step instead of placing the file in the library immediately
-  and removing it from the directory.  The reason is two-fold:
+  and removing it from the directory.  The reason is three-fold:
 
 	1.  Most versions of make don't allow `$(LIB)($(SRC:.c=.o))'
 	    which makes it necessary to have two lists of files, one
@@ -75,3 +75,20 @@ Information for HDF5 maintainers:
 
 	2.  Some versions of make/ar have problems with modification
 	    times of archive members.
+
+	3.  Adding object files immediately causes problems on SMP
+	    machines where make is doing more than one thing at a
+	    time.
+
+* When using GNU make on an SMP you can cause it to compile more than
+  one thing at a time.  At the top of the source tree invoke make as
+
+	$ make -j -l6
+
+  which causes make to fork as many children as possible as long as
+  the load average doesn't go above 6.  In subdirectories one can say
+
+	$ make -j2
+
+  which limits the number of children to two (this doesn't work at the
+  top level because the `-j2' is not passed to recursive makes.
diff --git a/README b/README
index eef6885..9334c0b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,23 +1,35 @@
-This is the 10/15/97 prototype release of the HDF5 library.
-
-This release is not fully functional for the entire API defined in the HTML
-documentation, see the RELEASE file for information specific to this release of
-the library.  The INSTALL file contains instructions on compiling and
-installing the library.
-
-Documentation for this release is in the html directory:
-    H5.apiv2.html - API interface description for HDF5 interface
-    H5.format.html - Format description for HDF5 files
-    H5.intro.html - Introduction to programming with the HDF5 interface
-
-Three mailing lists are currently set up for use with the HDF5 library:
-    hdf5 - For general discussion of the HDF5 library with other users.
-    hdf5dev - For discussion of the HDF5 library development with developers
-        and other interested parties.
-    hdf5announce - For announcements of HDF5 related developments, not a
-        discussion list.
-To subscribe to a list, send mail to "<list>-request@ncsa.uiuc.edu", (i.e.
-hdf5-request@ncsa.uiuc.ed) with "subscribe <e-mail address> in the _body_ of
-the message.  Messages to be sent to the list should be sent to
-"<list>@ncsa.uiuc.edu"
+This is the hdf-5.0.0a prototype release of the HDF5 library.
 
+This release is not fully functional for the entire API defined in the
+documentation, see the RELEASE file in this directory for information
+specific to this release of the library.  The INSTALL file contains
+instructions on compiling and installing the library.
+
+Documentation for this release is in the html directory.
+
+Three mailing lists are currently set up for use with the HDF5
+library.
+
+   hdf5         - For general discussion of the HDF5 library with
+		  other users.
+
+   hdf5dev      - For discussion of the HDF5 library development
+		  with developers and other interested parties.
+
+   hdf5announce - For announcements of HDF5 related developments,
+		  not a discussion list.
+
+To subscribe to a list, send mail to "<list>-request@ncsa.uiuc.edu",
+(e.g., hdf5-request@ncsa.uiuc.ed) with "subscribe <your e-mail
+address> in the _body_ of the message.  Messages to be sent to
+the list should be sent to "<list>@ncsa.uiuc.edu".
+
+Bugs should be reported to:
+
+  Robb Matzke <matzke@llnl.gov>		 All types of bugs
+  Quincey Koziol <koziol@ncsa.uiuc.edu>  All types of bugs
+  Albert Cheng <acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu>	 Parallel bugs
+  Kim Yates <rkyates@llnl.gov>		 Parallel bugs
+  Paul Harten <pharten@ncsa.uiuc.edu>	 Bugs specific to ASCI Red
+
+or to the hdf5dev mailing list.
diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index cd1b9be..6904651 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -1,53 +1,117 @@
-Release information for the 10/10/97 prototype release:
-
-    This release is intended primarily as a proof of concept and as a method
-of familiarizing users with the intended functionality.  A list of the
-limitations of the prototype is as follows:
-    o - Multiple datasets may be created/read/written in an HDF5 file, but
-        access must be as an entire dataset, i.e. no slab/slice/subset code is
-        implemented yet.  The datasets must also be homogeneous, orthogonal
-        datasets, similar to the datasets which are able to be created in the
-        HDF4 "SD" interface.  Reducing these restrictions will be a major
-        effort of further development on the library.
-    o - Datasets can be located in a hierarchy of groups in the file, however
-        user-level features for transitioning through the groups are not
-        implemented in this release.  Each dataset must be accessed through
-        its full "pathname" in the file, ie. "/foo/bar/dataset1",
-        "/foo/bar/dataset2", "/foo/data"
-
-    This release has been tested on UNIX platforms only; specifically: Linux,
-FreedBSD, IRIX, Solaris & Dec UNIX.  Machines which do not have IEEE floating-
-point representation or non big- or little-endian memory representations aren't
-supported in this release, most other machines should work correctly.
-
-    A list of the API functions currently supported follows.  [This list is
-short, mainly as a method of providing feedback before significant direction
-changes must be made]
-    H5 (library) interface
-        o - H5version
-    H5F (file) interface
-        o - H5Fis_hdf5
-        o - H5Fcreate
-        o - H5Fopen
-        o - H5Fclose
-    H5M (meta) interface
-        o - H5Mcreate (for datatype, dataspace & dataset objects)
-        o - H5Mendaccess
-    H5P (dataspace) interface
-        o - H5Pis_simple
-        o - H5Pset_space
-        o - H5Pnelem
-        o - H5Pget_lrank
-        o - H5Pget_ldims
-    H5T (datatype) interface
-        o - H5Tis_atomic
-        o - H5Tset_type
-        o - H5Tget_type
-        o - H5Tsize
-        o - H5Tarch
-    H5D (dataset) interface
-        o - H5Mfind_name (to attach to a dataset)
-        o - H5Dset_info
-        o - H5Dget_info
-        o - H5Dread
-        o - H5Dwrite
+Release information for hdf-5.0.0a
+----------------------------------
+
+This release is an beta release for functionality necessary for the
+ASCI vector bundle project in a serial environment.  Some parallel
+support is also available.  Other features should be considered alpha
+quality.
+
+The following functions are implemented. Errors are returned if an
+attempt is made to use some feature which is not implemented and
+printing the error stack will show `not implemented yet'.
+
+Templates
+   H5Cclose		- release template resources
+   H5Ccopy		- copy a template
+   H5Ccreate		- create a new template
+   H5Cget_chunk		- get chunked storage parameters
+   H5Cget_class		- get template class
+   H5Cget_istore_k	- get chunked storage parameters
+   H5Cget_layout	- get raw data layout class
+   H5Cget_sizes		- get address and size sizes
+   H5Cget_sym_k		- get symbol table storage parameters
+   H5Cget_userblock	- get user-block size
+   H5Cget_version	- get file version numbers
+   H5Cset_chunk		- set chunked storage parameters
+   H5Cset_istore_k	- set chunked storage parameters
+   H5Cset_layout	- set raw data layout class
+   H5Cset_sizes		- set address and size sizes
+   H5Cset_sym_k		- set symbol table storage parameters
+   H5Cset_userblock	- set user-block size
+
+Datasets
+   H5Dclose		- release dataset resources
+   H5Dcreate		- create a new dataset
+   H5Dget_space		- get data space
+   H5Dopen		- open an existing dataset
+   H5Dread		- read raw data
+   H5Dwrite		- write raw data
+
+Errors
+   H5Eclear		- clear the error stack
+   H5Eclose		- release an error stack
+   H5Ecreate		- create a new error stack
+   H5Eprint		- print an error stack
+   H5Epush		- push an error onto a stack
+
+Files
+   H5Fclose		- close a file and release resources
+   H5Fcreate		- create a new file
+   H5Fget_create_template - get file creation template
+   H5Fis_hdf5		- determine if a file is an hdf5 file
+   H5Fopen		- open an existing file
+
+Groups
+   H5Gclose		- close a group and release resources
+   H5Gcreate		- create a new group
+   H5Gopen		- open an existing group
+   H5Gpop		- pop a group from the cwg stack
+   H5Gpush		- push a group onto the cwg stack
+   H5Gset		- set the current working group (cwg)
+
+Data spaces
+   H5Pclose		- release data space resources
+   H5Pcreate_simple	- create a new simple data space
+   H5Pget_dims		- get data space size
+   H5Pget_hyperslab	- get data space selection
+   H5Pget_ndims		- get data space dimensionality
+   H5Pget_npoints	- get number of selected points
+   H5Pis_simple		- determine if data space is simple
+   H5Pset_hyperslab	- select data points
+   H5Pset_space		- reset data space dimensionality and size
+
+Data types
+   H5Tclose		- release data type resources
+   H5Tcopy		- copy a data type
+   H5Tcreate		- create a new data type
+   H5Tequal		- compare two data types
+   H5Tfind		- find a data type conversion function
+   H5Tget_class		- get data type class
+   H5Tget_cset		- get character set
+   H5Tget_ebias		- get exponent bias
+   H5Tget_fields	- get floating point fields
+   H5Tget_inpad		- get inter-field padding
+   H5Tget_member_dims	- get struct member dimensions
+   H5Tget_member_name	- get struct member name
+   H5Tget_member_offset	- get struct member byte offset
+   H5Tget_member_type	- get struct member type
+   H5Tget_nmembers	- get number of struct members
+   H5Tget_norm		- get floating point normalization
+   H5Tget_offset	- get bit offset within type
+   H5Tget_order		- get byte order
+   H5Tget_pad		- get padding type
+   H5Tget_precision	- get precision in bits
+   H5Tget_sign		- get integer sign type
+   H5Tget_size		- get size in bytes
+   H5Tget_strpad	- get string padding
+   H5Tinsert		- insert struct member
+   H5Tlock		- lock type to prevent changes
+   H5Tpack		- pack struct members
+   H5Tregister_hard	- register specific type conversion function
+   H5Tregister_soft	- register general type conversion function
+   H5Tset_cset		- set character set
+   H5Tset_ebias		- set exponent bias
+   H5Tset_fields	- set floating point fields
+   H5Tset_inpad		- set inter-field padding
+   H5Tset_norm		- set floating point normalization
+   H5Tset_offset	- set bit offset within type
+   H5Tset_order		- set byte order
+   H5Tset_pad		- set padding type
+   H5Tset_precision	- set precision in bits
+   H5Tset_sign		- set integer sign type
+   H5Tset_size		- set size in bytes
+   H5Tset_strpad	- set string padding
+   H5Tunregister	- remove a type conversion function
+
+This release has been tested on UNIX platforms only; specifically:
+Linux, FreedBSD, IRIX, Solaris & Dec UNIX.
diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
index 6b96fa0..9904c00 100755
--- a/bin/release
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/local/bin/perl -w
 require 5.003;
+use Cwd;
 
 # Builds a release.  Arguments are zero or more of the words.
 #
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ sub setver ($;$$$) {
 #
 sub release (@) {
    my @types = @_;
-   my ($ver, $status);
+   my ($ver, $status, $created_symlink);
    local $_;
 
    # Make sure the version number is correct.
@@ -79,16 +80,32 @@ sub release (@) {
    $status = system "cp Makefile.dist Makefile";
    die "cannot install default Makefile" if $status >> 8;
 
-   # Make sure release directory exists and create a name.
+   # Make sure release directory exists
    (mkdir $releases, 0777 or die "cannot create $releases")
        unless -d $releases;
    die "no manifest" unless -r "MANIFEST";
-   my $name = "$releases/hdf-$ver";
 
-   # Build the releases
+   # We build the release from above the root of the source tree so the
+   # hdf5 directory appears as part of the name in the tar file. We create
+   # a temporary symlink called something like `hdf-5.0.0a' that points to
+   # our current working directory.
+   $_ = cwd;
+   my ($parent,$root) = m%(.*)/(.*)$% or die "cannot split directory";
+   if ($root ne "hdf-$ver" && ! -e "../hdf-$ver") {
+      symlink $root, "../hdf-$ver" or die "cannot create link";
+      $created_symlink = 1;
+   }
+   my $name = "$root/$releases/hdf-$ver";
+
+   # Build the releases.
    @types = ("gzip") unless @types;
    @types = qw/tar gzip compress bzip2/ if 1==@types && "all" eq $types[0];
-   my $filelist = 'Makefile `cat MANIFEST`';
+   $_ = `cat MANIFEST`;
+   s/^\.\///mg;
+   @filelist = ("Makefile", split /\s*\n/, $_);
+   $filelist = join " ", map {"hdf-$ver/$_"} @filelist;
+
+   chdir ".." or die;
    for (@types) {
       print "Compressing with $_...\n";
 
@@ -114,6 +131,11 @@ sub release (@) {
    } continue {
       print STDERR "$_ failed\n" if $status >> 8;
    }
+   chdir $root or die;
+
+   # Remove the temporary symlink we created above.
+   unlink "../hdf-$ver" if $created_symlink;
+   
 
    # Update version info
    print <<EOF;