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authorRaymond Lu <songyulu@hdfgroup.org>2013-09-19 16:58:06 (GMT)
committerRaymond Lu <songyulu@hdfgroup.org>2013-09-19 16:58:06 (GMT)
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[svn-r24169] I updated these files for the support information of OpenVMS.
No test is needed.
-rw-r--r--release_docs/INSTALL_VMS.txt15
-rw-r--r--release_docs/RELEASE.txt16
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL_VMS.txt b/release_docs/INSTALL_VMS.txt
index 013bd6a..dbbab77 100644
--- a/release_docs/INSTALL_VMS.txt
+++ b/release_docs/INSTALL_VMS.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
Building and installation instructions for Alpha Open VMS
- HDF5 1.8.6 release
- 18 February 2011
+ HDF5 1.8.12 release
+ 18 September 2013
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
on a system. You may download the source code from
http://www.zlib.net/
+ The newest ZLIB 1.2.8 doesn't work properly on OpenVMS.
+ But ZLIB 1.2.5 works fine.
+
- Use tar command to untar HDF5 source ball
tar -xvf <source>.tar
@@ -70,8 +73,10 @@
4. Known problems
- There is no support for szip compression filter.
- - Fortran multifile driver test fails; similar C test passes.
-
+ - Two soft conversion functions (H5T__conv_i_f and H5T__conv_f_i)
+ have bugs. They convert data between floating-point numbers and
+ integers. But the library's default is hard conversion. The user
+ should avoid explicitly enabling soft conversion between floating-point
+ numbers and integers.
For help contact help@hdfgroup.org
-
diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index 979f4d3..949e192 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ They are built with the configure process unless specified otherwise.
64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.6.2
(wren) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 13.0.1.119
+ OpenVMS IA64 V8.4 HP C V7.3-018
+ (Boeing) HP Fortran V8.2-104939-50H96
+ HP C++ V7.4-004
Tested Configuration Features Summary
=====================================
@@ -263,7 +266,7 @@ CentOS 5.9 Linux 2.6.18 x86_64 PGI n y/y n y y y
CentOS 6.4 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 GNU n y/n n y y y
CentOS 6.4 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 Intel n y/y n y y y
Linux 2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.ppc64 n y/n n y y y
-
+OpenVMS IA64 V8.4 n y/n n y y n
Platform Shared Shared Shared Thread-
C libs F90 libs C++ libs safe
@@ -288,6 +291,7 @@ CentOS 5.9 Linux 2.6.18 x86_64 PGI y y y n
CentOS 6.4 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 GNU y y y n
CentOS 6.4 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 Intel y y y n
Linux 2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.ppc64 y y y n
+OpenVMS IA64 V8.4 n n n n
Compiler versions for each platform are listed in the preceding
"Supported Platforms" table.
@@ -343,6 +347,16 @@ The following platforms are not supported but have been tested for this release.
Known Problems
==============
+* On OpenVMS, two soft conversion functions (H5T__conv_i_f and H5T__conv_f_i)
+ have bugs. They convert data between floating-point numbers and integers.
+ But the library's default is hard conversion. The user should avoid
+ explicitly enabling soft conversion between floating-point numbers and
+ integers. (Issue VMS-8; SLU - 2013/09/19)
+
+* On OpenVMS, ZLIB 1.2.8 library doesn't work properly. ZLIB 1.2.5 works
+ fine. So please use ZLIB 1.2.5 to build HDF5 library. (Issue VMS-5;
+ SLU 2013/09/19)
+
* When building using the Cray compilers on Cray machines, HDF5
configure mistakenly thinks the compiler is an intel compiler and
sets the -std=c99 flag which breaks configure on Cray. To build HDF5