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| author | Dana Robinson <43805+derobins@users.noreply.github.com> | 2023-06-10 19:19:03 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2023-06-10 19:19:03 (GMT) |
| commit | 9741c88bf368fb269626d2e3ac2609b592d010c4 (patch) | |
| tree | c4e2b4384210de015e7e5fbcf82010ad626a661b | |
| parent | e1e2ec3093c653858f02298b5a9c7d5cfbc9f6e4 (diff) | |
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Adds a release note for Autoconf 2.71 bump (#3092)
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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 9e9dde4..06d1c34 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -47,6 +47,18 @@ New Features Configuration: ------------- + - The minimum required version of Autoconf has been bumped to 2.71 + + This fixes a problem with the Intel oneAPI Fortran compiler's -loopopt + option being interpreted as a linker option (see bug fixes, below). + + This should only affect building the library from a maintenance branch + using the Autotools, when autogen.sh is used to generate the Autotools + files. + + It does NOT affect the binaries or building from the source tarballs + that we distribute at release as Autoconf does not need to be re-run. + - Added support for CMake presets file. CMake supports two main files, CMakePresets.json and CMakeUserPresets.json, @@ -243,7 +255,7 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.12.2 release checkings will remove the potential invalid read of any of these values that could be triggered by a malformed file. - (GH-2603 - 2023/04/16) + Fixes GitHub issue #2603 - Fixed potential buffer overrun issues in some object header decode routines @@ -402,6 +414,17 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.12.2 release Configuration ------------- + - Fix Intel oneAPI -loopopt Fortran option being detected as a linker flag + + Intel's new oneAPI Fortran compiler takes a -loopopt flag that is + interpreted as a linker flag by Autoconf 2.69 and earlier. This bug + only affects the Autotools when building with Intel's oneAPI when + Fortran is enabled. + + This was fixed by changing the required minimum version of Autoconf + to 2.71 in configure.ac. The release source code will be processed + with Autoconf 2.71 or later. + - The accum test now passes on macOS 12+ (Monterey) w/ CMake Due to changes in the way macOS handles LD_LIBRARY_PATH, the accum test |