Merge pull request #2331 in HDFFV/hdf5 from ~BYRN/hdf5_adb:hdf5_1_12 to hdf5_1_12

* commit 'a29f9e8451ffa391c8395db1142bd003f40f3aaa':
  Merge changes from develop to fix various issues
  Remove commented flags
  Revert accidental change
  Chnage tools debug macros to not use the error stack
  Create common warnings for build systems

39 files changed, 564 insertions, 572 deletions

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 41e1359..6f17f2d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)
 project (HDF5 C)
 
-if(POLICY CMP0074)
-  cmake_policy(SET CMP0074 NEW)
-endif()
+if (POLICY CMP0074)
+  cmake_policy (SET CMP0074 NEW)
+endif ()
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Instructions for use : Normal Build
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ endif()
 # Make install can be used to install all components for system-wide use.
 #
 if (CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR)
-    MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "\nERROR! ${PROJECT_NAME} DOES NOT SUPPORT IN SOURCE BUILDS!\n"
+    message (FATAL_ERROR "\nERROR! ${PROJECT_NAME} DOES NOT SUPPORT IN SOURCE BUILDS!\n"
       "CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
       " == CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}\n"
       "NEXT STEPS:\n"
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ mark_as_advanced (HDF5_EXTERNAL_LIB_PREFIX)
 #   # Add the sub project
 #   add_subdirectory (Utilities/hdf5-1.8)
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-string(TIMESTAMP CONFIG_DATE "%Y-%m-%d")
+string (TIMESTAMP CONFIG_DATE "%Y-%m-%d")
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Allow Visual Studio solution directories
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ set (H5_ENABLE_STATIC_LIB NO)
 option (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build Shared Libraries" ON)
 set (H5_ENABLE_SHARED_LIB NO)
 option (ONLY_SHARED_LIBS "Only Build Shared Libraries" OFF)
+mark_as_advanced (ONLY_SHARED_LIBS)
 
 if (BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
   set (H5_ENABLE_STATIC_LIB YES)
@@ -460,6 +461,12 @@ endif ()
 
 set (CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
+if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+  set (tgt_file_ext "")
+else ()
+  set (tgt_file_ext "-shared")
+endif ()
+
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Option to Build Static executables
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -485,7 +492,7 @@ option (HDF5_ENABLE_COVERAGE "Enable code coverage for Libraries and Programs" O
 if (HDF5_ENABLE_COVERAGE)
   include (${HDF5_SOURCE_DIR}/config/sanitizer/code-coverage.cmake)
   if(CODE_COVERAGE AND CODE_COVERAGE_ADDED)
-    add_code_coverage() # Adds instrumentation to all targets
+    add_code_coverage () # Adds instrumentation to all targets
   else ()
     set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -g -O0 --coverage -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage")
     set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -g --coverage -O0 -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage")
@@ -784,8 +791,8 @@ if (HDF5_ENABLE_THREADSAFE)
       message (FATAL_ERROR " **** thread-safe option requires Win32 threads or Pthreads **** ")
     endif ()
   endif ()
-  set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
-  find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+  set (THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
+  find_package (Threads REQUIRED)
   if (Threads_FOUND)
     set (H5_HAVE_THREADSAFE 1)
   endif ()
diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 7eb13b3..526cd9e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@
 ./config/pgi-flags
 ./config/solaris
 
+#warnings files for both autotools and CMake
+./config/gnu-warnings-general
+./config/gnu-warnings-developer-general
+./config/gnu-warnings-no-developer-general
+./config/intel-warnings-general
+
 ./config/site-specific/BlankForm
 
 ./examples/Attributes.txt
diff --git a/config/cmake/CTestCustom.cmake b/config/cmake/CTestCustom.cmake
index dfead16..fa4c66e 100644
--- a/config/cmake/CTestCustom.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake/CTestCustom.cmake
@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ set (CTEST_CUSTOM_WARNING_EXCEPTION
 #    "H5Tconv.c[0-9 \t:]*warning:[ \t]*comparison is always false due to limited range of data type"
 #    "H5Ztrans.c.[0-9]+.[ \t]*:[ \t]*warning C4244"
     "src.ZLIB.*:[ \t]*warning"
+    "warning LNK4197:.*ZLIB-prefix"
     "src.SZIP.*:[ \t]*warning"
 #    "POSIX name for this item is deprecated"
     "disabling jobserver mode"
     "config.cmake.xlatefile.c"
 #    "warning.*implicit declaration of function"
     "warning.*unknown pragma"
+    "warning.*unrecognized .pragma"
 #    "note: expanded from macro"
 #    "fpp:[ \t]*warning:[ \t]*cannot remove H5_DEBUG_API - not a predefined macro"
 )
@@ -133,7 +135,9 @@ set (CTEST_CUSTOM_MEMCHECK_IGNORE
     H5REPACK-szip_individual-clear-objects
     H5REPACK-szip_remove-clear-objects
     H5REPACK-upgrade_layout-clear-objects
+    H5REPACK_DMP-attrregion-clear-objects
     H5REPACK_DMP-crtorder-clear-objects
+    H5REPACK_DMP-dataregion-clear-objects
     H5REPACK_DMP-deflate_limit-clear-objects
     H5REPACK-bug1814-clear-objects
     H5REPACK-HDFFV-5932-clear-objects
diff --git a/config/cmake/HDFCompilerFlags.cmake b/config/cmake/HDFCompilerFlags.cmake
index f49b674..100ada3 100644
--- a/config/cmake/HDFCompilerFlags.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake/HDFCompilerFlags.cmake
@@ -12,6 +12,24 @@
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 99)
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD_REQUIRED TRUE)
 
+macro (ADD_H5_FLAGS h5_flag_var infile)
+  file (STRINGS ${infile} TEST_FLAG_STREAM)
+  #message (STATUS "TEST_FLAG_STREAM=${TEST_FLAG_STREAM}")
+  list (LENGTH TEST_FLAG_STREAM len_flag)
+  if (len_flag GREATER 0)
+    math (EXPR _FP_LEN "${len_flag} - 1")
+    foreach (line RANGE 0 ${_FP_LEN})
+      list (GET TEST_FLAG_STREAM ${line} str_flag)
+      string (REGEX REPLACE "^#.*" "" str_flag "${str_flag}")
+      #message (STATUS "str_flag=${str_flag}")
+      if (str_flag)
+        set (${h5_flag_var} "${${h5_flag_var}} ${str_flag}")
+      endif ()
+    endforeach ()
+  endif ()
+  #message (STATUS "h5_flag_var=${${h5_flag_var}}")
+endmacro ()
+
 message (STATUS "Warnings Configuration:")
 set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C99_STANDARD_COMPILE_OPTION} ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -95,7 +113,9 @@ if (NOT MSVC AND CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
     # NOTE: Don't add -Wpadded here since we can't/won't fix the (many)
     # warnings that are emitted. If you need it, add it at configure time.
     if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Intel")
-      set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wcheck -Wall")
+      ADD_H5_FLAGS (CMAKE_C_FLAGS_GENERAL "${HDF5_SOURCE_DIR}/config/intel-warnings-general")
+      message (STATUS "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_GENERAL=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_GENERAL}")
+      set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_GENERAL}")
       set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Wcomment -Wdeprecated -Wmain -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wp64 -Wpointer-arith")
       set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Wreturn-type -Wstrict-prototypes -Wuninitialized")
       set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Wunknown-pragmas -Wunused-function -Wunused-variable")
@@ -106,16 +126,19 @@ if (NOT MSVC AND CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
         set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Wsign-compare -Wtrigraphs -Wwrite-strings")
       endif()
     elseif (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
-      set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -pedantic -Wall -Wextra")
-      set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Wbad-function-cast -Wno-c++-compat -Wcast-align")
-      set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Wcast-qual -Wconversion -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wdisabled-optimization -Wfloat-equal")
-      set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Wformat=2 -Winit-self -Winvalid-pch -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-include-dirs")
-      set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Wold-style-definition -Wpacked -Wpointer-arith")
-      set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Wredundant-decls -Wshadow -Wstrict-prototypes -Wswitch-default -Wswitch-enum")
-      set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Wundef -Wunused-macros -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wwrite-strings")
+      ADD_H5_FLAGS (CMAKE_C_FLAGS_GENERAL "${HDF5_SOURCE_DIR}/config/gnu-warnings-general")
+      message (STATUS "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_GENERAL=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_GENERAL}")
+      set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_GENERAL}")
+      set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-align")
+      set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wdisabled-optimization")
+      set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Wmissing-declarations")
+      set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Wold-style-definition -Wpacked")
+      set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Wredundant-decls -Wstrict-prototypes -Wswitch-enum -Wswitch-default")
+      set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Wunused-macros -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations")
       # gcc automatically inlines based on the optimization level
       # this is just a failsafe
       set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -finline-functions")
+      message (STATUS "H5_CFLAGS0=${H5_CFLAGS0}")
     endif ()
   endif ()
 
@@ -129,11 +152,13 @@ if (NOT MSVC AND CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
       if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Intel")
         set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Winline -Wreorder -Wport -Wstrict-aliasing")
       elseif (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
-        set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Winline -Waggregate-return -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wmissing-noreturn")
+        ADD_H5_FLAGS (CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEV_GENERAL "${HDF5_SOURCE_DIR}/config/gnu-warnings-developer-general")
+        set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEV_GENERAL}")
       endif ()
     else ()
       if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
-        set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} -Wno-inline -Wno-aggregate-return -Wno-missing-format-attribute -Wno-missing-noreturn")
+        ADD_H5_FLAGS (CMAKE_C_FLAGS_NO_DEV_GENERAL "${HDF5_SOURCE_DIR}/config/gnu-warnings-no-developer-general")
+        set (H5_CFLAGS0 "${H5_CFLAGS0} ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_NO_DEV_GENERAL}")
       endif ()
     endif ()
 
@@ -200,7 +225,7 @@ if (NOT MSVC AND CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
 
     # Append more extra warning flags that only gcc 7.x+ know about
     if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" AND NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 7.0)
-      set (H5_CFLAGS4 "${H5_CFLAGS4} -Walloc-zero -Walloca -Wduplicated-branches -Wformat-overflow=2 -Wformat-truncation=2 -Wimplicit-fallthrough=5 -Wrestrict")
+      set (H5_CFLAGS4 "${H5_CFLAGS4} -Walloc-zero -Walloca -Wduplicated-branches -Wformat-overflow=2 -Wformat-truncation=1 -Wimplicit-fallthrough=5 -Wrestrict")
     endif ()
 
     # Append more extra warning flags that only gcc 8.x+ know about
diff --git a/config/gnu-flags b/config/gnu-flags
index 16795d0..ede17fb 100644
--- a/config/gnu-flags
+++ b/config/gnu-flags
@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@
 # if the compiler is not GNU; otherwise 'cc_flags_set' is set to 'yes'
 #
 
+#
+# Prepend `$srcdir/config/gnu-` to the filename suffix(es) given as
+# subroutine argument(s), remove comments starting with # and ending
+# at EOL, replace spans of whitespace (including newlines) with spaces,
+# and re-emit the file(s) thus filtered on the standard output stream.
+#
+load_gcc_arguments()
+{
+    set -- $(for arg; do
+        sed 's,#.*$,,' $srcdir/config/gnu-${arg}
+    done)
+    IFS=' ' echo "$*"
+}
+
+
 # Get the compiler version in a way that works for gcc
 # unless a compiler version is already known
 #
@@ -138,7 +153,7 @@ if test "X-gcc" = "X-$cc_vendor"; then
     ################
     # Optimization #
     ################
-    
+
     if test $cc_vers_major -le 4; then
         HIGH_OPT_CFLAGS="-O3"
         DEBUG_OPT_CFLAGS=
@@ -171,12 +186,13 @@ if test "X-gcc" = "X-$cc_vendor"; then
     # NOTE: Due to the divergence in the C and C++, we're dropping support for
     # compiling the C library with a C++ compiler and dropping the -Wc++-compat
     # warning.
-    H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wbad-function-cast -Wno-c++-compat -Wcast-align"
-    H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS -Wcast-qual -Wconversion -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wdisabled-optimization -Wfloat-equal"
-    H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS -Wformat=2 -Wno-format-nonliteral -Winit-self -Winvalid-pch -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-include-dirs"
+    H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS $(load_gcc_arguments warnings-general)"
+    H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-align"
+    H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wdisabled-optimization"
+    H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS -Wmissing-declarations"
     H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Wold-style-definition -Wpacked"
-    H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS -Wredundant-decls -Wshadow -Wstrict-prototypes -Wswitch-enum -Wswitch-default"
-    H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS -Wundef -Wunused-macros -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wwrite-strings"
+    H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS -Wredundant-decls -Wstrict-prototypes -Wswitch-enum -Wswitch-default"
+    H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS -Wunused-macros -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations"
 
     ######################
     # Developer warnings #
@@ -184,8 +200,8 @@ if test "X-gcc" = "X-$cc_vendor"; then
 
     # (suggestions from gcc, not code problems)
     # NOTE: -Wformat-nonliteral added back in here (from being disabled in H5_CFLAGS)
-    DEVELOPER_WARNING_CFLAGS="-Winline -Waggregate-return -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wmissing-noreturn -Wformat-nonliteral"
-    NO_DEVELOPER_WARNING_CFLAGS="-Wno-inline -Wno-aggregate-return -Wno-missing-format-attribute -Wno-missing-noreturn"
+    NO_DEVELOPER_WARNING_CFLAGS=$(load_gcc_arguments warnings-no-developer-general)
+    DEVELOPER_WARNING_CFLAGS=$(load_gcc_arguments warnings-developer-general)
 
     #######################
     # gcc 4 special cases #
@@ -196,11 +212,11 @@ if test "X-gcc" = "X-$cc_vendor"; then
         H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS -Wno-long-long"
     fi
 
-    # -Wvolatile-register-var was later incorporated into -Wall and              
-    # only needs to be specified explicitly for gcc 4.2-4.3                      
+    # -Wvolatile-register-var was later incorporated into -Wall and
+    # only needs to be specified explicitly for gcc 4.2-4.3
     if test $cc_vers_major -eq 4 -a $cc_vers_minor -ge 2 -o $cc_vers_major -eq 4 -a $cc_vers_minor -le 3; then
-        H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS -Wvolatile-register-var"                           
-    fi 
+        H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS -Wvolatile-register-var"
+    fi
 
     # -Wstrict-aliasing was later incorporated into -Wall and
     # only needs to be specified explicitly for gcc 4.5-4.6
@@ -223,10 +239,10 @@ if test "X-gcc" = "X-$cc_vendor"; then
     # Version-specific warnings #
     #############################
 
-    # gcc 4.3                                                                    
+    # gcc 4.3
     if test $cc_vers_major -ge 5 -o $cc_vers_major -eq 4 -a $cc_vers_minor -ge 3; then
-        H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS -Wlogical-op -Wlarger-than=2560"                   
-    fi 
+        H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS -Wlogical-op -Wlarger-than=2560"
+    fi
 
     # gcc 4.4
     if test $cc_vers_major -ge 5 -o $cc_vers_major -eq 4 -a $cc_vers_minor -ge 4; then
diff --git a/config/gnu-warnings-developer-general b/config/gnu-warnings-developer-general
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..698f0e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/gnu-warnings-developer-general
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# (suggestions from gcc, not code problems)
+# NOTE: -Wformat-nonliteral added back in here (from being disabled in
+# H5_CFLAGS)
+-Waggregate-return
+-Wformat-nonliteral
+-Winline
+-Wmissing-format-attribute
+-Wmissing-noreturn
diff --git a/config/gnu-warnings-general b/config/gnu-warnings-general
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e67b71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/gnu-warnings-general
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Note that some of the flags listed here really should be developer
+# flags (listed in separate files, gnu-warnings-developer*) but we put
+# them here because they are not raised by the current code and we'd like to
+# know if they do start showing up.
+#
+# NOTE: Don't add -Wpadded here since we can't/won't fix the (many)
+# warnings that are emitted. If you need it, add it from the
+# environment variable at configure time.
+-Wall
+-Wcast-qual
+-Wconversion
+-Wextra
+-Wfloat-equal
+-Wformat=2
+-Winit-self
+-Winvalid-pch
+-Wmissing-include-dirs
+#
+# NOTE: Due to the divergence in the C and C++, we're dropping support for
+# compiling the C library with a C++ compiler and dropping the -Wc++-compat
+# warning.
+#
+-Wno-c++-compat
+#
+# NOTE: Disable the -Wformat-nonliteral from -Wformat=2 here and re-add
+# it to the developer flags.
+#
+-Wno-format-nonliteral
+-Wshadow
+-Wundef
+-Wwrite-strings
+-pedantic
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/gnu-warnings-no-developer-general b/config/gnu-warnings-no-developer-general
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85dc0a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/gnu-warnings-no-developer-general
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-Wno-aggregate-return
+-Wno-inline
+-Wno-missing-format-attribute
+-Wno-missing-noreturn
diff --git a/config/intel-flags b/config/intel-flags
index dad210c..6b4e406 100644
--- a/config/intel-flags
+++ b/config/intel-flags
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#							-*- shell-script -*-
+#                            -*- shell-script -*-
 #
 # Copyright by The HDF Group.
 # Copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.
@@ -17,6 +17,20 @@
 # if the compiler is not Intel; otherwise `cc_flags_set' is set to `yes'
 #
 
+#
+# Prepend `$srcdir/config/intel-` to the filename suffix(es) given as
+# subroutine argument(s), remove comments starting with # and ending
+# at EOL, replace spans of whitespace (including newlines) with spaces,
+# and re-emit the file(s) thus filtered on the standard output stream.
+#
+load_intel_arguments()
+{
+    set -- $(for arg; do
+        sed 's,#.*$,,' $srcdir/config/intel-${arg}
+    done)
+    IFS=' ' echo "$*"
+}
+
 # Get the compiler version in a way that works for icc
 # icc unless a compiler version is already known
 #
@@ -66,7 +80,8 @@ if test "X-icc" = "X-$cc_vendor"; then
 
     # General
     # Default to C99 standard.
-    H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS $arch -std=c99 -Wcheck -Wall"
+    H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS $arch -std=c99"
+    H5_CFLAGS="$H5_CFLAGS $(load_intel_arguments warnings-general)"
 
     # Production
     PROD_CFLAGS=
diff --git a/config/intel-warnings-general b/config/intel-warnings-general
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4ed24c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/intel-warnings-general
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Note that some of the flags listed here really should be developer
+# flags (listed in separate files, gnu-warnings-developer*) but we put
+# them here because they are not raised by the current code and we'd like to
+# know if they do start showing up.
+#
+# NOTE: Don't add -Wpadded here since we can't/won't fix the (many)
+# warnings that are emitted. If you need it, add it from the
+# environment variable at configure time.
+-Wall
+-Wcheck
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fortran/testpar/CMakeLists.txt b/fortran/testpar/CMakeLists.txt
index 17aa6c3..1f8dbb4 100644
--- a/fortran/testpar/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fortran/testpar/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ project (HDF5_FORTRAN_TESTPAR C Fortran)
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Setup include Directories
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-set (TESTPAR_INCLUDES ${MPI_Fortran_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${CMAKE_Fortran_MODULE_DIRECTORY}/static ${HDF5_F90_BINARY_DIR} ${HDF5_F90_SRC_DIR}/src)
+set (TESTPAR_INCLUDES ${MPI_Fortran_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${HDF5_F90_BINARY_DIR} ${HDF5_F90_SRC_DIR}/src))
+if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+  set (TESTPAR_INCLUDES ${TESTPAR_INCLUDES} ${CMAKE_Fortran_MODULE_DIRECTORY}/static)
+else ()
+  set (TESTPAR_INCLUDES ${TESTPAR_INCLUDES} ${CMAKE_Fortran_MODULE_DIRECTORY}/shared)
+endif ()
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Add Tests
@@ -24,11 +29,30 @@ target_compile_options(parallel_test
     PRIVATE
         $<$<STREQUAL:"x${CMAKE_Fortran_SIMULATE_ID}","xMSVC">:${WIN_COMPILE_FLAGS}>
 )
-target_link_libraries (parallel_test
-    PRIVATE
-        ${HDF5_F90_TEST_LIB_TARGET} ${HDF5_F90_LIB_TARGET} ${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} ${LINK_Fortran_LIBS}
-        $<$<STREQUAL:"x${CMAKE_Fortran_SIMULATE_ID}","xMSVC">:"ws2_32.lib">
-)
+if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+  target_link_libraries (parallel_test
+      PRIVATE
+          ${HDF5_F90_TEST_LIB_TARGET} ${HDF5_F90_LIB_TARGET} ${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} ${LINK_Fortran_LIBS}
+          $<$<STREQUAL:"x${CMAKE_Fortran_SIMULATE_ID}","xMSVC">:"ws2_32.lib">
+  )
+  set_target_properties (parallel_test PROPERTIES
+      FOLDER test/fortran
+      LINKER_LANGUAGE Fortran
+      Fortran_MODULE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_Fortran_MODULE_DIRECTORY}/static
+  )
+else ()
+  target_link_libraries (parallel_test
+      PRIVATE
+          ${HDF5_F90_TEST_LIBSH_TARGET} ${HDF5_F90_LIBSH_TARGET} ${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET} ${LINK_Fortran_LIBS}
+          $<$<STREQUAL:"x${CMAKE_Fortran_SIMULATE_ID}","xMSVC">:"ws2_32.lib">
+  )
+  set_target_properties (parallel_test PROPERTIES
+      FOLDER test/fortran
+      LINKER_LANGUAGE Fortran
+      Fortran_MODULE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_Fortran_MODULE_DIRECTORY}/shared
+  )
+endif ()
+
 #set_property(TARGET parallel_test APPEND PROPERTY
 #    LINK_FLAGS $<$<STREQUAL:"x${CMAKE_Fortran_SIMULATE_ID}","xMSVC">:"-SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE">
 #)
@@ -38,12 +62,6 @@ target_link_libraries (parallel_test
 if(MSVC)
   set_property(TARGET parallel_test PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS "/SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE ${WIN_LINK_FLAGS}")
 endif()
-set_target_properties (parallel_test PROPERTIES
-    FOLDER test/fortran
-    LINKER_LANGUAGE Fortran
-    Fortran_MODULE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_Fortran_MODULE_DIRECTORY}/static
-)
-endif ()
 
 if (HDF5_TEST_FORTRAN AND HDF5_TEST_PARALLEL)
   include (CMakeTests.cmake)
diff --git a/hl/tools/gif2h5/CMakeTests.cmake b/hl/tools/gif2h5/CMakeTests.cmake
index 8537d7c..094a7b5 100644
--- a/hl/tools/gif2h5/CMakeTests.cmake
+++ b/hl/tools/gif2h5/CMakeTests.cmake
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ HDFTEST_COPY_FILE("${HDF5_HL_TOOLS_GIF2H5_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/h52giftst.h5" "$
 HDFTEST_COPY_FILE("${HDF5_HL_TOOLS_GIF2H5_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/ex_image2.h5" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/ex_image2.h5" "gif2h5_files")
 add_custom_target(gif2h5_files ALL COMMENT "Copying files needed by gif2h5 tests" DEPENDS ${gif2h5_files_list})
 
-if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  set (tgt_ext "")
-else ()
-  set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-endif ()
-
 # Remove any output file left over from previous test run
 add_test (
     NAME HL_TOOLS-clear-objects
@@ -45,29 +39,29 @@ add_test (
 )
 set_tests_properties (HL_TOOLS-clear-objects PROPERTIES FIXTURES_SETUP clear_tools_hl)
 
-add_test (NAME HL_TOOLS_gif2h5 COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:gif2h5${tgt_ext}> testfiles/image1.gif image1.h5)
+add_test (NAME HL_TOOLS_gif2h5 COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:gif2h5${tgt_file_ext}> testfiles/image1.gif image1.h5)
 set_tests_properties (HL_TOOLS_gif2h5 PROPERTIES
     FIXTURES_REQUIRED clear_tools_hl
 )
 
-add_test (NAME HL_TOOLS_h52gif COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h52gif${tgt_ext}> testfiles/h52giftst.h5 image1.gif -i image)
+add_test (NAME HL_TOOLS_h52gif COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h52gif${tgt_file_ext}> testfiles/h52giftst.h5 image1.gif -i image)
 set_tests_properties (HL_TOOLS_h52gif PROPERTIES
     FIXTURES_REQUIRED clear_tools_hl
 )
 
-add_test (NAME HL_TOOLS_h52gif_none COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h52gif${tgt_ext}> testfiles/h52giftst.h5 image.gif -i nosuch_image)
+add_test (NAME HL_TOOLS_h52gif_none COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h52gif${tgt_file_ext}> testfiles/h52giftst.h5 image.gif -i nosuch_image)
 set_tests_properties (HL_TOOLS_h52gif_none PROPERTIES
     WILL_FAIL "true"
     FIXTURES_REQUIRED clear_tools_hl
 )
 
-#add_test (NAME HL_TOOLS_h52gifpal COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h52gif${tgt_ext}> testfiles/h52giftst.h5 image.gif -i palette)
+#add_test (NAME HL_TOOLS_h52gifpal COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h52gif${tgt_file_ext}> testfiles/h52giftst.h5 image.gif -i palette)
 #set_tests_properties (HL_TOOLS_h52gifpal PROPERTIES
 #    WILL_FAIL "true"
 #    FIXTURES_REQUIRED clear_tools_hl
 #)
 
-add_test (NAME HL_TOOLS_h52gif24bits COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h52gif${tgt_ext}> testfiles/ex_image2.h5 image24.gif -i image24bitpixel)
+add_test (NAME HL_TOOLS_h52gif24bits COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h52gif${tgt_file_ext}> testfiles/ex_image2.h5 image24.gif -i image24bitpixel)
 set_tests_properties (HL_TOOLS_h52gif24bits PROPERTIES
     WILL_FAIL "true"
     FIXTURES_REQUIRED clear_tools_hl
diff --git a/hl/tools/h5watch/CMakeTests.cmake b/hl/tools/h5watch/CMakeTests.cmake
index 0424140..19d47cb 100644
--- a/hl/tools/h5watch/CMakeTests.cmake
+++ b/hl/tools/h5watch/CMakeTests.cmake
@@ -68,19 +68,13 @@ add_custom_target(H5WATCH_files ALL COMMENT "Copying files needed by H5WATCH tes
 ##############################################################################
 ##############################################################################
 
-  if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set (tgt_ext "")
-  else ()
-    set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-  endif ()
-
   macro (ADD_H5_TEST resultfile resultcode)
     if (NOT HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
       add_test (
           NAME H5WATCH_ARGS-h5watch-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5watch${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5watch${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
@@ -102,7 +96,7 @@ add_custom_target(H5WATCH_files ALL COMMENT "Copying files needed by H5WATCH tes
           NAME H5WATCH_ARGS-h5watch-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5watch${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5watch${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
@@ -131,7 +125,7 @@ add_custom_target(H5WATCH_files ALL COMMENT "Copying files needed by H5WATCH tes
           NAME H5WATCH-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5watch${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5watch${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
diff --git a/java/examples/datasets/JavaDatasetExample.sh.in b/java/examples/datasets/JavaDatasetExample.sh.in
index f5c63cd..ae79416 100644
--- a/java/examples/datasets/JavaDatasetExample.sh.in
+++ b/java/examples/datasets/JavaDatasetExample.sh.in
@@ -324,16 +324,18 @@ else
     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
 fi
 
-echo "$JAVAEXE $JAVAEXEFLAGS -Xmx1024M -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLog=trace -Djava.library.path=$BLDLIBDIR -cp $CLASSPATH examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_Gzip"
-TESTING examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_Gzip
-(
-$RUNSERIAL $JAVAEXE $JAVAEXEFLAGS -Xmx1024M -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLog=trace -Djava.library.path=$BLDLIBDIR -cp $CLASSPATH examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_Gzip > H5Ex_D_Gzip.out
-)
-if diff H5Ex_D_Gzip.out examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_Gzip.txt > /dev/null; then
-    echo "  PASSED      datasets.H5Ex_D_Gzip"
-else
-    echo "**FAILED**    datasets.H5Ex_D_Gzip"
-    nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+if test $USE_FILTER_DEFLATE = "yes"; then
+    echo "$JAVAEXE $JAVAEXEFLAGS -Xmx1024M -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLog=trace -Djava.library.path=$BLDLIBDIR -cp $CLASSPATH examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_Gzip"
+    TESTING examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_Gzip
+    (
+    $RUNSERIAL $JAVAEXE $JAVAEXEFLAGS -Xmx1024M -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLog=trace -Djava.library.path=$BLDLIBDIR -cp $CLASSPATH examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_Gzip > H5Ex_D_Gzip.out
+    )
+    if diff H5Ex_D_Gzip.out examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_Gzip.txt > /dev/null; then
+        echo "  PASSED      datasets.H5Ex_D_Gzip"
+    else
+        echo "**FAILED**    datasets.H5Ex_D_Gzip"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+    fi
 fi
 
 echo "$JAVAEXE $JAVAEXEFLAGS -Xmx1024M -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLog=trace -Djava.library.path=$BLDLIBDIR -cp $CLASSPATH examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_Hyperslab"
@@ -360,16 +362,18 @@ else
     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
 fi
 
-echo "$JAVAEXE $JAVAEXEFLAGS -Xmx1024M -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLog=trace -Djava.library.path=$BLDLIBDIR -cp $CLASSPATH examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_Shuffle"
-TESTING examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_Shuffle
-(
-$RUNSERIAL $JAVAEXE $JAVAEXEFLAGS -Xmx1024M -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLog=trace -Djava.library.path=$BLDLIBDIR -cp $CLASSPATH examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_Shuffle > H5Ex_D_Shuffle.out
-)
-if diff H5Ex_D_Shuffle.out examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_Shuffle.txt > /dev/null; then
-    echo "  PASSED      datasets.H5Ex_D_Shuffle"
-else
-    echo "**FAILED**    datasets.H5Ex_D_Shuffle"
-    nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+if test $USE_FILTER_DEFLATE = "yes"; then
+    echo "$JAVAEXE $JAVAEXEFLAGS -Xmx1024M -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLog=trace -Djava.library.path=$BLDLIBDIR -cp $CLASSPATH examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_Shuffle"
+    TESTING examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_Shuffle
+    (
+    $RUNSERIAL $JAVAEXE $JAVAEXEFLAGS -Xmx1024M -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLog=trace -Djava.library.path=$BLDLIBDIR -cp $CLASSPATH examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_Shuffle > H5Ex_D_Shuffle.out
+    )
+    if diff H5Ex_D_Shuffle.out examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_Shuffle.txt > /dev/null; then
+        echo "  PASSED      datasets.H5Ex_D_Shuffle"
+    else
+        echo "**FAILED**    datasets.H5Ex_D_Shuffle"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+    fi
 fi
 
 if test $USE_FILTER_SZIP = "yes"; then
diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index 48ec015..fd10dbd 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ New Features
 
     Configuration:
     -------------
+    - Added common warnings files for gnu and intel
+
+      Added warnings files to use one common set of flags
+      during configure for both autotools and CMake build
+      systems. The initial implementation only affects a
+      general set of flags for gnu and intel compilers.
+
+      (ADB - 2020/01/17)
+
     - Added new options to CMake for control of testing
 
       Added CMake options (default ON);
diff --git a/src/H5private.h b/src/H5private.h
index 74fab79..7ff0c87 100644
--- a/src/H5private.h
+++ b/src/H5private.h
@@ -1032,6 +1032,9 @@ typedef off_t               h5_stat_size_t;
 #ifndef HDislower
     #define HDislower(C)    islower((int)(C)) /*cast for solaris warning*/
 #endif /* HDislower */
+#ifndef HDisnan
+    #define HDisnan(X)      isnan(X)
+#endif /* HDisnan */
 #ifndef HDisprint
     #define HDisprint(C)    isprint((int)(C)) /*cast for solaris warning*/
 #endif /* HDisprint */
diff --git a/src/H5win32defs.h b/src/H5win32defs.h
index 29533dd..0a0bd37 100644
--- a/src/H5win32defs.h
+++ b/src/H5win32defs.h
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ typedef __int64             h5_stat_size_t;
 #define HDfileno(F)         _fileno(F)
 #define HDfstat(F,B)        _fstati64(F,B)
 #define HDisatty(F)         _isatty(F)
+
+/* The isnan function needs underscore in VS2012 and earlier */
+#if (_MSC_VER <= 1700)
+  #define HDisnan(X)      _isnan(X)
+#endif /* MSC_VER < 1700 */
+
 #define HDgetcwd(S,Z)       _getcwd(S,Z)
 #define HDgetdcwd(D,S,Z)    _getdcwd(D,S,Z)
 #define HDgetdrive()        _getdrive()
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5diff_array.c b/tools/lib/h5diff_array.c
index 6cfe3d2..6667b01 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5diff_array.c
+++ b/tools/lib/h5diff_array.c
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ typedef enum dtype_t {
 } dtype_t;
 #endif
 
-static hbool_t my_isnan(dtype_t type, void *val);
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * XCAO, 11/10/2010
@@ -372,9 +371,7 @@ hsize_t diff_array(void *_mem1, void *_mem2, hsize_t nelmts, hsize_t hyper_start
         } /* i */
         close_member_types(&members);
     } /* switch */
-    H5TOOLS_DEBUG("diff_array finish:%d - errstat:%d", nfound, opts->err_stat);
-
-    H5TOOLS_ENDDEBUG(": %d", nfound);
+    H5TOOLS_ENDDEBUG(":%d - errstat:%d", nfound, opts->err_stat);
     return nfound;
 }
 
@@ -1759,8 +1756,8 @@ static hsize_t diff_datum(void *_mem1, void *_mem2, hid_t m_type, hsize_t index,
                  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  */
                 if (opts->do_nans) {
-                    isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_FLOAT, &temp1_float);
-                    isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_FLOAT, &temp2_float);
+                    isnan1 = HDisnan(temp1_float);
+                    isnan2 = HDisnan(temp2_float);
                 }
 
                 /* both not NaN, do the comparison */
@@ -1794,8 +1791,8 @@ static hsize_t diff_datum(void *_mem1, void *_mem2, hid_t m_type, hsize_t index,
                  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  */
                 if (opts->do_nans) {
-                    isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_FLOAT, &temp1_float);
-                    isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_FLOAT, &temp2_float);
+                    isnan1 = HDisnan(temp1_float);
+                    isnan2 = HDisnan(temp2_float);
                 }
 
                 /* both not NaN, do the comparison */
@@ -1840,8 +1837,8 @@ static hsize_t diff_datum(void *_mem1, void *_mem2, hid_t m_type, hsize_t index,
                  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  */
                 if (opts->do_nans) {
-                    isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_FLOAT, &temp1_float);
-                    isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_FLOAT, &temp2_float);
+                    isnan1 = HDisnan(temp1_float);
+                    isnan2 = HDisnan(temp2_float);
                 }
 
                 /* both not NaN, do the comparison */
@@ -1917,8 +1914,8 @@ static hsize_t diff_datum(void *_mem1, void *_mem2, hid_t m_type, hsize_t index,
                  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  */
                 if (opts->do_nans) {
-                    isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_DOUBLE, &temp1_double);
-                    isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_DOUBLE, &temp2_double);
+                    isnan1 = HDisnan(temp1_double);
+                    isnan2 = HDisnan(temp2_double);
                 }
 
                 /* both not NaN, do the comparison */
@@ -1952,8 +1949,8 @@ static hsize_t diff_datum(void *_mem1, void *_mem2, hid_t m_type, hsize_t index,
                  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  */
                 if (opts->do_nans) {
-                    isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_DOUBLE, &temp1_double);
-                    isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_DOUBLE, &temp2_double);
+                    isnan1 = HDisnan(temp1_double);
+                    isnan2 = HDisnan(temp2_double);
                 }
 
                 /* both not NaN, do the comparison */
@@ -1997,8 +1994,8 @@ static hsize_t diff_datum(void *_mem1, void *_mem2, hid_t m_type, hsize_t index,
                 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 */
                 if (opts->do_nans) {
-                    isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_DOUBLE, &temp1_double);
-                    isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_DOUBLE, &temp2_double);
+                    isnan1 = HDisnan(temp1_double);
+                    isnan2 = HDisnan(temp2_double);
                 }
 
                 /* both not NaN, do the comparison */
@@ -2078,8 +2075,8 @@ static hsize_t diff_datum(void *_mem1, void *_mem2, hid_t m_type, hsize_t index,
                  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  */
                 if (opts->do_nans) {
-                    isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_LDOUBLE,&temp1_double);
-                    isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_LDOUBLE,&temp2_double);
+                    isnan1 = HDisnan(temp1_double);
+                    isnan2 = HDisnan(temp2_double);
                 }
 
                 /* both not NaN, do the comparison */
@@ -2113,8 +2110,8 @@ static hsize_t diff_datum(void *_mem1, void *_mem2, hid_t m_type, hsize_t index,
                  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  */
                 if (opts->do_nans) {
-                    isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_LDOUBLE, &temp1_double);
-                    isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_LDOUBLE, &temp2_double);
+                    isnan1 = HDisnan(temp1_double);
+                    isnan2 = HDisnan(temp2_double);
                 }
 
                 /* both not NaN, do the comparison */
@@ -2158,8 +2155,8 @@ static hsize_t diff_datum(void *_mem1, void *_mem2, hid_t m_type, hsize_t index,
                  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  */
                 if (opts->do_nans) {
-                    isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_LDOUBLE, &temp1_double);
-                    isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_LDOUBLE, &temp2_double);
+                    isnan1 = HDisnan(temp1_double);
+                    isnan2 = HDisnan(temp2_double);
                 }
 
                 /* both not NaN, do the comparison */
@@ -2215,9 +2212,7 @@ static hsize_t diff_datum(void *_mem1, void *_mem2, hid_t m_type, hsize_t index,
 done:
     opts->err_stat = opts->err_stat | ret_value;
 
-    H5TOOLS_DEBUG("diff_datum finish:%d - errstat:%d", nfound, opts->err_stat);
-
-    H5TOOLS_ENDDEBUG("");
+    H5TOOLS_ENDDEBUG(":%d - errstat:%d", nfound, opts->err_stat);
     return nfound;
 }
 
@@ -2633,8 +2628,8 @@ static hsize_t diff_float(unsigned char *mem1, unsigned char *mem2,
              *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
              */
             if (opts->do_nans) {
-                isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_FLOAT, &temp1_float);
-                isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_FLOAT, &temp2_float);
+                isnan1 = HDisnan(temp1_float);
+                isnan2 = HDisnan(temp2_float);
             }
 
             /* both not NaN, do the comparison */
@@ -2678,8 +2673,8 @@ static hsize_t diff_float(unsigned char *mem1, unsigned char *mem2,
              *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
              */
             if (opts->do_nans) {
-                isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_FLOAT, &temp1_float);
-                isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_FLOAT, &temp2_float);
+                isnan1 = HDisnan(temp1_float);
+                isnan2 = HDisnan(temp2_float);
             }
             /* both not NaN, do the comparison */
             if ((!isnan1 && !isnan2)) {
@@ -2733,8 +2728,8 @@ static hsize_t diff_float(unsigned char *mem1, unsigned char *mem2,
              *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
              */
             if (opts->do_nans) {
-                isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_FLOAT, &temp1_float);
-                isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_FLOAT, &temp2_float);
+                isnan1 = HDisnan(temp1_float);
+                isnan2 = HDisnan(temp2_float);
             }
 
             /* both not NaN, do the comparison */
@@ -2843,8 +2838,8 @@ static hsize_t diff_double(unsigned char *mem1, unsigned char *mem2,
              *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
              */
             if (opts->do_nans) {
-                isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_DOUBLE, &temp1_double);
-                isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_DOUBLE, &temp2_double);
+                isnan1 = HDisnan(temp1_double);
+                isnan2 = HDisnan(temp2_double);
             }
 
             /* both not NaN, do the comparison */
@@ -2889,8 +2884,8 @@ static hsize_t diff_double(unsigned char *mem1, unsigned char *mem2,
              *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
              */
             if (opts->do_nans) {
-                isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_DOUBLE, &temp1_double);
-                isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_DOUBLE, &temp2_double);
+                isnan1 = HDisnan(temp1_double);
+                isnan2 = HDisnan(temp2_double);
             }
             /* both not NaN, do the comparison */
             if (!isnan1 && !isnan2) {
@@ -2945,8 +2940,8 @@ static hsize_t diff_double(unsigned char *mem1, unsigned char *mem2,
              *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
              */
             if (opts->do_nans) {
-                isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_DOUBLE, &temp1_double);
-                isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_DOUBLE, &temp2_double);
+                isnan1 = HDisnan(temp1_double);
+                isnan2 = HDisnan(temp2_double);
             }
 
             /* both not NaN, do the comparison */
@@ -3062,8 +3057,8 @@ static hsize_t diff_ldouble(unsigned char *mem1,
              *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
              */
             if (opts->do_nans) {
-                isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_LDOUBLE,&temp1_double);
-                isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_LDOUBLE,&temp2_double);
+                isnan1 = HDisnan(temp1_double);
+                isnan2 = HDisnan(temp2_double);
             }
 
             /* both not NaN, do the comparison */
@@ -3108,8 +3103,8 @@ static hsize_t diff_ldouble(unsigned char *mem1,
              *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
              */
             if (opts->do_nans) {
-                isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_LDOUBLE, &temp1_double);
-                isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_LDOUBLE, &temp2_double);
+                isnan1 = HDisnan(temp1_double);
+                isnan2 = HDisnan(temp2_double);
             }
             /* both not NaN, do the comparison */
             if (!isnan1 && !isnan2) {
@@ -3162,8 +3157,8 @@ static hsize_t diff_ldouble(unsigned char *mem1,
              *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
              */
             if (opts->do_nans) {
-                isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_LDOUBLE, &temp1_double);
-                isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_LDOUBLE, &temp2_double);
+                isnan1 = HDisnan(temp1_double);
+                isnan2 = HDisnan(temp2_double);
             }
 
             /* both not NaN, do the comparison */
@@ -4541,8 +4536,8 @@ static hbool_t equal_double(double value, double expected, diff_opt_t *opts) {
         * detect NaNs
         *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
         */
-        hbool_t isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_DOUBLE, &value);
-        hbool_t isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_DOUBLE, &expected);
+        hbool_t isnan1 = HDisnan(value);
+        hbool_t isnan2 = HDisnan(expected);
 
         /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
         * we consider NaN == NaN to be true
@@ -4559,12 +4554,16 @@ static hbool_t equal_double(double value, double expected, diff_opt_t *opts) {
             return FALSE;
     }
 
-    if (H5_DBL_ABS_EQUAL(value, expected))
-        return TRUE;
-
-    if (opts->use_system_epsilon)
-        if (ABS((value-expected)) < DBL_EPSILON)
+    if (opts->use_system_epsilon) {
+        /* Check equality within some epsilon */
+        if (H5_DBL_ABS_EQUAL(value, expected))
+            return TRUE;
+    }
+    else {
+        /* Check bits */
+        if (!HDmemcmp(&value, &expected, sizeof(double)))
             return TRUE;
+    }
 
     return FALSE;
 }
@@ -4585,8 +4584,8 @@ hbool_t equal_ldouble(long double value, long double expected, diff_opt_t *opts)
          * detect NaNs
          *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
          */
-        hbool_t isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_LDOUBLE, &value);
-        hbool_t isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_LDOUBLE, &expected);
+        hbool_t isnan1 = HDisnan(value);
+        hbool_t isnan2 = HDisnan(expected);
 
         /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
          * we consider NaN == NaN to be true
@@ -4603,12 +4602,16 @@ hbool_t equal_ldouble(long double value, long double expected, diff_opt_t *opts)
             return FALSE;
     }
 
-    if (H5_LDBL_ABS_EQUAL(value, expected))
-        return TRUE;
-
-    if (opts->use_system_epsilon)
-        if (ABS((value-expected)) < DBL_EPSILON)
+    if (opts->use_system_epsilon) {
+        /* Check equality within some epsilon */
+        if (H5_LDBL_ABS_EQUAL(value, expected))
+            return TRUE;
+    }
+    else {
+        /* Check bits */
+        if (!HDmemcmp(&value, &expected, sizeof(long double)))
             return TRUE;
+    }
 
     return FALSE;
 }
@@ -4627,8 +4630,8 @@ static hbool_t equal_float(float value, float expected, diff_opt_t *opts) {
         * detect NaNs
         *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
         */
-        hbool_t isnan1 = my_isnan(FLT_FLOAT, &value);
-        hbool_t isnan2 = my_isnan(FLT_FLOAT, &expected);
+        hbool_t isnan1 = HDisnan(value);
+        hbool_t isnan2 = HDisnan(expected);
 
         /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
          * we consider NaN == NaN to be true
@@ -4645,90 +4648,21 @@ static hbool_t equal_float(float value, float expected, diff_opt_t *opts) {
             return FALSE;
     }
 
-    if (H5_FLT_ABS_EQUAL(value, expected))
-        return TRUE;
-
-    if (opts->use_system_epsilon)
-        if (ABS( (value-expected) ) < FLT_EPSILON)
+    if (opts->use_system_epsilon) {
+        /* Check equality within some epsilon */
+        if (H5_FLT_ABS_EQUAL(value, expected))
             return TRUE;
-
-    return FALSE;
-}
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Function:  my_isnan
- *
- * Purpose:   Determines whether VAL points to NaN.
- *
- * Return:    TRUE or FALSE
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-static hbool_t my_isnan(dtype_t type, void *val) {
-    hbool_t retval = FALSE;
-    char s[256];
-
-    if (FLT_FLOAT == type) {
-        float x;
-
-        HDmemcpy(&x, val, sizeof(float));
-        retval = (x != x);
-    }
-    else if (FLT_DOUBLE == type) {
-        double x;
-
-        HDmemcpy(&x, val, sizeof(double));
-        retval = (x != x);
-    }
-#if H5_SIZEOF_LONG_DOUBLE != H5_SIZEOF_DOUBLE && H5_SIZEOF_LONG_DOUBLE != 0
-    else if (FLT_LDOUBLE == type) {
-        long double x;
-
-        HDmemcpy(&x, val, sizeof(long double));
-        retval = (x!=x);
     }
-#endif
-    else
-        return FALSE;
-
-    /*
-    * Sometimes NaN==NaN (e.g., DEC Alpha) so we try to print it and see if
-    * the result contains a NaN string.
-    */
-    if (!retval) {
-        if (FLT_FLOAT == type) {
-            float x;
-
-            HDmemcpy(&x, val, sizeof(float));
-            HDsnprintf(s, sizeof(s), "%g", (double) x);
-        }
-        else if (FLT_DOUBLE == type) {
-            double x;
-
-            HDmemcpy(&x, val, sizeof(double));
-            HDsnprintf(s, sizeof(s), "%g", x);
-        }
-#if H5_SIZEOF_LONG_DOUBLE != H5_SIZEOF_DOUBLE && H5_SIZEOF_LONG_DOUBLE != 0
-        else if (FLT_LDOUBLE == type) {
-            long double x;
-
-            HDmemcpy(&x, val, sizeof(long double));
-            HDsnprintf(s, sizeof(s), "%Lg", x);
-        }
-#endif
-        else
-            return FALSE;
-
-        if (HDstrstr(s, "NaN") ||
-                HDstrstr(s, "NAN") ||
-                HDstrstr(s, "nan") ||
-                HDstrstr(s, "-1.#IND")) {
-            retval = TRUE;
-        }
+    else {
+        /* Check bits */
+        if (!HDmemcmp(&value, &expected, sizeof(float)))
+            return TRUE;
     }
 
-    return retval;
+    return FALSE;
 }
 
+
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Local functions
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5diff_attr.c b/tools/lib/h5diff_attr.c
index 087414d..5ad29fc 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5diff_attr.c
+++ b/tools/lib/h5diff_attr.c
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ static herr_t build_match_list_attrs(hid_t loc1_id, hid_t loc2_id, table_attrs_t
     unsigned       i;
     herr_t         ret_value = SUCCEED;
 
-
     H5TOOLS_START_DEBUG(" - errstat:%d", opts->err_stat);
 
     if(H5Oget_info3(loc1_id, &oinfo1, H5O_INFO_NUM_ATTRS) < 0) {
diff --git a/tools/src/h5diff/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/src/h5diff/CMakeLists.txt
index c1021e4..2009a14 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5diff/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/src/h5diff/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if (NOT ONLY_SHARED_LIBS)
       ${HDF5_TOOLS_SRC_H5DIFF_SOURCE_DIR}/h5diff_main.c
   )
   target_include_directories (h5diff PRIVATE "${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/lib;${HDF5_SRC_DIR};${HDF5_BINARY_DIR};$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_PARALLEL}>:${MPI_C_INCLUDE_DIRS}>")
-  #target_compile_definitions(h5diff PRIVATE H5_TOOLS_DEBUG)
+  #target_compile_definitions (h5diff PRIVATE H5_TOOLS_DEBUG)
   TARGET_C_PROPERTIES (h5diff STATIC)
   target_link_libraries (h5diff PRIVATE ${HDF5_TOOLS_LIB_TARGET} ${HDF5_LIB_TARGET})
   set_target_properties (h5diff PROPERTIES FOLDER tools)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
       ${HDF5_TOOLS_SRC_H5DIFF_SOURCE_DIR}/h5diff_main.c
   )
   target_include_directories (h5diff-shared PRIVATE "${HDF5_TOOLS_DIR}/lib;${HDF5_SRC_DIR};${HDF5_BINARY_DIR};$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_PARALLEL}>:${MPI_C_INCLUDE_DIRS}>")
-  #target_compile_definitions(h5diff-shared PRIVATE H5_TOOLS_DEBUG)
+  #target_compile_definitions (h5diff-shared PRIVATE H5_TOOLS_DEBUG)
   TARGET_C_PROPERTIES (h5diff-shared SHARED)
   target_link_libraries (h5diff-shared PRIVATE ${HDF5_TOOLS_LIBSH_TARGET} ${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET})
   set_target_properties (h5diff-shared PROPERTIES FOLDER tools)
diff --git a/tools/test/h5copy/CMakeTests.cmake b/tools/test/h5copy/CMakeTests.cmake
index b0d1615..4ce0318 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5copy/CMakeTests.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/h5copy/CMakeTests.cmake
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@
   endforeach ()
   add_custom_target(h5copy_files ALL COMMENT "Copying files needed by h5copy tests" DEPENDS ${h5copy_files_list})
 
-  if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set (tgt_ext "")
-  else ()
-    set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-  endif ()
-
 ##############################################################################
 ##############################################################################
 ###           T H E   T E S T S  M A C R O S                               ###
@@ -71,7 +65,7 @@
 
     add_test (
         NAME H5COPY_F-${testname}
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5copy${tgt_ext}> -f ${fparam} -i ./testfiles/${infile} -o ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ${vparam} ${sparam} ${srcname} ${dparam} ${dstname} ${ARGN}
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5copy${tgt_file_ext}> -f ${fparam} -i ./testfiles/${infile} -o ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ${vparam} ${sparam} ${srcname} ${dparam} ${dstname} ${ARGN}
     )
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
       if (last_test)
@@ -85,7 +79,7 @@
     if (NOT ${resultcode} EQUAL 2)
       add_test (
           NAME H5COPY_F-${testname}-DIFF
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_ext}> -v ./testfiles/${infile} ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ${srcname} ${dstname}
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_file_ext}> -v ./testfiles/${infile} ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ${srcname} ${dstname}
       )
       set_tests_properties (H5COPY_F-${testname}-DIFF PROPERTIES DEPENDS H5COPY_F-${testname})
       if (${resultcode} EQUAL 1)
@@ -105,7 +99,7 @@
 
     add_test (
         NAME H5COPY-${testname}
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5copy${tgt_ext}> -i ./testfiles/${infile} -o ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ${vparam} ${sparam} ${srcname} ${dparam} ${dstname} ${ARGN}
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5copy${tgt_file_ext}> -i ./testfiles/${infile} -o ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ${vparam} ${sparam} ${srcname} ${dparam} ${dstname} ${ARGN}
     )
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
       if (last_test)
@@ -119,7 +113,7 @@
     if (NOT ${resultcode} EQUAL 2)
       add_test (
           NAME H5COPY-${testname}-DIFF
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_ext}> -v ./testfiles/${infile} ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ${srcname} ${dstname}
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_file_ext}> -v ./testfiles/${infile} ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ${srcname} ${dstname}
       )
       set_tests_properties (H5COPY-${testname}-DIFF PROPERTIES DEPENDS H5COPY-${testname})
       if (${resultcode} EQUAL 1)
@@ -149,7 +143,7 @@
 
     add_test (
         NAME H5COPY-${testname}-prefill
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5copy${tgt_ext}> -i ./testfiles/${infile} -o ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 -v -s ${psparam} -d ${pdparam}
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5copy${tgt_file_ext}> -i ./testfiles/${infile} -o ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 -v -s ${psparam} -d ${pdparam}
     )
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
       if (last_test)
@@ -161,14 +155,14 @@
 
     add_test (
         NAME H5COPY-${testname}
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5copy${tgt_ext}> -i ./testfiles/${infile} -o ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ${vparam} ${sparam} ${srcname} ${dparam} ${dstname} ${ARGN}
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5copy${tgt_file_ext}> -i ./testfiles/${infile} -o ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ${vparam} ${sparam} ${srcname} ${dparam} ${dstname} ${ARGN}
     )
     set_tests_properties (H5COPY-${testname} PROPERTIES DEPENDS H5COPY-${testname}-prefill)
     # resultcode=2 will cause the test to skip the diff test
     if (NOT ${resultcode} EQUAL 2)
       add_test (
           NAME H5COPY-${testname}-DIFF
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_ext}> -v ./testfiles/${infile} ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ${srcname} ${dstname}
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_file_ext}> -v ./testfiles/${infile} ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ${srcname} ${dstname}
       )
       set_tests_properties (H5COPY-${testname}-DIFF PROPERTIES DEPENDS H5COPY-${testname})
       if (${resultcode} EQUAL 1)
@@ -188,7 +182,7 @@
 
     add_test (
         NAME H5COPY_SAME-${testname}-prefill
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5copy${tgt_ext}> -i ./testfiles/${pfile} -o ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 -v -s ${psparam} -d ${pdparam}
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5copy${tgt_file_ext}> -i ./testfiles/${pfile} -o ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 -v -s ${psparam} -d ${pdparam}
     )
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
       if (last_test)
@@ -200,14 +194,14 @@
 
     add_test (
         NAME H5COPY_SAME-${testname}
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5copy${tgt_ext}> -i ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 -o ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ${vparam} ${sparam} ${srcname} ${dparam} ${dstname} ${ARGN}
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5copy${tgt_file_ext}> -i ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 -o ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ${vparam} ${sparam} ${srcname} ${dparam} ${dstname} ${ARGN}
     )
     set_tests_properties (H5COPY_SAME-${testname} PROPERTIES DEPENDS H5COPY_SAME-${testname}-prefill)
     # resultcode=2 will cause the test to skip the diff test
     if (NOT ${resultcode} EQUAL 2)
       add_test (
           NAME H5COPY_SAME-${testname}-DIFF
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_ext}> -v ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ${srcname} ${dstname}
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_file_ext}> -v ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ${srcname} ${dstname}
       )
       set_tests_properties (H5COPY_SAME-${testname}-DIFF PROPERTIES DEPENDS H5COPY_SAME-${testname})
       if (${resultcode} EQUAL 1)
@@ -223,7 +217,7 @@
   macro (ADD_H5_CMP_TEST testname resultcode infile vparam sparam srcname dparam dstname)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5COPY-CMP-${testname} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5copy${tgt_ext}> -i ./testfiles/${infile} -o ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ${vparam} ${sparam} ${srcname} ${dparam} ${dstname} ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5COPY-CMP-${testname} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5copy${tgt_file_ext}> -i ./testfiles/${infile} -o ./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5 ${vparam} ${sparam} ${srcname} ${dparam} ${dstname} ${ARGN})
       if (${resultcode} EQUAL 1)
         set_tests_properties (H5COPY-CMP-${testname} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
       endif ()
@@ -240,7 +234,7 @@
           NAME H5COPY-CMP-${testname}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5copy${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5copy${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS=-i;./testfiles/${infile};-o;./testfiles/${testname}.out.h5;${vparam};${sparam};${srcname};${dparam};${dstname}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=./testfiles/${testname}.out.out"
diff --git a/tools/test/h5diff/CMakeTests.cmake b/tools/test/h5diff/CMakeTests.cmake
index 88ed62c..3d9c6f5 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5diff/CMakeTests.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/h5diff/CMakeTests.cmake
@@ -363,12 +363,6 @@
   endif ()
   add_custom_target(h5diff_files ALL COMMENT "Copying files needed by h5diff tests" DEPENDS ${h5diff_files_list})
 
-  if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set (tgt_ext "")
-  else ()
-    set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-  endif ()
-
 ##############################################################################
 ##############################################################################
 ###           T H E   T E S T S  M A C R O S                               ###
@@ -379,7 +373,7 @@
     if (HDF5_TEST_SERIAL)
       # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
       if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-        add_test (NAME H5DIFF-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN})
+        add_test (NAME H5DIFF-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN})
         set_tests_properties (H5DIFF-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles")
        if (${resultcode})
           set_tests_properties (H5DIFF-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
@@ -392,7 +386,7 @@
             NAME H5DIFF-${resultfile}
             COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
                 -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-                -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_ext}>"
+                -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_file_ext}>"
                 -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
                 -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
                 -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
@@ -414,7 +408,7 @@
   macro (ADD_PH5_TEST resultfile resultcode)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME MPI_TEST_H5DIFF-${resultfile} COMMAND ${MPIEXEC_EXECUTABLE} ${MPIEXEC_NUMPROC_FLAG} ${MPIEXEC_MAX_NUMPROCS} ${MPIEXEC_PREFLAGS} $<TARGET_FILE:ph5diff> ${MPIEXEC_POSTFLAGS} ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME MPI_TEST_H5DIFF-${resultfile} COMMAND ${MPIEXEC_EXECUTABLE} ${MPIEXEC_NUMPROC_FLAG} ${MPIEXEC_MAX_NUMPROCS} ${MPIEXEC_PREFLAGS} $<TARGET_FILE:ph5diff${tgt_file_ext}> ${MPIEXEC_POSTFLAGS} ${ARGN})
       set_tests_properties (MPI_TEST_H5DIFF-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/PAR/testfiles")
       if (${resultcode})
         set_tests_properties (MPI_TEST_H5DIFF-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
@@ -426,7 +420,7 @@
       add_test (
           NAME MPI_TEST_H5DIFF-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=${MPIEXEC_EXECUTABLE};${MPIEXEC_NUMPROC_FLAG};${MPIEXEC_MAX_NUMPROCS};${MPIEXEC_PREFLAGS};$<TARGET_FILE:ph5diff>;${MPIEXEC_POSTFLAGS}"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=${MPIEXEC_EXECUTABLE};${MPIEXEC_NUMPROC_FLAG};${MPIEXEC_MAX_NUMPROCS};${MPIEXEC_PREFLAGS};$<TARGET_FILE:ph5diff${tgt_file_ext}>;${MPIEXEC_POSTFLAGS}"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/PAR/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
diff --git a/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeTests.cmake b/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeTests.cmake
index 2e731f3..187328e 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeTests.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeTests.cmake
@@ -420,16 +420,10 @@
 ##############################################################################
 ##############################################################################
 
-  if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set (tgt_ext "")
-  else ()
-    set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-  endif ()
-
   macro (ADD_HELP_TEST testname resultcode)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-${testname} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-${testname} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN})
       set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-${testname} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std")
       if (last_test)
         set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-${testname} PROPERTIES DEPENDS ${last_test})
@@ -440,7 +434,7 @@
           NAME H5DUMP-${testname}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=h5dump-${testname}.out"
@@ -471,7 +465,7 @@
   macro (ADD_H5_TEST resultfile resultcode)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN})
       set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std")
       if (${resultcode})
         set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
@@ -489,7 +483,7 @@
           NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
@@ -504,7 +498,7 @@
   macro (ADD_H5_TEST_N resultfile resultcode)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-N-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-N-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN})
       set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-N-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std")
       if (${resultcode})
         set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-N-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
@@ -522,7 +516,7 @@
           NAME H5DUMP-N-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}-N.out"
@@ -537,7 +531,7 @@
   macro (ADD_H5_TEST_EXPORT resultfile targetfile resultcode)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN} ${resultfile}.txt ${targetfile})
+      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN} ${resultfile}.txt ${targetfile})
       set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std")
       if (${resultcode})
         set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
@@ -555,7 +549,7 @@
           NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN};${resultfile}.txt;${targetfile}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
@@ -578,7 +572,7 @@
   macro (ADD_H5_TEST_EXPORT_DDL resultfile targetfile resultcode ddlfile)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}> --ddl=${ddlfile}.txt ${ARGN} ${resultfile}.txt ${targetfile})
+      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}> --ddl=${ddlfile}.txt ${ARGN} ${resultfile}.txt ${targetfile})
       set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std")
       if (${resultcode})
         set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
@@ -598,7 +592,7 @@
           NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=--ddl=${ddlfile}.txt;${ARGN};${resultfile}.txt;${targetfile}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
@@ -633,7 +627,7 @@
       set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-output-${resultfile}-clear-objects PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std")
       add_test (
           NAME H5DUMP-output-${resultfile}
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN} ${resultfile}.txt ${targetfile}
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN} ${resultfile}.txt ${targetfile}
       )
       set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-output-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std")
       set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-output-${resultfile} PROPERTIES DEPENDS H5DUMP-output-${resultfile}-clear-objects)
@@ -654,7 +648,7 @@
           NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
@@ -672,7 +666,7 @@
           NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
@@ -689,7 +683,7 @@
           NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
@@ -707,7 +701,7 @@
           NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
@@ -735,7 +729,7 @@
           NAME H5DUMP-IMPORT-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN};-o;${resultfile}.bin;${testfile}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${conffile}.out"
@@ -744,10 +738,10 @@
               -P "${HDF_RESOURCES_EXT_DIR}/runTest.cmake"
       )
       set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-IMPORT-${resultfile} PROPERTIES DEPENDS "H5DUMP-IMPORT-${resultfile}-clear-objects")
-      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-IMPORT-h5import-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5import> ${resultfile}.bin -c ${conffile}.out -o ${resultfile}.h5)
+      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-IMPORT-h5import-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5import${tgt_file_ext}> ${resultfile}.bin -c ${conffile}.out -o ${resultfile}.h5)
       set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-IMPORT-h5import-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std")
       set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-IMPORT-h5import-${resultfile} PROPERTIES DEPENDS H5DUMP-IMPORT-${resultfile})
-      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-IMPORT-h5diff-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff> ${testfile} ${resultfile}.h5 /integer /integer)
+      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-IMPORT-h5diff-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_file_ext}> ${testfile} ${resultfile}.h5 /integer /integer)
       set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-IMPORT-h5diff-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std")
       set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-IMPORT-h5diff-${resultfile} PROPERTIES DEPENDS H5DUMP-IMPORT-h5import-${resultfile})
     endif ()
@@ -759,7 +753,7 @@
           NAME H5DUMP_UD-${testname}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/std"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
diff --git a/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeTestsPBITS.cmake b/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeTestsPBITS.cmake
index a6be9ae..1e16875 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeTestsPBITS.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeTestsPBITS.cmake
@@ -119,16 +119,10 @@
 ##############################################################################
 ##############################################################################
 
-  if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set (tgt_ext "")
-  else ()
-    set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-  endif ()
-
   macro (ADD_H5_PBITS_TEST resultfile resultcode)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN})
       set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/pbits")
       if (${resultcode})
         set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
@@ -141,7 +135,7 @@
           NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/pbits"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
diff --git a/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeTestsVDS.cmake b/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeTestsVDS.cmake
index 036609c..ae7193c 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeTestsVDS.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeTestsVDS.cmake
@@ -115,16 +115,10 @@
 ##############################################################################
 ##############################################################################
 
-  if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set (tgt_ext "")
-  else ()
-    set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-  endif ()
-
   macro (ADD_H5_VDS_TEST resultfile resultcode)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN})
       set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/vds")
       if (${resultcode})
         set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
@@ -137,7 +131,7 @@
           NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/vds"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
@@ -151,7 +145,7 @@
   macro (ADD_H5_VDS_PREFIX_TEST resultfile resultcode)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5DUMP_PREFIX-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5DUMP_PREFIX-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN})
       set_tests_properties (H5DUMP_PREFIX-${resultfile} PROPERTIES
           ENVIRONMENT "HDF5_VDS_PREFIX=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/vds/"
           WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/vds/prefix"
@@ -167,7 +161,7 @@
           NAME H5DUMP_PREFIX-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/vds/prefix"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
@@ -183,7 +177,7 @@
   macro (ADD_H5_VDS_LAYOUT resultfile resultcode)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}> -p ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}> -p ${ARGN})
       set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/vds")
       if (${resultcode})
         set_tests_properties (H5DUMP-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
@@ -196,7 +190,7 @@
           NAME H5DUMP-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=-p;${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/vds"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
diff --git a/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeTestsXML.cmake b/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeTestsXML.cmake
index 6d73cb1..985d940 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeTestsXML.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeTestsXML.cmake
@@ -160,12 +160,6 @@
 ##############################################################################
 ##############################################################################
 
-  if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set (tgt_ext "")
-  else ()
-    set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-  endif ()
-
   macro (ADD_XML_SKIP_H5_TEST skipresultfile skipresultcode testtype)
     if ("${testtype}" STREQUAL "SKIP")
       if (NOT HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
@@ -182,7 +176,7 @@
 
   macro (ADD_XML_H5_TEST resultfile resultcode)
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5DUMP_XML-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}> --xml ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5DUMP_XML-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}> --xml ${ARGN})
       set_tests_properties (H5DUMP_XML-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/xml")
       if (${resultcode})
         set_tests_properties (H5DUMP_XML-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
@@ -195,7 +189,7 @@
           NAME H5DUMP_XML-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=--xml;${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/xml"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
diff --git a/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeVFDTests.cmake b/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeVFDTests.cmake
index 0a345ef..337cfe2 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeVFDTests.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/h5dump/CMakeVFDTests.cmake
@@ -53,19 +53,13 @@ add_custom_target(HDF5_VFD_H5DUMP_files ALL COMMENT "Copying files needed by HDF
 ##############################################################################
 ##############################################################################
 
-if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  set (tgt_ext "")
-else ()
-  set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-endif ()
-
 macro (ADD_VFD_H5DUMP_TEST vfdname resultfile resultcode)
   if (NOT HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
     add_test (
         NAME H5DUMP_VFD-${vfdname}-${resultfile}-h5dump
         COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
             -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-            -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+            -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
             -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
             -D "TEST_VFD:STRING=${vfdname}"
             -D "TEST_EXPECT=${resultcode}"
diff --git a/tools/test/h5dump/h5dumpgentest.c b/tools/test/h5dump/h5dumpgentest.c
index 026ab20..f09d200 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5dump/h5dumpgentest.c
+++ b/tools/test/h5dump/h5dumpgentest.c
@@ -6274,7 +6274,7 @@ static int gent_ldouble(void)
 
     return 0;
 
-    error:
+error:
     HDprintf("error !\n");
     return -1;
 
@@ -7529,6 +7529,7 @@ gent_attr_intsize(void)
     H5Gclose(root);
     H5Fclose(fid);
 }
+
 static void
 gent_nodata(void)
 {
diff --git a/tools/test/h5format_convert/CMakeTests.cmake b/tools/test/h5format_convert/CMakeTests.cmake
index 398866c..7bc33ce 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5format_convert/CMakeTests.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/h5format_convert/CMakeTests.cmake
@@ -97,12 +97,6 @@
 ##############################################################################
 ##############################################################################
 
-  if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set (tgt_ext "")
-  else ()
-    set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-  endif ()
-
   macro (ADD_H5_OUTPUT testname resultfile resultcode testfile)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (NOT HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
@@ -123,7 +117,7 @@
               NAME H5FC-${testname}-${testfile}
               COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
                   -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-                  -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5format_convert${tgt_ext}>"
+                  -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5format_convert${tgt_file_ext}>"
                   -D "TEST_ARGS=${ARGN};outtmp.h5"
                   -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
                   -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testname}.out"
@@ -139,7 +133,7 @@
               NAME H5FC-${testname}-NA
               COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
                   -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-                  -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5format_convert${tgt_ext}>"
+                  -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5format_convert${tgt_file_ext}>"
                   -D "TEST_ARGS=${ARGN}"
                   -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
                   -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testname}.out"
@@ -172,7 +166,7 @@
           NAME H5FC-${testname}-${testfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5format_convert${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5format_convert${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS=${ARGN};outtmp.h5"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testname}.out"
@@ -204,7 +198,7 @@
           NAME H5FC-${testname}-${testfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5format_convert${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5format_convert${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS=${ARGN};outtmp.h5"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testname}.out"
@@ -237,7 +231,7 @@
           NAME H5FC-${testname}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5format_convert${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5format_convert${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS=${ARGN};./testfiles/tmp.h5"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=testfiles/${testname}.out"
@@ -280,7 +274,7 @@
           NAME H5FC-${testname}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5format_convert${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5format_convert${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS=-d;${ARGN};./testfiles/chktmp.h5"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=testfiles/${testname}.out"
@@ -317,7 +311,7 @@
           NAME H5FC-${testname}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5format_convert${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5format_convert${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS=${ARGN};./testfiles/dmptmp.h5"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=testfiles/${testname}.out"
@@ -330,7 +324,7 @@
           NAME H5FC_CHECK_DUMP-${testname}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=-BH;./testfiles/dmptmp.h5"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=testfiles/${testname}_chk.out"
diff --git a/tools/test/h5import/CMakeTests.cmake b/tools/test/h5import/CMakeTests.cmake
index 22ab848..00d5009 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5import/CMakeTests.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/h5import/CMakeTests.cmake
@@ -96,16 +96,10 @@
 ##############################################################################
 ##############################################################################
 
-  if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set (tgt_ext "")
-  else ()
-    set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-  endif ()
-
   macro (ADD_H5_TEST testname importfile conffile testfile)
     # If using memchecker skip macro based tests
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5IMPORT-${testname} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5import${tgt_ext}> ${importfile} -c ${conffile} -o ${testfile})
+      add_test (NAME H5IMPORT-${testname} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5import${tgt_file_ext}> ${importfile} -c ${conffile} -o ${testfile})
       set_tests_properties (H5IMPORT-${testname} PROPERTIES
           FIXTURES_REQUIRED set_h5importtest
       )
@@ -118,7 +112,7 @@
           FIXTURES_REQUIRED set_h5importtest
       )
 
-      add_test (NAME H5IMPORT-${testname} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5import${tgt_ext}> ${importfile} -c ${conffile} -o ${testfile})
+      add_test (NAME H5IMPORT-${testname} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5import${tgt_file_ext}> ${importfile} -c ${conffile} -o ${testfile})
       set_tests_properties (H5IMPORT-${testname} PROPERTIES
           DEPENDS H5IMPORT-${testname}-clear-objects
       )
@@ -127,7 +121,7 @@
           NAME H5IMPORT-${testname}-H5DMP
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${testfile}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testfile}.new"
@@ -143,7 +137,7 @@
           NAME H5IMPORT-${testname}-H5DMP_CMP
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=testfiles/${testfile}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testfile}.out"
@@ -176,7 +170,7 @@
             NAME H5IMPORT-DUMP-${testname}-H5DMP
             COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
                 -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-                -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+                -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
                 -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=-p;-d;${datasetname};-o;d${testfile}.bin;-b;NATIVE;testfiles/${testfile}"
                 -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
                 -D "TEST_OUTPUT=d${testfile}.dmp"
@@ -189,7 +183,7 @@
             NAME H5IMPORT-DUMP-${testname}-H5DMP
             COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
                 -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-                -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+                -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
                 -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=-p;-d;${datasetname};-o;d${testfile}.bin;-y;--width=1;testfiles/${testfile}"
                 -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
                 -D "TEST_OUTPUT=d${testfile}.dmp"
@@ -206,7 +200,7 @@
           NAME H5IMPORT-DUMP-${testname}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5import${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5import${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=d${testfile}.bin;-c;d${testfile}.dmp;-o;d${testfile}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=d${testfile}.imp"
@@ -222,7 +216,7 @@
           NAME H5IMPORT-DUMP-${testname}-H5DFF
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=-r;d${testfile};testfiles/${testfile};${datasetname};${datasetname}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=d${testfile}.dff"
@@ -254,7 +248,7 @@
           NAME H5IMPORT_SUB-DUMP-${testname}-H5DMP
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=-p;-d;${datasetname};${ARGN};-o;${testname}.bin;-b;NATIVE;testfiles/${testfile}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testname}.dmp"
@@ -270,7 +264,7 @@
           NAME H5IMPORT_SUB-DUMP-${testname}-H5IMP
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5import${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5import${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${testname}.bin;-c;${testname}.dmp;-o;d-${testname}.h5"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testname}.imp"
@@ -285,7 +279,7 @@
           NAME H5IMPORT_SUB-DUMP-${testname}-CMP
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=-p;d-${testname}.h5"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=d-${testname}.dmp"
diff --git a/tools/test/h5jam/CMakeTests.cmake b/tools/test/h5jam/CMakeTests.cmake
index f108afc..aaa9a5c 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5jam/CMakeTests.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/h5jam/CMakeTests.cmake
@@ -47,12 +47,6 @@
 ##############################################################################
 ##############################################################################
 
-  if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set (tgt_ext "")
-  else ()
-    set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-  endif ()
-
   # ============================================================
   # TEST_H5JAM_OUTPUT
   # For the purpose to verify only output & exitcode from h5jam
@@ -60,7 +54,7 @@
   macro (TEST_H5JAM_OUTPUT expectfile resultcode)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5JAM-${expectfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5jam${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5JAM-${expectfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5jam${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN})
       if (${resultcode})
         set_tests_properties (H5JAM-${expectfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
       endif ()
@@ -69,7 +63,7 @@
           NAME H5JAM-${expectfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5jam${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5jam${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${expectfile}.out"
@@ -89,7 +83,7 @@
   macro (TEST_H5UNJAM_OUTPUT expectfile resultcode)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5JAM-UNJAM-${expectfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5unjam${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5JAM-UNJAM-${expectfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5unjam${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN})
       if (${resultcode})
         set_tests_properties (H5JAM-UNJAM-${expectfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
       endif ()
@@ -98,7 +92,7 @@
           NAME H5JAM-UNJAM-${expectfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5unjam${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5unjam${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${expectfile}.out"
@@ -116,7 +110,7 @@
           NAME H5JAM-${testname}-CHECKFILE-H5DMP
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=testfiles/${expected}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${actual}.new"
@@ -130,7 +124,7 @@
           NAME H5JAM-${testname}-CHECKFILE-H5DMP_CMP
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${actual}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${actual}.out"
@@ -165,7 +159,7 @@
             COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove ${ufile}
         )
         set_tests_properties (H5JAM-${testname}-UNJAM_D-clear-objects PROPERTIES DEPENDS H5JAM-${testname}-UNJAM-clear-objects)
-        add_test (NAME H5JAM-${testname}-UNJAM COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5unjam${tgt_ext}> -i ${infile} -u ${ufile} -o ${outfile})
+        add_test (NAME H5JAM-${testname}-UNJAM COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5unjam${tgt_file_ext}> -i ${infile} -u ${ufile} -o ${outfile})
         set_tests_properties (H5JAM-${testname}-UNJAM PROPERTIES DEPENDS H5JAM-${testname}-UNJAM_D-clear-objects)
         set (compare_test ${ufile})
       else ()
@@ -174,7 +168,7 @@
               NAME H5JAM-${testname}-UNJAM
               COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
                   -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-                  -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5unjam${tgt_ext}>"
+                  -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5unjam${tgt_file_ext}>"
                   -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=-i;${infile};-o;${outfile}"
                   -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
                   -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${outfile}.ufile.txt"
@@ -185,7 +179,7 @@
           set_tests_properties (H5JAM-${testname}-UNJAM PROPERTIES DEPENDS H5JAM-${testname}-UNJAM-clear-objects)
           set (compare_test "${outfile}.ufile.txt")
         else ()
-          add_test (NAME H5JAM-${testname}-UNJAM COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5unjam${tgt_ext}> -i ${infile} -o ${outfile})
+          add_test (NAME H5JAM-${testname}-UNJAM COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5unjam${tgt_file_ext}> -i ${infile} -o ${outfile})
           set_tests_properties (H5JAM-${testname}-UNJAM PROPERTIES DEPENDS H5JAM-${testname}-UNJAM-clear-objects)
           set (compare_test "")
         endif ()
@@ -247,7 +241,7 @@
           COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove ${outfile} ${infile}.cpy.h5
       )
     endif ()
-    add_test (NAME H5JAM-${testname} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5jam${tgt_ext}> -u testfiles/${jamfile} -i testfiles/${infile} -o ${outfile} ${ARGN})
+    add_test (NAME H5JAM-${testname} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5jam${tgt_file_ext}> -u testfiles/${jamfile} -i testfiles/${infile} -o ${outfile} ${ARGN})
     if (NOT HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
       set_tests_properties (H5JAM-${testname} PROPERTIES DEPENDS H5JAM-${testname}-clear-objects)
       set (compare_test ${outfile})
@@ -302,7 +296,7 @@
       )
       set_tests_properties (H5JAM-${testname}_NONE_COPY PROPERTIES DEPENDS H5JAM-${testname}_NONE-SETUP)
 
-      add_test (NAME H5JAM-${testname}_NONE COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5jam${tgt_ext}> -u testfiles/${jamfile} -i ${chkfile} ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5JAM-${testname}_NONE COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5jam${tgt_file_ext}> -u testfiles/${jamfile} -i ${chkfile} ${ARGN})
       set_tests_properties (H5JAM-${testname}_NONE PROPERTIES DEPENDS H5JAM-${testname}_NONE_COPY)
 
       set (compare_test ${chkfile})
diff --git a/tools/test/h5ls/CMakeTests.cmake b/tools/test/h5ls/CMakeTests.cmake
index 7ff17ff..2b7aa96 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5ls/CMakeTests.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/h5ls/CMakeTests.cmake
@@ -134,16 +134,10 @@
 ##############################################################################
 ##############################################################################
 
-  if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set (tgt_ext "")
-  else ()
-    set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-  endif ()
-
   macro (ADD_H5_TEST resultfile resultcode)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5LS-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5LS-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN})
       set_tests_properties (H5LS-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles")
       if (${resultcode} EQUAL 1)
         set_tests_properties (H5LS-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
@@ -154,7 +148,7 @@
           NAME H5LS-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
@@ -168,7 +162,7 @@
   macro (ADD_H5_ERR_TEST resultfile resultcode)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5LS-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5LS-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN})
       set_tests_properties (H5LS-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles")
       if (${resultcode} EQUAL 1)
         set_tests_properties (H5LS-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
@@ -178,7 +172,7 @@
           NAME H5LS-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
@@ -196,7 +190,7 @@
           NAME H5LS_UD-${testname}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
diff --git a/tools/test/h5ls/CMakeTestsVDS.cmake b/tools/test/h5ls/CMakeTestsVDS.cmake
index cf5b6d7..3fc8aab 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5ls/CMakeTestsVDS.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/h5ls/CMakeTestsVDS.cmake
@@ -80,16 +80,10 @@
 ##############################################################################
 ##############################################################################
 
-  if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set (tgt_ext "")
-  else ()
-    set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-  endif ()
-
   macro (ADD_H5_VDS_TEST resultfile resultcode)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5LS-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5LS-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN})
       set_tests_properties (H5LS-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/vds")
       if (${resultcode} EQUAL 1)
         set_tests_properties (H5LS-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
@@ -99,7 +93,7 @@
           NAME H5LS-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/vds"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
@@ -113,7 +107,7 @@
   macro (ADD_H5_VDS_PREFIX_TEST resultfile resultcode)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5LS_PREFIX-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5LS_PREFIX-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN})
       set_tests_properties (H5LS_PREFIX-${resultfile} PROPERTIES
           ENVIRONMENT "HDF5_VDS_PREFIX=\${ORIGIN}"
           WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
@@ -126,7 +120,7 @@
           NAME H5LS_PREFIX-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=vds/prefix/${resultfile}.out"
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/CMakeTests.cmake b/tools/test/h5repack/CMakeTests.cmake
index 0c761e2..e654bce 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5repack/CMakeTests.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/CMakeTests.cmake
@@ -182,16 +182,10 @@
 ##############################################################################
 ##############################################################################
 
-  if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set (tgt_ext "")
-  else ()
-    set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-  endif ()
-
   macro (ADD_HELP_TEST testname resultcode)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5REPACK-h5repack-${testname} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5REPACK-h5repack-${testname} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN})
       set_tests_properties (H5REPACK-h5repack-${testname} PROPERTIES
           WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
       )
@@ -200,7 +194,7 @@
           NAME H5REPACK-h5repack-${testname}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=h5repack-${testname}.out"
@@ -232,14 +226,14 @@
         )
         add_test (
             NAME H5REPACK_OLD-${testname}
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN} -i ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} -o ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN} -i ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} -o ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
         )
         set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_OLD-${testname} PROPERTIES
             DEPENDS H5REPACK_OLD-${testname}-clear-objects
         )
         add_test (
             NAME H5REPACK_OLD-${testname}_DFF
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_ext}> ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_file_ext}> ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
         )
         set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_OLD-${testname}_DFF PROPERTIES
             DEPENDS H5REPACK_OLD-${testname}
@@ -267,14 +261,14 @@
       )
       add_test (
           NAME H5REPACK-${testname}
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_ext}> --enable-error-stack ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_file_ext}> --enable-error-stack ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
       )
       set_tests_properties (H5REPACK-${testname} PROPERTIES
           DEPENDS H5REPACK-${testname}-clear-objects
       )
       add_test (
           NAME H5REPACK-${testname}_DFF
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_ext}> --enable-error-stack ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_file_ext}> --enable-error-stack ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
       )
       set_tests_properties (H5REPACK-${testname}_DFF PROPERTIES
           DEPENDS H5REPACK-${testname}
@@ -296,7 +290,7 @@
       if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
         add_test (
             NAME H5REPACK_CMP-${testname}
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${resultfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${resultfile}
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${resultfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${resultfile}
         )
       else ()
         add_test (
@@ -310,7 +304,7 @@
             NAME H5REPACK_CMP-${testname}
             COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
                 -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-                -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_ext}>"
+                -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_file_ext}>"
                 -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN};${resultfile};out-${testname}.${resultfile}"
                 -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
                 -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}-${testname}.out"
@@ -340,7 +334,7 @@
       if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
         add_test (
             NAME H5REPACK_MASK-${testname}
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${resultfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${resultfile}
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${resultfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${resultfile}
         )
         set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_MASK-${testname} PROPERTIES
             FIXTURES_REQUIRED clear_h5repack
@@ -357,7 +351,7 @@
             NAME H5REPACK_MASK-${testname}
             COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
                 -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-                -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_ext}>"
+                -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_file_ext}>"
                 -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN};${resultfile};out-${testname}.${resultfile}"
                 -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
                 -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}-${testname}.out"
@@ -391,7 +385,7 @@
       )
       add_test (
           NAME H5REPACK_DMP-${testname}
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${resultfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${resultfile}
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${resultfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${resultfile}
       )
       set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_DMP-${testname} PROPERTIES
           DEPENDS H5REPACK_DMP-${testname}-clear-objects
@@ -401,7 +395,7 @@
             NAME H5REPACK_DMP-h5dump-${testname}
             COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
                 -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-                -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+                -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
                 -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=-q;creation_order;-pH;out-${testname}.${resultfile}"
                 -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
                 -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}-${testname}.out"
@@ -435,7 +429,7 @@
       )
       add_test (
           NAME H5REPACK_STAT-${testname}
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${resultfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${statarg}.${resultfile}
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${resultfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${statarg}.${resultfile}
       )
       set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_STAT-${testname} PROPERTIES
           DEPENDS H5REPACK_STAT-${testname}-clear-objects
@@ -445,7 +439,7 @@
             NAME H5REPACK_STAT-h5stat-${testname}
             COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
                 -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-                -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5stat${tgt_ext}>"
+                -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5stat${tgt_file_ext}>"
                 -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=-S;-s;out-${statarg}.${resultfile}"
                 -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
                 -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}-${testname}.out"
@@ -480,14 +474,14 @@
         )
         add_test (
             NAME H5REPACK_VERIFY_LAYOUT-${testname}
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
         )
         set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_VERIFY_LAYOUT-${testname} PROPERTIES
             DEPENDS H5REPACK_VERIFY_LAYOUT-${testname}-clear-objects
         )
         add_test (
             NAME H5REPACK_VERIFY_LAYOUT-${testname}_DFF
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_ext}> ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_file_ext}> ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
         )
         set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_VERIFY_LAYOUT-${testname}_DFF PROPERTIES
             DEPENDS H5REPACK_VERIFY_LAYOUT-${testname}
@@ -497,7 +491,7 @@
               NAME H5REPACK_VERIFY_LAYOUT-${testname}_DMP
               COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
                   -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-                  -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+                  -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
                   -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=-d;${testdset};-pH;out-${testname}.${testfile}"
                   -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
                   -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testfile}-${testname}-v.out"
@@ -523,7 +517,7 @@
               NAME H5REPACK_VERIFY_LAYOUT-${testname}_DMP
               COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
                   -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-                  -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+                  -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
                   -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=-pH;out-${testname}.${testfile}"
                   -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
                   -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testfile}-${testname}-v.out"
@@ -561,7 +555,7 @@
         )
         add_test (
             NAME H5REPACK_VERIFY_LAYOUT_VDS-${testname}
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
         )
         set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_VERIFY_LAYOUT_VDS-${testname} PROPERTIES
             WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
@@ -571,7 +565,7 @@
             NAME H5REPACK_VERIFY_LAYOUT_VDS-${testname}_DMP
             COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
                 -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-                -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+                -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
                 -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=-d;${testdset};-p;out-${testname}.${testfile}"
                 -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
                 -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testfile}-${testname}-v.out"
@@ -599,7 +593,7 @@
       )
       add_test (
           NAME H5REPACK_VERIFY_SUPERBLOCK-${testname}
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_ext}> -j;${lowbound};-k;${highbound} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_file_ext}> -j;${lowbound};-k;${highbound} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
       )
       set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_VERIFY_SUPERBLOCK-${testname} PROPERTIES
           DEPENDS H5REPACK_VERIFY_SUPERBLOCK-${testname}-clear-objects
@@ -608,7 +602,7 @@
           NAME H5REPACK_VERIFY_SUPERBLOCK-${testname}_DMP
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5dump${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=-H;-B;out-${testname}.${testfile}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testfile}-${testname}-v.out"
@@ -633,7 +627,7 @@
       )
       add_test (
           NAME ADD_H5_VERIFY_INVALIDBOUNDS-h5repack-${testname}
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_ext}> -j;${lowbound};-k;${highbound} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_file_ext}> -j;${lowbound};-k;${highbound} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}
       )
       set_tests_properties (ADD_H5_VERIFY_INVALIDBOUNDS-h5repack-${testname} PROPERTIES
           DEPENDS ADD_H5_VERIFY_INVALIDBOUNDS-h5repack-${testname}-clear-objects
@@ -654,20 +648,20 @@
       )
       add_test (
           NAME H5REPACK_META-${testname}_N
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_ext}> ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}_N.${testname}.h5
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_file_ext}> ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}_N.${testname}.h5
       )
       set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_META-${testname}_N PROPERTIES
           DEPENDS H5REPACK_META-${testname}_N-clear-objects
       )
       add_test (
           NAME H5REPACK_META-${testname}_M
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}_M.${testname}.h5
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}_M.${testname}.h5
       )
       set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_META-${testname}_M PROPERTIES
           DEPENDS H5REPACK_META-${testname}_N
       )
 
-      add_test (NAME H5REPACK_META-${testname} COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E compare_files ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}_N.${testname}.h5 ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}_M.${testname}.h5)
+      add_test (NAME H5REPACK_META-${testname} COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E compare_files ${CMAKE_IGNORE_EOL} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}_N.${testname}.h5 ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}_M.${testname}.h5)
       set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_META-${testname} PROPERTIES
           WILL_FAIL "true"
           DEPENDS H5REPACK_META-${testname}_M
@@ -725,100 +719,100 @@
   endmacro ()
 
   macro (ADD_H5_EXTERNAL_TEST testname testtype testfile)
-    # canonical file = h5repack_${testfile}.h5 - preexist
-    # external file = h5repack_${testfile}_ex.h5 - preexist
-    # repacked file = h5repack_${testfile}_rp.h5 - created
-    # external data file = h5repack_${testfile}_ex-0.dat
-    if ("${testtype}" STREQUAL "SKIP")
-      if (NOT HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
+    if (NOT HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
+      # canonical file = h5repack_${testfile}.h5 - preexist
+      # external file = h5repack_${testfile}_ex.h5 - preexist
+      # repacked file = h5repack_${testfile}_rp.h5 - created
+      # external data file = h5repack_${testfile}_ex-0.dat
+      if ("${testtype}" STREQUAL "SKIP")
         add_test (
             NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}
             COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "SKIP ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/${testfile} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/out-${testname}.${testfile}"
         )
         set_property(TEST H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname} PROPERTY DISABLED)
+      else ()
+        add_test (
+            NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}-clear-objects
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove h5repack_${testfile}_rp.h5
+        )
+        set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}-clear-objects PROPERTIES
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
+            FIXTURES_REQUIRED clear_h5repack
+        )
+        # make sure external data file 0 is available
+        add_test (
+            NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_CPY
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
+                "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_ex-0.dat" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_ex-0.dat"
+        )
+        set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_CPY PROPERTIES
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
+            DEPENDS H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}-clear-objects
+        )
+        # comparison of known files
+        add_test (
+            NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF1
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_file_ext}> --enable-error-stack ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}.h5 ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_ex.h5
+        )
+        set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF1 PROPERTIES
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
+            DEPENDS H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_CPY
+        )
+        # repack the external file to the repacked file
+        add_test (
+            NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_file_ext}> --enable-error-stack ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_ex.h5 ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_rp.h5
+        )
+        set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname} PROPERTIES
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
+            DEPENDS H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF1
+        )
+        # comparison of repacked file to known files
+        add_test (
+            NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF2
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_file_ext}> --enable-error-stack ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_rp.h5 ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}.h5
+        )
+        set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF2 PROPERTIES
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
+            DEPENDS H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}
+        )
+        add_test (
+            NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF3
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_file_ext}> --enable-error-stack ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_rp.h5 ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_ex.h5
+        )
+        set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF3 PROPERTIES
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
+            DEPENDS H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF2
+        )
+        # invalidate external file by removing its first data file
+        add_test (
+            NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DATA_RMV
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove h5repack_${testfile}_ex-0.dat
+        )
+        set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DATA_RMV PROPERTIES
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
+            DEPENDS H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF3
+        )
+        # verify comparison of repacked file to known file
+        add_test (
+            NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF4
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_file_ext}> --enable-error-stack ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_rp.h5 ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}.h5
+        )
+        set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF4 PROPERTIES
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
+            DEPENDS H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DATA_RMV
+        )
+        # verify comparison of repacked file to known external file fails
+        add_test (
+            NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF_FAIL
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_file_ext}> --enable-error-stack ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_rp.h5 ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_ex.h5
+        )
+        set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF_FAIL PROPERTIES
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
+            DEPENDS H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF4
+            WILL_FAIL "true"
+        )
       endif ()
-    else ()
-      add_test (
-          NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}-clear-objects
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove h5repack_${testfile}_rp.h5
-      )
-      set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}-clear-objects PROPERTIES
-          WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
-          FIXTURES_REQUIRED clear_h5repack
-      )
-      # make sure external data file 0 is available
-      add_test (
-          NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_CPY
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
-              "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_ex-0.dat" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_ex-0.dat"
-      )
-      set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_CPY PROPERTIES
-          WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
-          DEPENDS H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}-clear-objects
-      )
-      # comparison of known files
-      add_test (
-          NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF1
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_ext}> --enable-error-stack ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}.h5 ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_ex.h5
-      )
-      set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF1 PROPERTIES
-          WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
-          DEPENDS H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_CPY
-      )
-      # repack the external file to the repacked file
-      add_test (
-          NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repack${tgt_ext}> --enable-error-stack ${ARGN} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_ex.h5 ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_rp.h5
-      )
-      set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname} PROPERTIES
-          WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
-          DEPENDS H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF1
-      )
-      # comparison of repacked file to known files
-      add_test (
-          NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF2
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_ext}> --enable-error-stack ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_rp.h5 ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}.h5
-      )
-      set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF2 PROPERTIES
-          WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
-          DEPENDS H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}
-      )
-      add_test (
-          NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF3
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_ext}> --enable-error-stack ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_rp.h5 ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_ex.h5
-      )
-      set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF3 PROPERTIES
-          WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
-          DEPENDS H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF2
-      )
-      # invalidate external file by removing its first data file
-      add_test (
-          NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DATA_RMV
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove h5repack_${testfile}_ex-0.dat
-      )
-      set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DATA_RMV PROPERTIES
-          WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
-          DEPENDS H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF3
-      )
-      # verify comparison of repacked file to known file
-      add_test (
-          NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF4
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_ext}> --enable-error-stack ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_rp.h5 ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}.h5
-      )
-      set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF4 PROPERTIES
-          WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
-          DEPENDS H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DATA_RMV
-      )
-      # verify comparison of repacked file to known external file fails
-      add_test (
-          NAME H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF_FAIL
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5diff${tgt_ext}> --enable-error-stack ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_rp.h5 ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles/h5repack_${testfile}_ex.h5
-      )
-      set_tests_properties (H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF_FAIL PROPERTIES
-          WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
-          DEPENDS H5REPACK_EXTERNAL-${testname}_DFF4
-          WILL_FAIL "true"
-      )
     endif ()
   endmacro ()
 
diff --git a/tools/test/h5stat/CMakeTests.cmake b/tools/test/h5stat/CMakeTests.cmake
index 9674a77..0c07418 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5stat/CMakeTests.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/h5stat/CMakeTests.cmake
@@ -93,16 +93,10 @@
 ##############################################################################
 ##############################################################################
 
-  if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set (tgt_ext "")
-  else ()
-    set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-  endif ()
-
   macro (ADD_H5_TEST resultfile resultcode)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5STAT-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5stat${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5STAT-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5stat${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN})
       if (${resultcode})
         set_tests_properties (H5STAT-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
       endif ()
@@ -111,7 +105,7 @@
           NAME H5STAT-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5stat${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5stat${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
@@ -125,7 +119,7 @@
   macro (ADD_H5_ERR_TEST resultfile resultcode)
     # If using memchecker add tests without using scripts
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5STAT-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5stat${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5STAT-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5stat${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN})
       if (${resultcode})
         set_tests_properties (H5STAT-${resultfile} PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL "true")
       endif ()
@@ -134,7 +128,7 @@
           NAME H5STAT-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5stat${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5stat${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
diff --git a/tools/test/misc/CMakeTestsClear.cmake b/tools/test/misc/CMakeTestsClear.cmake
index a2c494d..cb285e4 100644
--- a/tools/test/misc/CMakeTestsClear.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/misc/CMakeTestsClear.cmake
@@ -83,12 +83,6 @@
 ##############################################################################
 ##############################################################################
 
-  if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set (tgt_ext "")
-  else ()
-    set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-  endif ()
-
   # Need special dependencies for tests that use the same reference file
   # This is an issue on Windows
   macro (ADD_H5_CMP testname resultfile resultcode)
@@ -97,7 +91,7 @@
           NAME H5CLEAR_CMP-${testname}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testname}.out"
@@ -114,7 +108,7 @@
           NAME H5CLEAR_CMP-${testname}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testname}.out"
@@ -144,7 +138,7 @@
           NAME H5CLEAR_CMP-${testname}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN};${testfile}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testname}.out"
@@ -176,7 +170,7 @@
           NAME H5CLEAR_CMP-${testname}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN};${testfile}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testname}.out"
@@ -195,7 +189,7 @@
     if (NOT HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
       add_test (
           NAME H5CLEAR_RET-${testname}
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN}
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN}
       )
       set_tests_properties (H5CLEAR_RET-${testname} PROPERTIES
           WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
@@ -222,7 +216,7 @@
           NAME H5CLEAR_FILESIZE_CMP-${testname}_before_size
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=--filesize;${testname}.h5"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testname}_before_size.out"
@@ -236,12 +230,12 @@
       if (NOT ${incr_size} MATCHES "NONE")
           add_test (
               NAME H5CLEAR_FILESIZE_INCR-${testname}
-              COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_ext}> --increment=${incr_size} ${testname}.h5
+              COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_file_ext}> --increment=${incr_size} ${testname}.h5
           )
       else ()
           add_test (
               NAME H5CLEAR_FILESIZE_INCR-${testname}
-              COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_ext}> --increment ${testname}.h5
+              COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_file_ext}> --increment ${testname}.h5
           )
       endif ()
       set_tests_properties (H5CLEAR_FILESIZE_INCR-${testname} PROPERTIES
@@ -253,7 +247,7 @@
           NAME H5CLEAR_FILESIZE_CMP-${testname}_after_size
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=--filesize;${testname}.h5"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testname}_after_size.out"
@@ -285,7 +279,7 @@
           NAME H5CLEAR_FILESIZE_FAIL_CMP-${testname}_before_size
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=--filesize;${testname}.h5"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testname}_before_size.out"
@@ -299,12 +293,12 @@
       if (NOT ${incr_size} MATCHES "NONE")
           add_test (
               NAME H5CLEAR_FILESIZE_FAIL_INCR-${testname}
-              COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_ext}> -s --increment=${incr_size} ${testname}.h5
+              COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_file_ext}> -s --increment=${incr_size} ${testname}.h5
           )
       else ()
           add_test (
               NAME H5CLEAR_FILESIZE_FAIL_INCR-${testname}
-              COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_ext}> -s --increment ${testname}.h5
+              COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_file_ext}> -s --increment ${testname}.h5
           )
       endif ()
       set_tests_properties (H5CLEAR_FILESIZE_FAIL_INCR-${testname} PROPERTIES
@@ -315,7 +309,7 @@
           NAME H5CLEAR_FILESIZE_FAIL_CMP-${testname}_after_size
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=--filesize;${testname}.h5"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${testname}_after_size.out"
@@ -352,7 +346,7 @@
       # After "h5clear" the file, the subsequent file open succeeds
       add_test (
           NAME H5CLEAR-h5clr-${testname}
-          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_ext}> -s ${testfile}.h5
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5clear${tgt_file_ext}> -s ${testfile}.h5
       )
       set_tests_properties (H5CLEAR-h5clr-${testname} PROPERTIES
           DEPENDS H5CLEAR-clr_open_chk-${testname}_${resultcode}
diff --git a/tools/test/misc/CMakeTestsMkgrp.cmake b/tools/test/misc/CMakeTestsMkgrp.cmake
index c947e0e..fb9e5ba 100644
--- a/tools/test/misc/CMakeTestsMkgrp.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/misc/CMakeTestsMkgrp.cmake
@@ -54,34 +54,33 @@
 ##############################################################################
 ##############################################################################
 
-  if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set (tgt_ext "")
-  else ()
-    set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-  endif ()
-
   macro (ADD_H5_TEST resultfile resultcode resultoption)
-    add_test (
-        NAME H5MKGRP-${resultfile}-clear-objects
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove ${resultfile}.h5
-    )
-    set_tests_properties (H5MKGRP-${resultfile}-clear-objects PROPERTIES
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
-    )
-    add_test (
-        NAME H5MKGRP-${resultfile}
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5mkgrp${tgt_ext}> ${resultoption} ${resultfile}.h5 ${ARGN}
-    )
-    set_tests_properties (H5MKGRP-${resultfile} PROPERTIES
-        DEPENDS H5MKGRP-${resultfile}-clear-objects
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
-    )
-    if (NOT HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
+    if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
+      add_test (
+          NAME H5MKGRP-${resultfile}
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5mkgrp${tgt_file_ext}> ${resultoption} ${resultfile}.h5 ${ARGN}
+      )
+    else ()
+      add_test (
+          NAME H5MKGRP-${resultfile}-clear-objects
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove ${resultfile}.h5
+      )
+      set_tests_properties (H5MKGRP-${resultfile}-clear-objects PROPERTIES
+          WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
+      )
+      add_test (
+          NAME H5MKGRP-${resultfile}
+          COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5mkgrp${tgt_file_ext}> ${resultoption} ${resultfile}.h5 ${ARGN}
+      )
+      set_tests_properties (H5MKGRP-${resultfile} PROPERTIES
+          DEPENDS H5MKGRP-${resultfile}-clear-objects
+          WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
+      )
       add_test (
           NAME H5MKGRP-${resultfile}-h5ls
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5ls${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=-v;-r;${resultfile}.h5"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@
 
   macro (ADD_H5_CMP resultfile resultcode)
     if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-      add_test (NAME H5MKGRP_CMP-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5mkgrp${tgt_ext}> ${ARGN})
+      add_test (NAME H5MKGRP_CMP-${resultfile} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5mkgrp${tgt_file_ext}> ${ARGN})
     else ()
       add_test (
           NAME H5MKGRP_CMP-${resultfile}-clear-objects
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@
           NAME H5MKGRP_CMP-${resultfile}
           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
               -D "TEST_EMULATOR=${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR}"
-              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5mkgrp${tgt_ext}>"
+              -D "TEST_PROGRAM=$<TARGET_FILE:h5mkgrp${tgt_file_ext}>"
               -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING=${ARGN}"
               -D "TEST_FOLDER=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/testfiles"
               -D "TEST_OUTPUT=${resultfile}.out"
diff --git a/tools/test/misc/CMakeTestsRepart.cmake b/tools/test/misc/CMakeTestsRepart.cmake
index fa49c53..14b349c 100644
--- a/tools/test/misc/CMakeTestsRepart.cmake
+++ b/tools/test/misc/CMakeTestsRepart.cmake
@@ -58,12 +58,6 @@
 ##############################################################################
 ##############################################################################
 
-  if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set (tgt_ext "")
-  else ()
-    set (tgt_ext "-shared")
-  endif ()
-
   # Remove any output file left over from previous test run
   add_test (
     NAME H5REPART-clearall-objects
@@ -82,7 +76,7 @@
   # repartition family member size to 20,000 bytes.
   add_test (
       NAME H5REPART-h5repart_20K
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repart${tgt_ext}> -m 20000 family_file%05d.h5 fst_family%05d.h5
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repart${tgt_file_ext}> -m 20000 family_file%05d.h5 fst_family%05d.h5
   )
   set_tests_properties (H5REPART-h5repart_20K PROPERTIES
       FIXTURES_REQUIRED clear_testrepart
@@ -91,7 +85,7 @@
   # repartition family member size to 5 KB.
   add_test (
       NAME H5REPART-h5repart_5K
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repart${tgt_ext}> -m 5k family_file%05d.h5 scd_family%05d.h5
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repart${tgt_file_ext}> -m 5k family_file%05d.h5 scd_family%05d.h5
   )
   set_tests_properties (H5REPART-h5repart_5K PROPERTIES
       FIXTURES_REQUIRED clear_testrepart
@@ -100,7 +94,7 @@
   # convert family file to sec2 file of 20,000 bytes
   add_test (
       NAME H5REPART-h5repart_single
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repart${tgt_ext}> -m 20000 -family_to_single family_file%05d.h5 family_to_single.h5
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repart${tgt_file_ext}> -m 20000 -family_to_single family_file%05d.h5 family_to_single.h5
   )
   set_tests_properties (H5REPART-h5repart_single PROPERTIES
       FIXTURES_REQUIRED clear_testrepart
@@ -109,7 +103,7 @@
   # convert family file to sec2 file of 20,000 bytes (old argument)
   add_test (
       NAME H5REPART-h5repart_sec2
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repart${tgt_ext}> -m 20000 -family_to_sec2 family_file%05d.h5 family_to_sec2.h5
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR} $<TARGET_FILE:h5repart${tgt_file_ext}> -m 20000 -family_to_sec2 family_file%05d.h5 family_to_sec2.h5
   )
   set_tests_properties (H5REPART-h5repart_sec2 PROPERTIES
       FIXTURES_REQUIRED clear_testrepart
diff --git a/tools/test/misc/h5clear_gentest.c b/tools/test/misc/h5clear_gentest.c
index 1411c21..d5f415e 100644
--- a/tools/test/misc/h5clear_gentest.c
+++ b/tools/test/misc/h5clear_gentest.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ gen_enhance_files(hbool_t user)
     hid_t did = H5I_INVALID_HID;         /* Dataset ID */
     hsize_t dim[1];         /* Dimension sizes */
     int data[NUM_ELMTS];    /* Buffer for data */
-    int fd = -1;            /* The file descriptor ID */
+    int fd = H5I_INVALID_HID;            /* The file descriptor ID */
     int64_t eoa;            /* The EOA value */
     uint32_t chksum;        /* The chksum value */
     int i = 0 , j = 0, u = 0;   /* Local index variable */