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| author | Quincey Koziol <koziol@hdfgroup.org> | 2000-11-27 23:00:18 (GMT) |
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| committer | Quincey Koziol <koziol@hdfgroup.org> | 2000-11-27 23:00:18 (GMT) |
| commit | e7b7e14a88f37a6d348e62abf10765059383d645 (patch) | |
| tree | 6939c266a385f603efa9816ce5af03e2a664d50a /INSTALL | |
| parent | fb7987e708eb08d7cf7675a2aff50668a4941a55 (diff) | |
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[svn-r3004] Purpose:
Feature description.
Description:
Describe the v1.2 compatibility configure switch
Platforms tested:
FreeBSD 4.2 (hawkwind)
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@@ -414,10 +414,12 @@ for further details. 5.3.12. Backward compatibility - The 1.4 version of the HDF5 library can be configured to enable - access to functions that were present in the 1.2 version, but removed - from the current version with the '--enable-hdf5v1_2' configure - flag. + The 1.4 version of the HDF5 library can be configured to operate + identically to the v1.2 library with the '--enable-hdf5v1_2' configure + flag. This allows existing code to be compiled with the v1.4 library + without requiring immediate changes to the application source code. + This flag will only be supported in the v1.4 branch of the library, + it will not be available in v1.5+. 5.3.13. Network stream capability The HDF5 library can be configured with a network stream file |