Merge SZ plugin changes from develop (#1456)

18 files changed, 49 insertions, 45 deletions

diff --git a/config/cmake/CTestCustom.cmake b/config/cmake/CTestCustom.cmake
index f487a74..b2edefc 100644
--- a/config/cmake/CTestCustom.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake/CTestCustom.cmake
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ set (CTEST_CUSTOM_MAXIMUM_FAILED_TEST_OUTPUT_SIZE 50000)
 set (CTEST_CUSTOM_WARNING_EXCEPTION
     ${CTEST_CUSTOM_WARNING_EXCEPTION}
     "note.*expected.*void.*but argument is of type.*volatile"
+    "plugin-build.*:[ \t]*warning"
+    "CMake Warning*stamp"
     "src.ZLIB.*:[ \t]*warning"
     "warning LNK4197:.*ZLIB-prefix"
     "src.SZIP.*:[ \t]*warning"
diff --git a/config/cmake/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/config/cmake/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index 8012a8e..472f144 100644
--- a/config/cmake/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ MARK_AS_ADVANCED (HDF5_STRICT_FORMAT_CHECKS)
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Decide whether the data accuracy has higher priority during data
-# conversions.  If not, some hard conversions will still be prefered even
+# conversions.  If not, some hard conversions will still be preferred even
 # though the data may be wrong (for example, some compilers don't
 # support denormalized floating values) to maximize speed.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/config/cmake/H5pubconf.h.in b/config/cmake/H5pubconf.h.in
index 2d6bf88..6b14d44 100644
--- a/config/cmake/H5pubconf.h.in
+++ b/config/cmake/H5pubconf.h.in
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@
 /* Version number of package */
 #define H5_VERSION "@HDF5_PACKAGE_VERSION_STRING@"
 
-/* Data accuracy is prefered to speed during data conversions */
+/* Data accuracy is preferred to speed during data conversions */
 #cmakedefine H5_WANT_DATA_ACCURACY @H5_WANT_DATA_ACCURACY@
 
 /* Check exception handling functions during data conversions */
diff --git a/config/cmake/HDF5PluginMacros.cmake b/config/cmake/HDF5PluginMacros.cmake
index 4e05399..dbed15c 100644
--- a/config/cmake/HDF5PluginMacros.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake/HDF5PluginMacros.cmake
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ macro (EXTERNAL_PLUGIN_LIBRARY compress_type)
       add_dependencies (h5ex_d_mafisc ${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET})
       target_include_directories (h5ex_d_mafisc PRIVATE "${HDF5_SRC_DIR};${HDF5_SRC_BINARY_DIR}")
     endif ()
-    if (ENABLE_SZF)
-      add_dependencies (h5szf ${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET})
+    if (ENABLE_SZ)
+      add_dependencies (h5sz ${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET})
       add_dependencies (h5ex_d_sz ${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET})
       target_include_directories (h5ex_d_sz PRIVATE "${HDF5_SRC_DIR};${HDF5_SRC_BINARY_DIR}")
     endif ()
diff --git a/config/cmake/HDF5UseFortran.cmake b/config/cmake/HDF5UseFortran.cmake
index 0d05e20..43e006c 100644
--- a/config/cmake/HDF5UseFortran.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake/HDF5UseFortran.cmake
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ FORTRAN_RUN ("REAL and INTEGER KINDs"
     PROG_OUTPUT
 )
 # dnl The output from the above program will be:
-# dnl    -- LINE 1 --  valid integer kinds (comma seperated list)
-# dnl    -- LINE 2 --  valid real kinds (comma seperated list)
+# dnl    -- LINE 1 --  valid integer kinds (comma separated list)
+# dnl    -- LINE 2 --  valid real kinds (comma separated list)
 # dnl    -- LINE 3 --  max decimal precision for reals
 # dnl    -- LINE 4 --  number of valid integer kinds
 # dnl    -- LINE 5 --  number of valid real kinds
diff --git a/config/cmake/HDF5_Examples.cmake.in b/config/cmake/HDF5_Examples.cmake.in
index d79d1af..70b0bff 100644
--- a/config/cmake/HDF5_Examples.cmake.in
+++ b/config/cmake/HDF5_Examples.cmake.in
@@ -83,17 +83,19 @@ set(ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS "${ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS} -DSITE:STRING=${CTEST_SITE} -DBUILDN
 ###############################################################################################################
 if(WIN32)
   set(SITE_OS_NAME "Windows")
-  set(ENV{HDF5_DIR} "${INSTALLDIR}/share/cmake")
+  set(ENV{HDF5_ROOT} "${INSTALLDIR}")
   set(CTEST_BINARY_NAME ${CTEST_SOURCE_NAME}\\build)
   set(CTEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORY "${CTEST_DASHBOARD_ROOT}\\${CTEST_SOURCE_NAME}")
   set(CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY "${CTEST_DASHBOARD_ROOT}\\${CTEST_BINARY_NAME}")
 else()
-  set(ENV{HDF5_DIR} "${INSTALLDIR}/share/cmake")
+  set(ENV{HDF5_ROOT} "${INSTALLDIR}")
   set(ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} "${INSTALLDIR}/lib")
   set(CTEST_BINARY_NAME ${CTEST_SOURCE_NAME}/build)
   set(CTEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORY "${CTEST_DASHBOARD_ROOT}/${CTEST_SOURCE_NAME}")
   set(CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY "${CTEST_DASHBOARD_ROOT}/${CTEST_BINARY_NAME}")
 endif()
+### default HDF5_PLUGIN_PATH to where the filter libraries are located
+set(ENV{HDF5_PLUGIN_PATH} "${INSTALLDIR}/lib/plugin")
 if(${CDASH_LOCAL})
   set(ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS "${ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS} -DCDASH_LOCAL:BOOL=ON")
 endif()
diff --git a/config/cmake/HDFCXXCompilerFlags.cmake b/config/cmake/HDFCXXCompilerFlags.cmake
index 0403834..958fe73 100644
--- a/config/cmake/HDFCXXCompilerFlags.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake/HDFCXXCompilerFlags.cmake
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
 
   # Append more extra warning flags that only gcc 9.3+ knows about
   if (NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 9.3)
-    # do not use C warnings, gnu-warnings 9.3, no cxx warniings
+    # do not use C warnings, gnu-warnings 9.3, no cxx warnings
     # ADD_H5_FLAGS (H5_CXXFLAGS "${HDF5_SOURCE_DIR}/config/gnu-warnings/9.3")
   endif ()
 
diff --git a/config/cmake/cacheinit.cmake b/config/cmake/cacheinit.cmake
index e423deb..221c0c9 100644
--- a/config/cmake/cacheinit.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake/cacheinit.cmake
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ set (HDF5_MINGW_STATIC_GCC_LIBS ON CACHE BOOL "Statically link libgcc/libstdc++"
 set (HDF5_ALLOW_EXTERNAL_SUPPORT "NO" CACHE STRING "Allow External Library Building (NO GIT TGZ)" FORCE)
 set_property (CACHE HDF5_ALLOW_EXTERNAL_SUPPORT PROPERTY STRINGS NO GIT TGZ)
 
-set (ZLIB_TGZ_NAME "ZLib.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "Use ZLib from compressed file" FORCE)
+set (ZLIB_TGZ_NAME "ZLib.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "Use HDF5_ZLib from compressed file" FORCE)
 set (SZIP_TGZ_NAME "SZip.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "Use SZip from compressed file" FORCE)
 set (SZAEC_TGZ_NAME "LIBAEC.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "Use SZip AEC from compressed file" FORCE)
 set (USE_LIBAEC ON CACHE BOOL "Use libaec szip replacement" FORCE)
 
-set (ZLIB_PACKAGE_NAME "zlib" CACHE STRING "Name of ZLIB package" FORCE)
+set (ZLIB_PACKAGE_NAME "zlib" CACHE STRING "Name of HDF5_ZLIB package" FORCE)
 set (LIBAEC_PACKAGE_NAME "libaec" CACHE STRING "Name of AEC SZIP package" FORCE)
 set (SZIP_PACKAGE_NAME "szip" CACHE STRING "Name of SZIP package" FORCE)
 
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ set (BLOSC_TGZ_NAME "c-blosc.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "Use BLOSC from compressed fil
 
 set (BLOSC_PACKAGE_NAME "blosc" CACHE STRING "Name of BLOSC package" FORCE)
 
-set (ZLIB_GIT_URL "https://git@bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/scm/test/zlib.git" CACHE STRING "Use ZLIB from HDF repo" FORCE)
-set (ZLIB_GIT_BRANCH "master" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set (BLOSC_ZLIB_GIT_URL "https://git@bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/scm/test/zlib.git" CACHE STRING "Use BLOSC_ZLIB from HDF repo" FORCE)
+set (BLOSC_ZLIB_GIT_BRANCH "master" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 
-set (ZLIB_TGZ_NAME "ZLib.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "Use ZLib from compressed file" FORCE)
+set (BLOSC_ZLIB_TGZ_NAME "ZLib.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "Use BLOSC_ZLib from compressed file" FORCE)
 
-set (ZLIB_PACKAGE_NAME "zlib" CACHE STRING "Name of ZLIB package" FORCE)
+set (BLOSC_ZLIB_PACKAGE_NAME "zlib" CACHE STRING "Name of BLOSC_ZLIB package" FORCE)
 
 #######
 # bzip2
@@ -159,15 +159,15 @@ set (LZF_PACKAGE_NAME "lzf" CACHE STRING "Name of LZF package" FORCE)
 #set (MAFISC_PACKAGE_NAME "mafisc" CACHE STRING "Name of MAFISC package" FORCE)
 
 ######
-# szf
+# sz
 ######
 
-set (SZF_GIT_URL "https://github.com/disheng222/SZ" CACHE STRING "Use SZ from github repository" FORCE)
-set (SZF_GIT_BRANCH "master" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set (SZ_GIT_URL "https://github.com/disheng222/SZ" CACHE STRING "Use SZ filter from github repository" FORCE)
+set (SZ_GIT_BRANCH "master" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 
-set (SZF_TGZ_NAME "szf.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "Use SZ from compressed file" FORCE)
+set (SZ_TGZ_NAME "szf.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "Use SZ filter from compressed file" FORCE)
 
-set (SZF_PACKAGE_NAME "szf" CACHE STRING "Name of SZ package" FORCE)
+set (SZ_PACKAGE_NAME "SZ" CACHE STRING "Name of SZ filter package" FORCE)
 
 ######
 # zfp
diff --git a/config/cmake/hdf5-config.cmake.in b/config/cmake/hdf5-config.cmake.in
index 589fa5f..35cee4f 100644
--- a/config/cmake/hdf5-config.cmake.in
+++ b/config/cmake/hdf5-config.cmake.in
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ if (NOT TARGET "@HDF5_PACKAGE@")
     include (@PACKAGE_SHARE_INSTALL_DIR@/@ZLIB_PACKAGE_NAME@@HDF_PACKAGE_EXT@-targets.cmake)
   endif ()
   if (${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}_ENABLE_SZIP_SUPPORT AND ${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}_PACKAGE_EXTLIBS)
-    include (@PACKAGE_SHARE_INSTALL_DIR@/@SZ_PACKAGE_NAME@@HDF_PACKAGE_EXT@-targets.cmake)
+    include (@PACKAGE_SHARE_INSTALL_DIR@/@SZIP_PACKAGE_NAME@@HDF_PACKAGE_EXT@-targets.cmake)
   endif ()
   include (@PACKAGE_SHARE_INSTALL_DIR@/@HDF5_PACKAGE@@HDF_PACKAGE_EXT@-targets.cmake)
 endif ()
diff --git a/config/cmake/scripts/HDF5config.cmake b/config/cmake/scripts/HDF5config.cmake
index 0a8f45e..6a83db4 100755
--- a/config/cmake/scripts/HDF5config.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake/scripts/HDF5config.cmake
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ endif ()
 #########       Following describes compiler           ############
 if (NOT DEFINED HPC)
   if (NOT DEFINED BUILD_GENERATOR)
-    message (FATAL_ERROR "BUILD_GENERATOR must be defined - Unix, VS2019, VS201964, VS2017, or VS201764, VS2015, VS201564")
+    message (FATAL_ERROR "BUILD_GENERATOR must be defined - Unix, VS2019, VS201964, VS2017, VS201764, VS2015, VS201564")
   endif ()
   if (WIN32 AND NOT MINGW)
     set (SITE_OS_NAME "Windows")
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ if (NOT DEFINED HPC)
       set (SITE_COMPILER_NAME "vs2012")
       set (SITE_COMPILER_VERSION "11")
     else ()
-      message (FATAL_ERROR "Invalid BUILD_GENERATOR must be - Unix, VS2017, or VS201764, VS2015, VS201564, VS2013, VS201364")
+      message (FATAL_ERROR "Invalid BUILD_GENERATOR must be - Unix, VS2019, VS201964, VS2017, or VS201764, VS2015, VS201564")
     endif ()
   ##  Set the following to unique id your computer  ##
     set (CTEST_SITE "WIN7${BUILD_GENERATOR}.XXXX")
diff --git a/config/cmake/scripts/HDF5options.cmake b/config/cmake/scripts/HDF5options.cmake
index 19e3891..29a6560 100755
--- a/config/cmake/scripts/HDF5options.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake/scripts/HDF5options.cmake
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ set (ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS "${ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS} -DHDF5_ALLOW_EXTERNAL_SUPPORT:STRIN
 #set (ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS "${ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS} -DHDF5_ENABLE_SZIP_ENCODING:BOOL=OFF")
 
 ####      package examples       ####
-#set (ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS "${ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS} -DHDF5_PACK_EXAMPLES:BOOL=ON -DHDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED:STRING=HDF5Examples-1.10.17-Source.tar.gz -DHDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED_DIR:PATH=${CTEST_SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}")
+#set (ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS "${ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS} -DHDF5_PACK_EXAMPLES:BOOL=ON -DHDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED:STRING=HDF5Examples-1.10.18-Source.tar.gz -DHDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED_DIR:PATH=${CTEST_SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}")
 
 #############################################################################################
 ### enable parallel builds
diff --git a/config/cmake_ext_mod/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/config/cmake_ext_mod/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index 45b62ea..f022a4c 100644
--- a/config/cmake_ext_mod/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake_ext_mod/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ CHECK_INCLUDE_FILE_CONCAT ("arpa/inet.h"     ${HDF_PREFIX}_HAVE_ARPA_INET_H)
 # _Bool type support
 CHECK_INCLUDE_FILE_CONCAT (stdbool.h    ${HDF_PREFIX}_HAVE_STDBOOL_H)
 
-## Check for non-standard extenstion quadmath.h
+## Check for non-standard extension quadmath.h
 
 CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES(quadmath.h C_HAVE_QUADMATH)
 if (${C_HAVE_QUADMATH})
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ if (WINDOWS)
         message (VERBOSE "Performing Test InitOnceExecuteOnce - Success")
       endif ()
       file (APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeOutput.log
-        "Performing C SOURCE FILE Test InitOnceExecuteOnce succeded with the following output:\n"
+        "Performing C SOURCE FILE Test InitOnceExecuteOnce succeeded with the following output:\n"
         "${OUTPUT}\n"
         "Return value: ${HAVE_IOEO}\n")
     else ()
diff --git a/config/cmake_ext_mod/HDFLibMacros.cmake b/config/cmake_ext_mod/HDFLibMacros.cmake
index 1ac4134..d42b213 100644
--- a/config/cmake_ext_mod/HDFLibMacros.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake_ext_mod/HDFLibMacros.cmake
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ macro (EXTERNAL_SZIP_LIBRARY compress_type encoding)
   endif ()
   externalproject_get_property (SZIP BINARY_DIR SOURCE_DIR)
 
-##include (${BINARY_DIR}/${SZ_PACKAGE_NAME}${HDF_PACKAGE_EXT}-targets.cmake)
+##include (${BINARY_DIR}/${SZIP_PACKAGE_NAME}${HDF_PACKAGE_EXT}-targets.cmake)
 # Create imported target szip-static
   if (USE_LIBAEC)
     add_library(${HDF_PACKAGE_NAMESPACE}sz-static STATIC IMPORTED)
-    HDF_IMPORT_SET_LIB_OPTIONS (${HDF_PACKAGE_NAMESPACE}sz-static "sz" STATIC "")
+    HDF_IMPORT_SET_LIB_OPTIONS (${HDF_PACKAGE_NAMESPACE}sz-static "szaec" STATIC "")
     add_dependencies (${HDF_PACKAGE_NAMESPACE}sz-static SZIP)
     add_library(${HDF_PACKAGE_NAMESPACE}aec-static STATIC IMPORTED)
     HDF_IMPORT_SET_LIB_OPTIONS (${HDF_PACKAGE_NAMESPACE}aec-static "aec" STATIC "")
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ endmacro ()
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 macro (EXTERNAL_ZLIB_LIBRARY compress_type)
   if (${compress_type} MATCHES "GIT")
-    EXTERNALPROJECT_ADD (ZLIB
+    EXTERNALPROJECT_ADD (HDF5_ZLIB
         GIT_REPOSITORY ${ZLIB_URL}
         GIT_TAG ${ZLIB_BRANCH}
         INSTALL_COMMAND ""
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ macro (EXTERNAL_ZLIB_LIBRARY compress_type)
             -DPACKAGE_NAMESPACE=${HDF_PACKAGE_NAMESPACE}
     )
   elseif (${compress_type} MATCHES "TGZ")
-    EXTERNALPROJECT_ADD (ZLIB
+    EXTERNALPROJECT_ADD (HDF5_ZLIB
         URL ${ZLIB_URL}
         URL_MD5 ""
         INSTALL_COMMAND ""
@@ -213,19 +213,15 @@ macro (EXTERNAL_ZLIB_LIBRARY compress_type)
             -DPACKAGE_NAMESPACE=${HDF_PACKAGE_NAMESPACE}
     )
   endif ()
-  externalproject_get_property (ZLIB BINARY_DIR SOURCE_DIR)
+  externalproject_get_property (HDF5_ZLIB BINARY_DIR SOURCE_DIR)
 
-  if (WIN32)
-    set (ZLIB_LIB_NAME "zlib")
-  else ()
-    set (ZLIB_LIB_NAME "z")
-  endif ()
+  set (ZLIB_LIB_NAME "z")
 ##include (${BINARY_DIR}/${ZLIB_PACKAGE_NAME}${HDF_PACKAGE_EXT}-targets.cmake)
 # Create imported target zlib-static
   add_library(${HDF_PACKAGE_NAMESPACE}zlib-static STATIC IMPORTED)
 #  add_library(${HDF_PACKAGE_NAMESPACE}zlib-static ALIAS zlib-static)
   HDF_IMPORT_SET_LIB_OPTIONS (${HDF_PACKAGE_NAMESPACE}zlib-static ${ZLIB_LIB_NAME} STATIC "")
-  add_dependencies (${HDF_PACKAGE_NAMESPACE}zlib-static ZLIB)
+  add_dependencies (${HDF_PACKAGE_NAMESPACE}zlib-static HDF5_ZLIB)
   set (ZLIB_STATIC_LIBRARY "${HDF_PACKAGE_NAMESPACE}zlib-static")
   set (ZLIB_LIBRARIES ${ZLIB_STATIC_LIBRARY})
 
@@ -243,6 +239,6 @@ macro (PACKAGE_ZLIB_LIBRARY compress_type)
   )
   set (EXTERNAL_HEADER_LIST ${EXTERNAL_HEADER_LIST} ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/zconf.h)
   if (${compress_type} MATCHES "GIT" OR ${compress_type} MATCHES "TGZ")
-    add_dependencies (ZLIB-GenHeader-Copy ZLIB)
+    add_dependencies (ZLIB-GenHeader-Copy HDF5_ZLIB)
   endif ()
 endmacro ()
diff --git a/config/cmake_ext_mod/HDFMacros.cmake b/config/cmake_ext_mod/HDFMacros.cmake
index 6da2b74..d25e97a 100644
--- a/config/cmake_ext_mod/HDFMacros.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake_ext_mod/HDFMacros.cmake
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ macro (HDF_DIR_PATHS package_prefix)
     endif ()
   endif ()
 
-  if (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT)
+  if (NOT ${package_prefix}_EXTERNALLY_CONFIGURED AND CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT)
     if (CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
       set (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/HDF_Group/${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}/${HDF5_PACKAGE_VERSION}"
         CACHE PATH "Install path prefix, prepended onto install directories." FORCE)
diff --git a/config/cmake_ext_mod/HDFUseFortran.cmake b/config/cmake_ext_mod/HDFUseFortran.cmake
index 9cbcd76..c96298f 100644
--- a/config/cmake_ext_mod/HDFUseFortran.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake_ext_mod/HDFUseFortran.cmake
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if (NOT CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.14.0")
 endif ()
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#  Fix Fortran flags if we are compiling staticly on Windows using
+#  Fix Fortran flags if we are compiling statically on Windows using
 #  Windows_MT.cmake from config/cmake/UserMacros
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if (BUILD_STATIC_CRT_LIBS)
diff --git a/config/cmake_ext_mod/runTest.cmake b/config/cmake_ext_mod/runTest.cmake
index f552dcd..05f4473 100644
--- a/config/cmake_ext_mod/runTest.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake_ext_mod/runTest.cmake
@@ -243,7 +243,14 @@ if (NOT TEST_SKIP_COMPARE)
         list (LENGTH test_act len_act)
         file (STRINGS ${TEST_FOLDER}/${TEST_REFERENCE} test_ref)
         list (LENGTH test_ref len_ref)
+        if (NOT len_act EQUAL len_ref)
+          set (TEST_COMPARE_RESULT 1)
+        endif ()
         if (len_act GREATER 0 AND len_ref GREATER 0)
+          if (TEST_SORT_COMPARE)
+            list (SORT test_act)
+            list (SORT test_ref)
+          endif ()
           math (EXPR _FP_LEN "${len_ref} - 1")
           foreach (line RANGE 0 ${_FP_LEN})
             list (GET test_act ${line} str_act)
@@ -263,9 +270,6 @@ if (NOT TEST_SKIP_COMPARE)
             message (STATUS "COMPARE Failed: ${TEST_FOLDER}/${TEST_REFERENCE} is empty")
           endif ()
         endif ()
-        if (NOT len_act EQUAL len_ref)
-          set (TEST_COMPARE_RESULT 1)
-        endif ()
       endif ()
     endif ()
 
diff --git a/config/gnu-cxxflags b/config/gnu-cxxflags
index 7575ada..635ff5d 100644
--- a/config/gnu-cxxflags
+++ b/config/gnu-cxxflags
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ load_gnu_arguments()
 if test "X-" = "X-$cxx_flags_set"; then
     # PathScale compiler spits out gcc version string too. Need to
     # filter it out.
-    # icc beginning with version 12 includes a "gcc version compatiblilty"
+    # icc beginning with version 12 includes a "gcc version compatibility"
     # string, causing the gcc H5_CXXFLAGS to be erroneously added.  The line
     # "grep -v 'icc version'" causes the discarding of any output
     # containing 'icc version'.  The cxx_version for icc is correctly determined
diff --git a/config/gnu-flags b/config/gnu-flags
index 89239df..fe6626d 100644
--- a/config/gnu-flags
+++ b/config/gnu-flags
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ load_gnu_arguments()
 if test "X-" = "X-$cc_flags_set"; then
     # PathScale compiler spits out gcc version string too. Need to
     # filter it out.
-    # icc beginning with version 12 includes a "gcc version compatiblilty"
+    # icc beginning with version 12 includes a "gcc version compatibility"
     # string, causing the gcc H5_CFLAGS to be erroneously added.  The line
     # "grep -v 'icc version'" causes the discarding of any output
     # containing 'icc version'.  The cc_version for icc is correctly determined