[svn-r17505] Description:

	Bring r17416:17496 from trunk to revise_chunks branch

Tested on:
        FreeBSD/32 6.3 (duty) in debug mode
        FreeBSD/64 6.3 (liberty) w/C++ & FORTRAN, in debug mode
        Linux/32 2.6 (jam) w/PGI compilers, w/C++ & FORTRAN, w/threadsafe,
                                in debug mode
        Linux/64-amd64 2.6 (smirom) w/Intel compilers w/default API=1.6.x,
                                w/C++ & FORTRAN, in production mode
        Solaris/32 2.10 (linew) w/deprecated symbols disabled, w/C++ & FORTRAN,
                                w/szip filter, in production mode
        Linux/64-ia64 2.6 (cobalt) w/Intel compilers, w/C++ & FORTRAN,
                                in production mode
        Linux/64-ia64 2.4 (tg-login3) w/parallel, w/FORTRAN, in debug mode
        Linux/64-amd64 2.6 (abe) w/parallel, w/FORTRAN, in production mode
        Mac OS X/32 10.5.8 (amazon) in debug mode
        Mac OS X/32 10.5.8 (amazon) w/C++ & FORTRAN, w/threadsafe,
                                in production mode
	

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 533ffb3..652fbf3 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dnl
 dnl NOTE: Don't forget to change the version number here when we do a
 dnl release!!!
 dnl
-AC_INIT([HDF5], [1.9.45-FA_a3], [help@hdfgroup.org])
+AC_INIT([HDF5], [1.9.46-FA_a3], [help@hdfgroup.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/H5.c])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER([src/H5config.h])
 
@@ -565,25 +565,6 @@ dnl Change back to the C language
 AC_LANG_POP(C++)
 
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-dnl If we should build only static executables
-dnl
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([if should build only statically linked executables])
-AC_ARG_ENABLE([static_exec],
-              [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-static-exec],
-                              [Build only statically linked executables
-                               [default=no]])],
-              [STATIC_EXEC=$enableval])
-
-if test "X$STATIC_EXEC" = "Xyes"; then
-  echo "yes"
-  LT_STATIC_EXEC="-all-static"
-else
-  echo "no"
-  LT_STATIC_EXEC=""
-fi
-AC_SUBST([LT_STATIC_EXEC])
-
-dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl Check if they have Perl installed on their system. We only need Perl
 dnl if they're using a GNU compiler.
 dnl
@@ -993,6 +974,32 @@ EOF
     ;;
 esac
 
+dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl Check if we should install only statically linked executables.
+dnl   This check needs to occur after libtool is initialized because
+dnl   we check a libtool cache value and may issue a warning based 
+dnl   on its result.
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([if we should install only statically linked executables])
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([static_exec],
+              [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-static-exec],
+                              [Install only statically linked executables
+                               [default=no]])],
+              [STATIC_EXEC=$enableval])
+
+if test "X$STATIC_EXEC" = "Xyes"; then
+  echo "yes"
+  dnl Issue a warning if -static flag is not supported.
+  if test "X$lt_cv_prog_compiler_static_works" = "Xno"; then
+      echo "    warning: -static flag not supported on this system; executable won't statically link shared system libraries."
+  fi
+  LT_STATIC_EXEC="-all-static"
+else
+  echo "no"
+  LT_STATIC_EXEC=""
+fi
+
+AC_SUBST([LT_STATIC_EXEC])
+
 dnl Fix up the INSTALL macro if it's a relative path. We want the
 dnl full-path to the binary instead.
 case "$INSTALL" in
@@ -3061,7 +3068,7 @@ dnl the conversion to float.)
 dnl
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([if accurately converting unsigned long to float values])
 
-AC_CACHE_VAL([hdf5_ulong_to_float_accurate],
+AC_CACHE_VAL([hdf5_cv_ulong_to_float_accurate],
     [AC_TRY_RUN([
     int main(void)
     {