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 CONTENTS
 
+19.     Release Information for hdf5-1.6.5
 18.     Release Information for hdf5-1.6.4
 17.     Release Information for hdf5-1.6.3
 16.     Release Information for hdf5-1.6.2
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 [Search on the string '%%%%' for per-release section breaks.]
 
+%%%%1.6.5%%%%   Release Information for hdf5-1.6.5 (10/November/05)
+
+
+HDF5 version 1.6.5 released on Thu Nov 10 18:17:53 CST 2005
+================================================================================
+
+INTRODUCTION
+============
+This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.6.4 and
+HDF5-1.6.5.  It contains information on the platforms tested and
+known problems in HDF5-1.6.5. For more details, check the HISTORY.txt
+file in the HDF5 source.
+
+The HDF5 documentation can be found on the NCSA ftp server
+(ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu) in the directory:
+
+     /HDF/HDF5/docs/
+
+Documentation for the current release is also on the HDF web site:
+
+     http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/
+
+For more information look at the HDF5 home page at:
+
+    http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/
+
+If you have any questions or comments, please send them to:
+
+    hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+
+
+CONTENTS
+========
+- New Features
+- Support for New Platforms, Languages and Compilers
+- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.4
+- Documentation
+- Platforms Tested
+- Supported Configuration Features Summary
+- Known Problems
+
+
+New Features
+============
+    Configuration:
+    -------------------------
+	- Added yodconfigure, a configure tool, that patches up the configure
+	  file to allow configure to launch executable via the proper
+	  launching command like "yod -sz 1".  AKC - 2005/11/10
+	- Configure now recognizes the TR variable as the location of the
+          tr utility.  JML 2005/10/20
+
+    Source code distribution:
+    -------------------------
+	- Added g95 as a testing "platform" informally. AKC - 2005/10/04.
+        - Added MD5 checksumming to snapshot releases.  Releases will now
+          produce an .md5 file as well as a .tar archive.  md5sum can be
+          used to verify the arvhice with the .md5 checksum.  -JL 2005/09/06
+
+    Library:
+    --------
+        - Added HSYS_ERROR which retrieves the system error message and pushes
+          it to the error stack.  This provides more information regarding the 
+	  failed system call. AKC - 2005/08/04
+        - Added H5F_OBJ_LOCAL flag to H5Fget_obj_count() & H5Fget_obj_ids(), to
+          allow querying for objects in a file that was opened with a particular
+          file ID, instead of all objects opened in the file with any file ID.
+          QAK - 2005/06/01
+
+    Parallel Library:
+    -----------------
+	- Added mpich2 as a testing "platform" informally. AKC - 2005/10/04.
+	- HDF5 supports collective MPI-IO for irregular selection with HDF5
+	  dataset. Irregular selection is when users use API H5Sselect_hyperslab
+	  more than once for the same dataset.
+	  Currently, not all MPI-IO packages support the complicated 
+	  MPI derived datatypes used in the implementation of irregular 
+	  selections INSIDE HDF5. 
+	  1) DEC 5.x wdoes not support complicated derived datatypes.
+	  2) For AIX 5.1:
+	     If your poe version number is 3.2.0.20 or lower,
+	     please edit powerpc-ibm-aix5.x in the directory hdf5/config/.
+	     Find the line with
+	          << hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works >>
+	     and UNCOMMENT this line before the configure.
+	     check poe version with the following command:
+	     lpp -l all | grep ppe.poe
+	  3) For Linux cluster,:
+	     If mpich version is 1.2.5 or lower, collective irregular selection
+	     IO is not supported; internally independent IO is used.
+	  4) For IRIX 6.5:
+	     if C compiler version is 7.3 or lower, collective irregular 
+	     selection IO is not supported; internally independent IO is used.
+	  5) For platforms which internally used mpich: 
+	     If the mpich version is 1.2.5 or lower, please find the 
+	     corresponding config (in hdf5/config) file and add
+	         hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works='no' 
+	     at the end of the configuration file. For example, on the 
+	     NCSA SGI Altix, the internal mpich library is 1.2.5. So 
+	         hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works='no' 
+	     should be added at the end of the config file ia64-linux-gnu.
+	     KY - 2005/09/12
+
+    Tools:
+    ------
+        - Removed obsolete pdb2hdf tool.  JML - 2005/10/28
+        - Sped up h5dump on files with large numbers of objects.
+            QAK - 2005/08/25
+
+    F90 API:
+    --------
+        - Added missing h5tget_member_class_f function
+                                            EIP 2005/04/06
+    C++ API:
+    --------
+        - Added missing member functions:
+		H5::CompType::getMemberArrayType
+		H5::CompType::getMemberVarLenType
+		H5::AbstractDs::getArrayType
+		H5::AbstractDs::getVarLenType
+		H5::CommonFG::openArrayType
+		H5::CommonFG::openVarLenType
+		H5::PropList::copyProp -- this will replace the current
+			H5::PropList::copyProp in later releases due
+			to incorrect prototype.
+		BMR - 2005/07/27
+
+
+Support for New Platforms, Languages and Compilers
+==================================================
+    - Added support for RedStorm platform (serial only.)  AKC 2005/11/10
+    - Added support for BG/L platform (serial only.)  LA 2005/11/10
+    - Added support for HPUX 11.23 (IA64); only C and C++ are supported
+      with the +DD64 flag 
+                                             EIP 2005/10/05
+ 
+
+    Configuration
+    -------------
+        - Added support for Cray X1.  JML 2005/10/03
+
+
+Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.4 Release
+==================================
+
+    Library
+    -------
+        - Fixed collective IO in chunking-storage.  HDF5 may have called the 
+            wrong routine when the shape of the dataspace in the file and in 
+            the bufferred chunk were different. This bug was fixed to make sure
+            the correct routine is called. KY - 2005/10/19
+        - Fixed core dump when closing root groups opened through two different
+            file handles that operate on the same actual file.  QAK - 2005/10/02
+        - The ./dsets tests used to fail in the TFLOPS machine if the
+            test program, dsets.c, was compiled with the -O option.
+            The HDF5 library still worked correctly with the -O option. Only
+            the ./dsets failed.  It is fixed. AKC - 2005/09/14
+        - Corrected errors when performing various operations on a group opened
+            by dereferencing an object reference.  QAK - 2005/07/30
+        - Fixed a bug with named datatypes where a copy of a named datatype
+            used to create a dataset would accidentally use the original
+            named datatype for the dataset's datatype.  QAK - 2005/07/23
+        - Made H5Fget_name() to be consistent and always return name of actual
+            file the ID is in.  (Instead of the name of the top file in a
+            file mounting hierarchy).  QAK - 2005/07/19
+        - Reworked internal file mounting semantics to hopefully eliminate
+            mounting problems.  We now require that files that are mounting
+            together all have the same "file close degree".  QAK - 2005/07/19
+        - More bug fixes on holding open files that are mounted and have
+            IDs open.  QAK - 2005/07/14
+        - Dataset sieve buffer cache was inadvertantly disabled; it has been
+            re-enabled.  QAK - 2005/07/08
+        - Don't unmount child files until the parent file actually closes.
+            (Previously, if an object was holding open a file, the child files
+            would get unmounted too early).  QAK - 2005/07/05
+        - Fixed bug where unmounted files could cause the library to go into
+            an infinite loop when shutting down.  QAK - 2005/06/30
+        - Fixed bug with hyperslab selections that use selection offsets and
+            operate on chunked datasets going into infinite loop or dumping
+            core.  QAK - 2005/06/17
+        - Corrected memory leak and possible corruption when opening a group.
+            QAK - 2005/06/17
+        - Added check for opaque datatype tags being too long (check against
+            H5T_OPAQUE_TAG_MAX, currently set to 256).  QAK - 2005/06/14
+        - Fixed various errors in maintaining names for open objects in the
+            face of unusual mount & unmount operations.  QAK - 2005/06/08
+        - "SEMI" and "STRONG" file close degree settings now apply only to the
+            particular file ID being closed, instead of operating on all open
+            file IDs for a given file.  QAK - 2005/06/01
+        - Fixed error in opening object in a group that was opened in a mounted
+            file which has been unmounted.  QAK - 2005/03/17
+
+    Configuration
+    -------------
+	- Configure can recognize -lmpich as a form of MPI library. -AKC-
+	  2005/9/28.
+	- Changed default C++ compiler for the IA64 platform from icc to
+	    icpc which is the preferred compiler for Intel Compiler version
+	    8. AKC - 2005/09/02
+
+    Performance
+    -------------
+        - Optimized I/O for enumerated datatypes that are a superset of a 
+            source enumerated datatype.  QAK - 2005/03/19
+   
+    Tools
+    -----
+
+    Documentation 
+    ------------- 
+
+    F90 API
+    -------
+       - h5pget_driver_f was returning information that could not be
+         interpreted by a Fortran application program; fixed. EIP - 2005/04/10
+                                
+    C++ API
+    -------
+	- Several member functions' prototype changed due to the 
+	  "int -> unsigned" change in the main library.  They are:
+		H5::CompType::getMemberDataType(unsigned member_num)
+		H5::CompType::getMemberCompType(unsigned member_num)
+		H5::CompType::getMemberEnumType(unsigned member_num)
+		H5::CompType::getMemberIntType(unsigned member_num)
+		H5::CompType::getMemberFloatType(unsigned member_num)
+		H5::CompType::getMemberStrType(unsigned member_num)
+		BMR - 2005/07/27
+
+
+
+   
+
+Platforms Tested
+================
+
+    AIX 5.1  (32 and 64-bit)      xlc 6.0.0.6
+                                  xlf 8.1.1.3
+    				  xlC 6.0.0.6
+				  mpcc_r 6.0.0.6
+                                  mpxlf_r 8.1.1.3
+				  xlc 5.0.2.5
+				  xlf 7.1.1.2
+				  xlC 5.0.2.5
+				  mpcc_r 5.0.2.5
+				  mpxlf_r 7.1.1.2
+    AIX 5.2 (32/64 bit)           xlc 6.0.0.8
+                                  xlC 6.0.0.9
+                                  xlf 8.1.1.7
+                                  mpcc_r 6.0.0.8
+                                  mpxlf_r 8.1.1.7
+    AIX 5.2 (32/64 bit, LLNL frost)    xlc 6.0.0.8
+                                  xlC 6.0.0.8
+                                  xlf 8.1.1.7
+                                  mpcc_r 6.0.0.8
+                                  mpxlf_r 8.1.1.7
+    AIX 5.3 (32/64 bit)           xlc 7.0.0.0
+                                  xlC 7.0.
+                                  xlf 9.1.0.3
+    Cray X1 water 3.0.35          Cray Standard C Version 5.4.0.7.4
+                                  Cray Fortran 5.4.0.7.3
+                                  Cray C++ 5.4.0.7.4
+    FreeBSD 4.11                  gcc 2.95.4
+                                  g++ 2.95.4
+                                  gcc 3.2.3, 3.3.6, 3.4.4, 4.0.0
+    HP-UX B.11.00                 HP C  HP92453-01 A.11.01.20 
+                                  HP F90 v2.4
+                                  HP ANSI C++ B3910B A.03.13
+    HP-UX B.11.23                 HP aC++/ANSI C B3910B A.06.00
+                                  HP F90 v2.9
+                                  HP aC++/ANSI C B3910B A.06.00
+    IRIX64 6.5 (tesla -64)        MIPSpro cc 7.4.2m
+                                  F90 MIPSpro 7.4.2m
+                                  C++ MIPSpro cc 7.4.2m
+    IRIX64 6.5 (64 & n32)         MIPSpro cc 7.3.1.3m
+                                  F90 MIPSpro 7.3.1.3m (64 only)
+                                  C++ MIPSpro cc 7.3.1.3m
+				  mpt 1.6
+    Linux 2.4.20-28.7             gcc 2.96
+    (eirene, verbena)             gcc 3.3.2
+                                  PGI compilers (pgcc, pgf90, pgCC) 
+                                  version 5.2-1
+                                  Absoft Fortran compiler v9.0
+                         	  Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.1
+    				  Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.1
+                                  MPIch 1.2.6
+    Linux 2.4.21-268-smp x86_64   gcc 3.3.1 (SuSE Linux, AMD)
+    (mir)                         PGI 5.2-1 C and F90 (with k3-32) 
+                         	  Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.1
+    				  Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.1
+    Linux 2.4.21-sgi306rp21 Altix 
+          SMP ia64                Intel(R) C++ Version 8.1
+    (cobalt)                      Intel(R) Fortran Itanium(R) Version 8.1
+                                  SGI MPI
+    OSF1 V5.1 (QSC)               Compaq C V6.5-011 
+                                  HP Fortran V5.5A-3548
+				  Compaq C++ V6.5-036  
+				  MPIX200_64_r13.4
+    OSF1 V5.1 (PSC)               Compaq C V6.5-303 
+                                  HP Fortran V5.5A-3548
+				  Compaq C++ V6.5-040  
+    SunOS 5.8 32,46               Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3
+     (Solaris 2.8)                Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 Fortran 90
+                                  Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3
+    SunOS 5.9 32,64               Sun C 5.6 2004/07/15
+     (Solaris 2.9)                Sun Fortran 95 8.0 2004/07/15
+                                  Sun C++ 5.6 2004/07/15
+    SunOS 5.10                    Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3
+                                  Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 Fortran 95 6.2
+                                  Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3
+                                  Patch 111685-13 
+    Xeon Linux 2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp-perfctr-lustre
+    (tungsten)	                  Intel(R) C++ Version 9.0
+                                  Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 9.0
+    IA-64 Linux 2.4.21.SuSE_292.til1 ia64
+    (NCSA tg-login)               Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
+                                  Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.0
+				  mpich-gm-1.2.5..10-intel-r2
+    Windows XP                    MSVC++.NET
+                                  MSVC++ 6.0
+                                  Intel 8.1 C++
+    MAC OS X                      Darwin 7.5
+                                  gcc and g++ Apple Computer, Inc. GCC 
+                                  version 1175, based on gcc version 3.3.2
+                                  IBM XL Fortran version 8.1 
+                                  Absoft Fortran compiler v8.2
+
+
+Supported Configuration Features Summary
+========================================
+
+Key:   y   = tested and supported
+       n   = not supported or not tested in this release
+       x   = not working in this release
+       dna = does not apply
+       ( ) = footnote appears below second table
+
+Platform                             C        F90    F90      C++  zlib  SZIP
+                                     parallel        parallel      
+IBM BG/L (16)			     n        n      n        n    y     y
+Solaris2.8 64-bit                    y        y      y(1)     y    y     y
+Solaris2.8 32-bit                    y        y      y(1)     y    y     y
+Solaris2.9 64-bit                    y(1)     y      y(1)     y    y     y
+Solaris2.9 32-bit                    y(1)     y      y(1)     y    y     y
+Solaris2.10 64-bit                   y(1)     y      n        y    y     y
+Solaris2.10 32-bit                   y(1)     y      n        y    y     y
+IRIX64_6.5 64-bit                    y(2)     y      y        y    y     y
+IRIX64_6.5 32-bit                    y(2)     n      n        n    y     y
+HPUX11.00                            y(1)     y      y        y    y     y
+HPUX11.23-32bit                      n        y      n        y    y     y
+HPUX11.23-64bit                      n        n      n        y    y     y
+OSF1 v5.1                            y        y      y        y    y     y
+X1                                   y        y      y        y    y     n
+AIX-5.1, 5.2 & 5.3 32-bit            y        y      y        y    y     y
+AIX-5.1, 5.2 & 5.3 64-bit            y        y      y        y    y     y
+WinXP Visual Studio 6.0              n        n(9)   n        y    y     y
+WinXP .Net                           n        n      n        y(8) y     y
+Mac OS X 10.3                        n        y(10)  n        y    y     y
+FreeBSD 4.11                         n        n      n        y    y     y
+RedHat 7.3  W (3)                    y(1)     y(11)  n        y    y     y
+RedHat 7.3  W Intel (3)              n        y      n        y    y     y
+RedHat 7.3  W PGI (3)                n        y      n        y    y     y
+RedStorm (16)			     n        y      n        y    y     n
+SuSe x86_64 gcc (3,13)               n        y(12)  n        y    y     y
+SuSe x86_64 icc (3,13)               n        y(14)  n        y    y     y
+Linux 2.4 Xeon C Lustre Intel (3,6)  n        y      n        y    y     y
+Linux 2.4 SuSE ia64 C Intel (3,7)    y        y      y        y    y     y
+Linux 2.4 SGI Altix ia64 Intel (3)   y        y      y        y    y     y
+
+
+Platform                             Shared        static-  Thread-  STREAM- 
+                                     libraries(4)  exec     safe     VFD    
+IBM BG/L 			     n              y       n        n
+Solaris2.8 64-bit                    y              x       y        y
+Solaris2.8 32-bit                    y              x       y        y
+Solaris2.9 64-bit                    y              x       y        y
+Solaris2.9 32-bit                    y              x       y        y
+Solaris2.10 64-bit                   y              x       y        y
+Solaris2.10 32-bit                   y              x       y        y
+IRIX64_6.5 64-bit                    y              y       y        y
+IRIX64_6.5 32-bit                    y              y       y        y
+HPUX11.00                            y              x       n        y
+HPUX11.23                            y              y       n        y
+OSF1 v5.1                            y              y       n        y
+X1                                   n              y       n        y
+AIX-5.1, 5.2 & 5.3 32-bit            n              y       n        y
+AIX-5.1, 5.2 & 5.3 64-bit            n              y       n        y
+WinXP Visual Studio 6.0              y              y       n        n
+WinXP .Net                           y              y       n        n
+Mac OS X 10.3                        y              y       n        y
+FreeBSD 4.11                         y              y       y        y
+RedHat 7.3   W (3)                   y              y       y        y
+RedHat 7.3  W  Intel (3)             n              y       n        y
+RedHat 7.3  W  PGI (3)               n              y       n        y
+RedStorm 			     n              y       n        y
+SuSe x86_64 gcc (3,13)               n              y       n        y
+SuSe x86_64 icc (3,13)               y              y(15)   n        y
+Linux 2.4 Xeon C Lustre Intel (3,6)  y              y       n        y
+Linux 2.4 SuSE ia64 C Intel (3,7)    y              y       n        n
+Linux 2.4 SGI Altix ia64 Intel  (3)  y              y       n        y
+
+
+Compiler versions for each platform are listed in the "Platforms Tested" 
+table found elsewhere in this file (RELEASE.txt).  Unless otherwise noted, 
+compilers used are the system compilers.
+
+Footnotes:  (1) Using mpich 1.2.6
+            (2) Using mpt and mpich 1.2.6.
+            (3) Linux 2.4 with GNU, Intel, and PGI compilers, as indicated.  
+                  W or C indicates workstation or cluster, respectively.
+            (4) Shared libraries are provided only for the C library, 
+                except on Windows where they are provided for C and C++.
+            (5) Using mpt.
+            (6) Linux 2.4.21-32.0.1.  Xeon cluster with ELsmp-perfctr-lustre 
+                and Intel compilers
+            (7) Linux 2.4.21, SuSE_292.til1.  Ia64 cluster with Intel compilers
+            (8) Intel 8.1
+            (9) One test of this release failed with Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6c.
+                No binary fortran release will be provided. Users should build
+                the library by themselves and use it at their own risk. 
+                We recommend that users use HDF5 1.7 instead 
+                or use Compaq Visual Fortran 6.0.
+           (10) IBM XLF and Absoft
+           (11) PGI, Absoft.  No shared libraries with Absoft; 
+                use '--disable-shared'.
+           (12) PGI and Intel compilers for both C and Fortran
+           (13) AMD Opteron x86_64
+           (14) ifort
+           (15) Yes with C and Fortran, but not with C++
+           (16) Only serial is ported.  PFS does not work for PHDF5 yet.
+           FMB/EIP - 2005/11/10
+
+
+Known Problems
+==============
+* Intel Compilers for Linux x86_86 platforms (EM64T-based, v8.1) has
+  optimization error in the data types conversion code.  Before running
+  configure, edit the file config/intel-flags by changing the setting of
+  PROD_CFLAGS from -O3 to -O0, then run configure.  AKC - 2005/11/10.
+
+* Fortran testing and compiling failures on windows XP 
+  1. Compaq visual fortran 6.6c with VS 6.0
+     The Fortran tests failed for both release, release dll, debug and debug
+     dll. The failure is a random one. We won't provide fortran libraries. The
+     same test passed with the 1.7.51 snapshot. You may find the 1.7.51 
+     snapshot under ftp://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/pub/outgoing/hdf5/snapshots/.
+  2. Intel fortran 8.1 under .Net environment
+     The fortran library cannot even be compiled. Some users have pointed this
+     to intel forum.
+
+* When testing parallel HDF5 with the C compiler version MIPSpro 7.4.3 at IRIX
+  6.5, set enviroment variable MPI_TYPE_MAX to be a bigger number, for example 
+  120000, in order to pass the complicated collective IO tests inside parallel 
+  HDF5 library. This is not a problem inside parallel HDF5 library. You can 
+  always set a bigger number in your system.
+                                  KY - 2005/10/6
+
+* A contiguous or chunked dataset created by a sequential version may
+  not be modified with a parallel version of the library. 
+  Use the H5Pset_alloc_time function with H5D_ALLOC_TIME_EARLY to set up the 
+  dataset creation property list to avoid the problem.
+                                    EIP - 2005/09/09
+
+* The dataset created or rewritten with the v1.6.3 library or after can't 
+  be read with the v1.6.2 library or before when Fletcher32 EDC(filter) is 
+  enabled.  There was a bug in the calculating code of the Fletcher32 
+  checksum in the library before v1.6.3.  The checksum value wasn't consistent 
+  between big-endian and little-endian systems.  This bug was fixed in 
+  Release 1.6.3.  However, after fixing the bug, the checksum value is no 
+  longer the same as before on little-endian system.  The library release 
+  after 1.6.4 can still read the dataset created or rewritten with the library
+  of v1.6.2 or before.  SLU - 2005/7/8
+
+* For version 6 (6.02 and 6.04) of the Portland Group compiler on AMD Opteron
+  processor, there's a bug in the compiler for optimization(-O2).  The library
+  failed in several tests but all related to multi driver.  The problem has 
+  been reported to the vendor.  
+
+* test/big fails sometimes with the message "Possible overlap with another
+  region."  The test selects regions randomly, and this error occurs when
+  two regions overlap each other; it is a bug in the test and not in
+  HDF5.  Since the error is triggered by a random situation, it will
+  usually disappear if the test is re-run.
+
+* Newer SGI MIPSpro compilers (version 7.4.x) support C99 features but it
+  has a "guard" statement in stdint.h that will #error and skip the rest
+  of the header file if C99 option is not used explicitly.  Hardset
+  $CC to c99 will resolve the problem. AKC - 2004/12/13
+
+* On IBM AIX systems, parallel HDF5 mode will fail some tests with error
+  messages like "INFO: 0031-XXX ...".  This is from the command poe.
+  Set the environment variable MP_INFOLEVEL to 0 to minimize the messages
+  and run the tests again.
+  The tests may fail with messages like "The socket name is already
+  in use".  HDF5 does not use sockets (except for stream-VFD).  This is
+  due to problems of the poe command trying to set up the debug socket.
+  Check if there are many old /tmp/s.pedb.* staying around.  These are
+  sockets used by the poe command and left behind due to failed commands.
+  Ask your system administrator to clean them out.  Lastly, request IBM
+  to provide a means to run poe without the debug socket.
+
+* Two h5dump xml tests(h5dump --xml thlink.h5 and h5dump --xml tmany.h5) 
+  failed on windows xp with .NET for debug and debug dll. Release and 
+  Release dll work fine. 
+
+* The h5dump tests may fail to match the expected output on some platforms
+  (e.g. parallel jobs, Windows) where the error messages directed to
+  "stderr" do not appear in the "right order" with output from stdout.
+  This is not an error.
+
+* The stream-vfd test uses ip port 10007 for testing. If another
+  application is already using that port address, the test will hang
+  indefinitely and has to be terminated by the kill command. To try the
+  test again, change the port address in test/stream_test.c to one not
+  being used in the host.
+
+* The --enable-static-exec configure flag fails to compile for Solaris
+  platforms. This is due to the fact that not all of the system
+  libraries on Solaris are available in a static format.
+
+  The --enable-static-exec configure flag also fails to correctly compile
+  on IBM SP2 platform for the serial mode. The parallel mode works fine
+  with this option.
+
+  The --enable-static-exec configure flag also fails to correctly compile
+  on the HPUX 11.00.
+  
+  It is suggested that you don't use this option on these platforms
+  during configuration.
+
+* The Stream VFD was not tested yet under Windows.
+
+
+* Before building HDF5 F90 Library from source on Crays 
+  replace H5Aff.f90, H5Dff.f90 and H5Pff.f90 files in the fortran/src
+  subdirectory in the top level directory with the Cray-specific files
+  from the site:
+  ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/current/src/patches/
+
+* Use --disable-shared configure flag if building with Absoft Fortran
+  compiler.
+
+* Information about building with PGI and Intel compilers is available in
+  INSTALL file sections 5.7 and 5.8.
+
+* In LANL QSC, the new cc compiler has problems converting small values of
+  long long (absolute values less than 1**-308) to double.  This triggers
+  the test/dtypes to report failure in the
+      Testing random sw long double -> double conversions
+  If -ieee is used, the converted doubles spread over the range 0.0 to 1**-308.
+  If -ieee is not used, the converted double values are mostly 0.0 but
+  occasionally as 1**-308.  This has been reported to the system staff.
+  All other tests have passed.
+
+* Fortran release DLL randomly failed with Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6c on
+  Windows. 
+
+* Fortran DLL built with Intel 8.1 in .NET environment crushed the compiler,
+  Building Fortran static library with Intel 8.1 in .NET environment 
+  requires manually setting the project file.
+  Please contact to hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu if you need to build
+  Fortran static library with Intel 8.1 with .NET environment.
+
+* On at least one system, SDSC DataStar, the scheduler (in this case
+  LoadLeveler) sends job status updates to standard error when you run
+  any executable that was compiled with the parallel compilers.
+
+  This causes problems when running "make check" on parallel builds, as
+  many of the tool tests function by saving the output from test runs,
+  and comparing it to an exemplar.
+
+  The best solution is to reconfigure the target system so it no longer
+  inserts the extra text.  However, this may not be practical.
+
+  In such cases, one solution is to "setenv HDF5_Make_Ignore yes" prior to
+  the configure and build.  This will cause "make check" to continue after
+  detecting errors in the tool tests.  However, in the case of SDSC DataStar,
+  it also leaves you with some 150 "failed" tests to examine by hand.
+
+  A second solution is to write a script to run serial tests and filter
+  out the text added by the scheduler.  A sample script used on SDSC
+  DataStar is given below, but you will probably have to customize it
+  for your installation.
+
+  Observe that the basic idea is to insert the script as the first item
+  on the command line which executes the test.  The script then
+  executes the test and filters out the offending text before passing
+  it on.
+
+        #!/bin/csh
+
+        set STDOUT_FILE=~/bin/serial_filter.stdout
+        set STDERR_FILE=~/bin/serial_filter.stderr
+
+        rm -f $STDOUT_FILE $STDERR_FILE
+
+        ($* > $STDOUT_FILE) >& $STDERR_FILE
+
+        set RETURN_VALUE=$status
+
+        cat $STDOUT_FILE
+
+        tail +3 $STDERR_FILE
+
+        exit $RETURN_VALUE
+
+  You get the HDF make files and test scripts to execute your filter script
+  by setting the environment variable "RUNSERIAL" to the full path of the
+  script prior to running configure for parallel builds.  Remember to
+  "unsetenv RUNSERIAL" before running configure for a serial build.
+
+  Note that the RUNSERIAL environment variable exists so that we can
+  prefix serial runs as necessary on the target system.  On DataStar,
+  no prefix is necessary.  However, on an MPICH system, the prefix might
+  have to be set to something like "/usr/local/mpi/bin/mpirun -np 1" to
+  get the serial tests to run at all.
+
+  In such cases, you will have to include the regular prefix in your
+  filter script.
+
 %%%%1.6.4%%%%   Release Information for hdf5-1.6.4 (15/March/05)
 
 
diff --git a/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
index 823eec5..9a5c09d 100644
--- a/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-HDF5 version 1.6.5 released on Thu Nov 10 18:17:53 CST 2005
+HDF5 version 1.6.5-post0 released on Tue Nov 29 18:58:18 CST 2005
 ================================================================================
 
 INTRODUCTION
 ============
-This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.6.4 and
-HDF5-1.6.5.  It contains information on the platforms tested and
+This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.6.5 and
+HDF5-1.6.5-*.  It contains information on the platforms tested and
 known problems in HDF5-1.6.5. For more details, check the HISTORY.txt
 file in the HDF5 source.
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ CONTENTS
 ========
 - New Features
 - Support for New Platforms, Languages and Compilers
-- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.4
+- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.5
 - Documentation
 - Platforms Tested
 - Supported Configuration Features Summary
@@ -41,164 +41,42 @@ New Features
 ============
     Configuration:
     -------------------------
-	- Added yodconfigure, a configure tool, that patches up the configure
-	  file to allow configure to launch executable via the proper
-	  launching command like "yod -sz 1".  AKC - 2005/11/10
-	- Configure now recognizes the TR variable as the location of the
-          tr utility.  JML 2005/10/20
 
     Source code distribution:
     -------------------------
-	- Added g95 as a testing "platform" informally. AKC - 2005/10/04.
-        - Added MD5 checksumming to snapshot releases.  Releases will now
-          produce an .md5 file as well as a .tar archive.  md5sum can be
-          used to verify the arvhice with the .md5 checksum.  -JL 2005/09/06
-
     Library:
     --------
-        - Added HSYS_ERROR which retrieves the system error message and pushes
-          it to the error stack.  This provides more information regarding the 
-	  failed system call. AKC - 2005/08/04
-        - Added H5F_OBJ_LOCAL flag to H5Fget_obj_count() & H5Fget_obj_ids(), to
-          allow querying for objects in a file that was opened with a particular
-          file ID, instead of all objects opened in the file with any file ID.
-          QAK - 2005/06/01
 
     Parallel Library:
     -----------------
-	- Added mpich2 as a testing "platform" informally. AKC - 2005/10/04.
-	- HDF5 supports collective MPI-IO for irregular selection with HDF5
-	  dataset. Irregular selection is when users use API H5Sselect_hyperslab
-	  more than once for the same dataset.
-	  Currently, not all MPI-IO packages support the complicated 
-	  MPI derived datatypes used in the implementation of irregular 
-	  selections INSIDE HDF5. 
-	  1) DEC 5.x wdoes not support complicated derived datatypes.
-	  2) For AIX 5.1:
-	     If your poe version number is 3.2.0.20 or lower,
-	     please edit powerpc-ibm-aix5.x in the directory hdf5/config/.
-	     Find the line with
-	          << hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works >>
-	     and UNCOMMENT this line before the configure.
-	     check poe version with the following command:
-	     lpp -l all | grep ppe.poe
-	  3) For Linux cluster,:
-	     If mpich version is 1.2.5 or lower, collective irregular selection
-	     IO is not supported; internally independent IO is used.
-	  4) For IRIX 6.5:
-	     if C compiler version is 7.3 or lower, collective irregular 
-	     selection IO is not supported; internally independent IO is used.
-	  5) For platforms which internally used mpich: 
-	     If the mpich version is 1.2.5 or lower, please find the 
-	     corresponding config (in hdf5/config) file and add
-	         hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works='no' 
-	     at the end of the configuration file. For example, on the 
-	     NCSA SGI Altix, the internal mpich library is 1.2.5. So 
-	         hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works='no' 
-	     should be added at the end of the config file ia64-linux-gnu.
-	     KY - 2005/09/12
 
     Tools:
     ------
-        - Removed obsolete pdb2hdf tool.  JML - 2005/10/28
-        - Sped up h5dump on files with large numbers of objects.
-            QAK - 2005/08/25
 
     F90 API:
     --------
-        - Added missing h5tget_member_class_f function
-                                            EIP 2005/04/06
     C++ API:
     --------
-        - Added missing member functions:
-		H5::CompType::getMemberArrayType
-		H5::CompType::getMemberVarLenType
-		H5::AbstractDs::getArrayType
-		H5::AbstractDs::getVarLenType
-		H5::CommonFG::openArrayType
-		H5::CommonFG::openVarLenType
-		H5::PropList::copyProp -- this will replace the current
-			H5::PropList::copyProp in later releases due
-			to incorrect prototype.
-		BMR - 2005/07/27
 
 
 Support for New Platforms, Languages and Compilers
 ==================================================
-    - Added support for RedStorm platform (serial only.)  AKC 2005/11/10
-    - Added support for BG/L platform (serial only.)  LA 2005/11/10
-    - Added support for HPUX 11.23 (IA64); only C and C++ are supported
-      with the +DD64 flag 
-                                             EIP 2005/10/05
  
 
     Configuration
     -------------
-        - Added support for Cray X1.  JML 2005/10/03
-
 
-Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.4 Release
+Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.5 Release
 ==================================
 
     Library
     -------
-        - Fixed collective IO in chunking-storage.  HDF5 may have called the 
-            wrong routine when the shape of the dataspace in the file and in 
-            the bufferred chunk were different. This bug was fixed to make sure
-            the correct routine is called. KY - 2005/10/19
-        - Fixed core dump when closing root groups opened through two different
-            file handles that operate on the same actual file.  QAK - 2005/10/02
-        - The ./dsets tests used to fail in the TFLOPS machine if the
-            test program, dsets.c, was compiled with the -O option.
-            The HDF5 library still worked correctly with the -O option. Only
-            the ./dsets failed.  It is fixed. AKC - 2005/09/14
-        - Corrected errors when performing various operations on a group opened
-            by dereferencing an object reference.  QAK - 2005/07/30
-        - Fixed a bug with named datatypes where a copy of a named datatype
-            used to create a dataset would accidentally use the original
-            named datatype for the dataset's datatype.  QAK - 2005/07/23
-        - Made H5Fget_name() to be consistent and always return name of actual
-            file the ID is in.  (Instead of the name of the top file in a
-            file mounting hierarchy).  QAK - 2005/07/19
-        - Reworked internal file mounting semantics to hopefully eliminate
-            mounting problems.  We now require that files that are mounting
-            together all have the same "file close degree".  QAK - 2005/07/19
-        - More bug fixes on holding open files that are mounted and have
-            IDs open.  QAK - 2005/07/14
-        - Dataset sieve buffer cache was inadvertantly disabled; it has been
-            re-enabled.  QAK - 2005/07/08
-        - Don't unmount child files until the parent file actually closes.
-            (Previously, if an object was holding open a file, the child files
-            would get unmounted too early).  QAK - 2005/07/05
-        - Fixed bug where unmounted files could cause the library to go into
-            an infinite loop when shutting down.  QAK - 2005/06/30
-        - Fixed bug with hyperslab selections that use selection offsets and
-            operate on chunked datasets going into infinite loop or dumping
-            core.  QAK - 2005/06/17
-        - Corrected memory leak and possible corruption when opening a group.
-            QAK - 2005/06/17
-        - Added check for opaque datatype tags being too long (check against
-            H5T_OPAQUE_TAG_MAX, currently set to 256).  QAK - 2005/06/14
-        - Fixed various errors in maintaining names for open objects in the
-            face of unusual mount & unmount operations.  QAK - 2005/06/08
-        - "SEMI" and "STRONG" file close degree settings now apply only to the
-            particular file ID being closed, instead of operating on all open
-            file IDs for a given file.  QAK - 2005/06/01
-        - Fixed error in opening object in a group that was opened in a mounted
-            file which has been unmounted.  QAK - 2005/03/17
 
     Configuration
     -------------
-	- Configure can recognize -lmpich as a form of MPI library. -AKC-
-	  2005/9/28.
-	- Changed default C++ compiler for the IA64 platform from icc to
-	    icpc which is the preferred compiler for Intel Compiler version
-	    8. AKC - 2005/09/02
 
     Performance
     -------------
-        - Optimized I/O for enumerated datatypes that are a superset of a 
-            source enumerated datatype.  QAK - 2005/03/19
    
     Tools
     -----
@@ -208,20 +86,9 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.4 Release
 
     F90 API
     -------
-       - h5pget_driver_f was returning information that could not be
-         interpreted by a Fortran application program; fixed. EIP - 2005/04/10
                                 
     C++ API
     -------
-	- Several member functions' prototype changed due to the 
-	  "int -> unsigned" change in the main library.  They are:
-		H5::CompType::getMemberDataType(unsigned member_num)
-		H5::CompType::getMemberCompType(unsigned member_num)
-		H5::CompType::getMemberEnumType(unsigned member_num)
-		H5::CompType::getMemberIntType(unsigned member_num)
-		H5::CompType::getMemberFloatType(unsigned member_num)
-		H5::CompType::getMemberStrType(unsigned member_num)
-		BMR - 2005/07/27