[svn-r13951] Purpose: Update Windows documentation

Description:
Explain why Fortran isn't supported on MinGW and give users an "unsupported" alternative.  Also re-worked the main documentation to clarify using the HDF5 DLL libraries.

Tested:
None needed.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL_MinGW.txt b/release_docs/INSTALL_MinGW.txt
index d67c3d1..f92961e 100644
--- a/release_docs/INSTALL_MinGW.txt
+++ b/release_docs/INSTALL_MinGW.txt
@@ -20,20 +20,18 @@ Preconditions:
        gcc-3.4.2 is included in MinGW, which includes: 

        gcc    : GNU C compiler

        gcc-g++: GNU C++ compiler

-       gcc-g77: GNU Fortran 77 compiler

 

    2.2 Using Compilers Not Supported

        

-       The compilers in 2.1 and 2.2 are supported and tested by HDF 

-       group. Any other compilers may still work but they are not 

+       The compilers in 2.1 are supported and tested by The HDF 

+       Group. Any other compilers may still work but they are not 

        guaranteed by HDF group.

 

-       If users want to use other compilers except those in 2.1 and 2.2,

+       If users want to use other compilers except those in 2.1,

        try to set the following variables to override the default 

        choices.

        

        CXX : C++ compiler command

-

        

 3. HDF5 Dependencies

 

@@ -127,7 +125,15 @@ Build HDF5 on MinGW
           Therefore, each configuration must incude the parameter

           "--disable-stream-vfd".

           

-       2) Building Fortran libraries is also currently unsupported.

+       2) Building Fortran libraries is also currently unsupported.  This is

+          because the current release of gcc for mingw (3.4.5) is not compatible

+          with the current g95 for mingw (g95 0.91!, gcc version 4.0.3).

+          

+          However, if you would like to build gcc 4.x on your own, there are

+          instructions for doing so here: 

+          http://www.mingw.org/MinGWiki/index.php/How%20to%20Compile%20GCC%204.1

+          Remember that this is UNSUPPORTED, and any Fortran binaries build

+          should be considered experimental.

        

        4) Shared libraries can not be built on MinGW in release 1.8.0.

           

@@ -187,7 +193,7 @@ Build HDF5 on MinGW
        example, if users want to configure HDF5 C/C++

        library, with zlib library at /c/usr/, and 

        install HDF5 into directory /c/hdf5 using 

-       gcc/g++ as C/C++ compiler and g95 as Fortran compiler:

+       gcc/g++ as C/C++ compiler:

      

            $ ./configure

              --with-zlib=/c/usr/include,/c/usr/lib