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author | Mike McGreevy <mamcgree@hdfgroup.org> | 2009-11-04 14:40:10 (GMT) |
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committer | Mike McGreevy <mamcgree@hdfgroup.org> | 2009-11-04 14:40:10 (GMT) |
commit | df2327baef7f98e5eae700cf85d8a2b1cc68d569 (patch) | |
tree | 11aed8ded36cb006045725961dfeacd6859104d8 /release_docs/RELEASE.txt | |
parent | 2161f58f869d4e37a58006f7a8d8c9e06961df3b (diff) | |
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[svn-r17820] Purpose:
Updating RELEASE.txt
Description:
Clarifying explanation of --enable-static-exec behavior.
Tested:
Doc only, none needed.
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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index b19d029..9e00052 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -411,16 +411,13 @@ Known Problems commands. First, ask your system administrator to clean them out. Lastly, request IBM to provide a means to run poe without the debug socket. -* 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 platforms for serial mode. The parallel mode works fine with - this option. - - It is suggested that you do not use this option on these platforms - during configuration. +* The --enable-static-exec configure flag will only statically link libraries + if the static version of that library is present. If only the shared version + of a library exists (i.e., most system libraries on Solaris, AIX, and Mac, + for example, only have shared versions), the flag should still result in a + successful compilation, but note that the installed executables will not be + fully static. Thus, the only guarantee on these systems is that the + executable is statically linked with just the HDF5 library. * There is also a configure error on Altix machines that incorrectly reports when a version of Szip without an encoder is being used. |