Merge pull request #164 in HDFFV/hdf5 from ~LRKNOX/hdf5_lrk:hdf5_1_8 to hdf5_1_8

* commit 'b550fe9a3226632270110e36e82133d461f8f921': (30 commits)
  Version string at top of README.txt and release_docs/RELEASE.txt updated by bin/release.
  Update URLs in RELEASE.txt.
  Set version and commit release script changes for 1.8.18 release.
  Update HDF5 document URLs in RELEASE.txt.
  Description:     Replaced an incorrect work-around note with info about future feature     to fix the problem.
  Change default build mode to production. Update version to 1.8.18-pre2.
  Update versions for actual 1.8.18-pre1 release.
  Add GIT note
  Updates to RELEASE.txt to account for changes in the 1.8.18 release
  Updates to RELEASE.txt to account for changes in the 1.8.18 release
  Updated optional CMake scripts
  Updates to RELEASE.txt to account for changes in the 1.8.18 release.
  Remove ADA machine no longer tested from "Supported Platforms". Correct typo:  missing '(' for Mac OS 10.11 compiler information.
  Updates to RELEASE.txt to account for changes in the 1.8.18 release.
  Add bin/compile, bin/depcomp and bin/missing which were changed to links by libtool.
  Rerun libtoolize with -cf, then reconfigure.
  Created pre1 release files.
  Check in ltmain.sh and m4 files after running libtoolize with version 2.4.6.
  Update Windows tested platforms information.
  Update shared object file numbers according to changes in v1.8.18 release. Update autotools and libtool versions. Run bin/reconfigure.
  ...

1 files changed, 59 insertions, 100 deletions

diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index a1c7049..ecaea0b 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -4,36 +4,36 @@ HDF5 version 1.8.19-snap0 currently under development
 INTRODUCTION
 ============
 
-This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.8.17 and
-HDF5-1.8.18-*, and contains information on the platforms tested and
-known problems in HDF5-1.8.18-*.
+This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.8.18 and
+HDF5-1.8.19, and contains information on the platforms tested and
+known problems in HDF5-1.8.19.
 For more details, see the files HISTORY-1_0-1_8_0_rc3.txt
 and HISTORY-1_8.txt in the release_docs/ directory of the HDF5 source.
 
-Links to the HDF5 1.8.18 source code, documentation, and additional materials
+Links to the HDF5 1.8.19 source code, documentation, and additional materials
 can be found on the HDF5 web page at:
 
-     http://www.hdfgroup.org/products/hdf5/
+     https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/
 
-The HDF5 1.8.18 release can be obtained from:
+The HDF5 1.8.19 release can be obtained from:
 
-     http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/obtain5.html
+     https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/obtain518.html
 
-User documentation for 1.8.18 can be accessed directly at this location:
+User documentation for 1.8.19 can be accessed directly at this location:
 
-     http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/
+     https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc1.8/
 
 New features in the HDF5-1.8.x release series, including brief general
 descriptions of some new and modified APIs, are described in the "What's New
 in 1.8.0?" document:
 
-     http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/ADGuide/WhatsNew180.html
+     https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/ADGuide/WhatsNew180.html
 
 All new and modified APIs are listed in detail in the "HDF5 Software Changes
-from Release to Release" document, in the section "Release 1.8.18 (current
-release) versus Release 1.8.17
+from Release to Release" document, in the section "Release 1.8.19 (current
+release) versus Release 1.8.18
 
-     http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/ADGuide/Changes.html
+     https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc1.8/ADGuide/Changes.html
 
 If you have any questions or comments, please send them to the HDF Help Desk:
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ CONTENTS
 
 - New Features
 - Support for New Platforms, Languages, and Compilers
-- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.17
+- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.19
 - Supported Platforms
 - Supported Configuration Features Summary
 - More Tested Platforms
@@ -57,23 +57,19 @@ New Features
 
     Configuration
     -------------
-    - CMake
-      Added NAMESPACE hdf5:: to package configuration files
-    - CMake: change CTEST_BUILD_CONFIGURATION to CTEST_CONFIGURATION_TYPE, which is
-      recommended by CMake documentation.
-      HDFFV-9971 (ADB 2016/8/22)
-
+    - None 
 
 
     Library
     -------
-    -None
+    - None
 
 
     Parallel Library
     ----------------
     - None
 
+
     Tools
     -----
     - None
@@ -81,9 +77,6 @@ New Features
 
     High-Level APIs
     ---------------
-
-    C Packet Table API
-    ------------------
     - None
 
 
@@ -99,8 +92,8 @@ New Features
 
 Support for New Platforms, Languages, and Compilers
 ===================================================
-    
-    
+
+
 
 Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.17
 ===========================
@@ -112,23 +105,13 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.17
 
     Library
     -------
-    - Fixed a bug that could occur when using H5Pset_alignment.
-
-      (NAF, 2016/08/11, HDFFV-9948)
-
-    - Fixed a memory bug that could occur when a message was improperly marked
-      as sharable on disk.
-
-      (NAF, 2016/07/01, HDFFV-9950)
+    - None
 
 
     Parallel Library
     ----------------
-    - Fixed a bug that could occur when allocating a chunked dataset in parallel
-      with an alignment set and an alignment threshold greater than the chunk
-      size but less than or equal to the raw data aggregator size.
+    - None
 
-      (NAF, 2016/08/11, HDFFV-9969)
 
     Performance
     -------------
@@ -137,12 +120,7 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.17
 
     Tools
     -----
-    - h5repack User Defined (UD) filter parameters were not parsed correctly.
-
-      The UD filter parameters were not being parsed correctly. Reworked coding
-      section to parse the correct values and verify number of parameters.
-
-      (ADB, 2016/10/19, HDFFV-9996, HDFFV-9974, HDFFV-9515, HDFFV-9039)
+    - None
 
 
     Fortran API
@@ -193,14 +171,10 @@ Supported Platforms
 The following platforms are supported and have been tested for this release.
 They are built with the configure process unless specified otherwise.
 
-    AIX 6.1                       xlc/xlc_r 10.1.0.5
-    (NASA G-ADA)                  xlC/xlC_r 10.1.0.5
-                                  xlf90/xlf90_r 12.1.0.6
-
-    Linux 2.6.32-573.3.1.el6    GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++)
+    Linux 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6     GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++)
     #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux       compilers:
-    (platypus)                       Version 4.4.7 20120313
-                                     Version 4.8.4, Version 5.2.0
+    (platypus/mayll)              Version 4.4.7 20120313
+                                     Versions 4.8.4, 4.9.3, 5.2.0
                                   PGI C, Fortran, C++ for 64-bit target on
                                   x86-64;
                                       Version 15.7-0
@@ -209,16 +183,16 @@ They are built with the configure process unless specified otherwise.
                                      Version 15.0.3.187 Build 20150407
                                   MPICH 3.1.4 compiled with GCC 4.9.3
 
-    Linux 2.6.32-504.8.1.el6.ppc64 gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-11)
-    #1 SMP ppc64 GNU/Linux        g++ (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-11)
-    (ostrich)                     GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-11)
+    Linux 2.6.32-573.18.1.el6     gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16)
+    #1 SMP ppc64 GNU/Linux        g++ (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16)
+    (ostrich)                     GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16)
                                   IBM XL C/C++ V13.1
                                   IBM XL Fortran V15.1
 
-    Linux 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7   GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++)
+    Linux 3.10.0-327.10.1.el7     GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++)
     #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux       compilers:
-    (kituo/moohan)                  Version 4.8.3 20140911 (Red Hat 4.8.3-9)
-                                    Version 5.2.0
+    (kituo/moohan)                  Version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4)
+                                    Versions 4.9.3, 5.2.0
                                   Intel(R) C (icc), C++ (icpc), Fortran (icc)
                                   compilers:
                                      Version 15.0.3.187 Build 20150407
@@ -238,24 +212,26 @@ They are built with the configure process unless specified otherwise.
                                   Visual Studio 2013 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake)
                                   Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel Fortran 16  (cmake)
 
-    Windows 8.1                   Visual Studio 2012 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake)
-                                  Visual Studio 2013 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake)
+    Windows 10                    Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel Fortran 16 (cmake)
 
-    Windows 8.1 x64               Visual Studio 2012 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake)
-                                  Visual Studio 2013 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake)
+    Windows 10 x64                Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel Fortran 16 (cmake)
 
-    Mac OS X Mt. Lion 10.8.5      Apple clang/clang++ version 5.1 from Xcode 5.1
+    Mac OS X Mt. Lion 10.8.5      Apple LLVM version 5.1 (clang-503.0.40)
     64-bit                        gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.8.2
     (swallow/kite)                Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 15.0.3
 
-    Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5     Apple clang/clang++ version 6.0 from Xcode 6.2.0
+    Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5     Apple LLVM version 6.0 (clang-600.0.57)
     64-bit                        gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.9.2
     (wren/quail)                  Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 15.0.3
 
-    Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5     Apple clang/clang++ version 6.0 from Xcode 7.0.0
+    Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5     Apple LLVM version 6.1 (clang-602.0.53)
     64-bit                        gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.9.2
     (osx1010dev/osx1010test)      Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 15.0.3
 
+    Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.4   Apple LLVM version 7.3.0 (clang-703.0.29)
+    64-bit                        gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 5.2.0
+    (VM osx1011dev/osx1011test)   Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 16.0.2
+
 
 Tested Configuration Features Summary
 =====================================
@@ -277,11 +253,11 @@ SunOS 5.11 64-bit                       n        y/y    n        y    y     y
 Windows 7                               y        y/y    n        y    y     y
 Windows 7 x64                           y        y/y    n        y    y     y
 Windows 7 Cygwin                        n        y/y    n        y    y     n
-Windows 8.1                             n        y/y    n        y    y     y
-Windows 8.1 x64                         n        y/y    n        y    y     y
+Windows 10                              n        y/y    n        y    y     y
+Windows 10 x64                          n        y/y    n        y    y     y
 Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 64-bit    n        y/y    n        y    y     y
 Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 64-bit        n        y/y    n        y    y     y
-Mac OS X Yosemeti 10.10.5 64-bit        n        y/y    n        y    y     y
+Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 64-bit        n        y/y    n        y    y     y
 AIX 6.1 32- and 64-bit                  n        y/n    n        y    y     y
 CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 GNU      y        y/y    y        y    y     y
 CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 Intel    n        y/y    n        y    y     y
@@ -297,11 +273,11 @@ SunOS 5.11 64-bit                          y       y         y         y
 Windows 7                                  y       y         y         y
 Windows 7 x64                              y       y         y         y
 Windows 7 Cygwin                           n       n         n         y
-Windows 8.1                                y       y         y         y
-Windows 8.1 x64                            y       y         y         y
+Windows 10                                 y       y         y         y
+Windows 10 x64                             y       y         y         y
 Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 64-bit       y       n         y         y
 Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 64-bit           y       n         y         y
-Mac OS X Yosemeti 10.10.5 64-bit           y       n         y         y
+Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 64-bit           y       n         y         y
 AIX 6.1 32- and 64-bit                     y       n         n         y
 CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 GNU         y       y         y         y
 CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 Intel       y       y         y         y
@@ -318,47 +294,30 @@ More Tested Platforms
 =====================
 The following platforms are not supported but have been tested for this release.
 
-    Linux 2.6.18-431.11.2.el6     g95 (GCC 4.0.3 (g95 0.94!)
+    Linux 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6     g95 (GCC 4.0.3 (g95 0.94!)
     #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux
     (platypus)
 
-    Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11     Apple clang/clang++ version 7.0.0 from Xcode 7.0.1
-    64-bit                        gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 5.2.0
-    (VM)
-
-    Windows 7                     Visual Studio 2008  (cmake)
-
-    Windows 7 x64                 Visual Studio 2008  (cmake)
-
-    Windows 10                    Visual Studio 2013 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake)
-
-    Windows 10 x64                Visual Studio 2013 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake)
-
-    Debian7.5.0 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.51-1 x86_64 GNU/Linux
-                                  gcc (Debian 4.7.2-5) 4.7.2
-                                  GNU Fortran (Debian 4.7.2-5) 4.7.2
+    Debian8.4.0 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.36-1 x86_64 GNU/Linux
+                                  gcc (Debian 4.9.2-10) 4.9.2
+                                  GNU Fortran (Debian 4.9.2-10) 4.9.2
                                   (cmake and autotools)
 
-    Fedora20 3.15.3-200.fc20.x86_64 #1 SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
-                                  gcc (GCC) 4.8.3 20140624 (Red Hat 4.8.3-1)
-                                  GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.8.3 20140624 (Red Hat 4.8.3-1)
+    Fedora24 4.7.2-201.fc24.x86_64 #1 SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
+                                  gcc (GCC) 6.1.1 20160621 (Red Hat 6.1.1-3)
+                                  GNU Fortran (GCC) 6.1.1 20160621 (Red Hat 6.1.1-3)
                                   (cmake and autotools)
 
-    SUSE 13.1 3.11.10-17-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
-                                  gcc (SUSE Linux) 4.8.1
-                                  GNU Fortran (SUSE Linux) 4.8.1
+    CentOS 7.2 3.10.0-327.28.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
+                                  gcc (GCC) 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4)
+                                  GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4)
                                   (cmake and autotools)
 
-    Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-35-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux
-                                  gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.9.1-0ubuntu1) 4.9.1
-                                  GNU Fortran (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.9.1-0ubuntu1) 4.9.1
+    Ubuntu 16.04 4.4.0-38-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux
+                                  gcc (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2) 5.4.0
+                                  GNU Fortran (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2) 5.4.0
                                   (cmake and autotools)
 
-    hopper.nersc.gov              PrgEnv-gnu/5.2.40
-                                  gcc (GCC) 4.9.2 20141030 (Cray Inc.)
-                                  GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.9.2 20141030 (Cray Inc.)
-                                  g++ (GCC) 4.9.2 20141030 (Cray Inc.)
-
 
 Known Problems
 ==============