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authorAllen Byrne <byrn@hdfgroup.org>2020-09-28 14:41:43 (GMT)
committerAllen Byrne <byrn@hdfgroup.org>2020-09-28 14:41:43 (GMT)
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More info for building plugins with library
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@@ -52,9 +52,15 @@ New Features
The HDF filter plugins project is a collection of registered compression
filters that can be dynamically loaded when needed to access data stored
- in a hdf5 file. This CMake-only option allows the plugins to be distributed
- with the hdf5 library and tools. Like the options for szip and zlib, either
- a tgz file or a git repository can be specified for the source.
+ in a hdf5 file. This CMake-only option allows the plugins to be built and
+ distributed with the hdf5 library and tools. Like the options for szip and
+ zlib, either a tgz file or a git repository can be specified for the source.
+
+ The necessary options are (see the INSTALL_CMake.txt file):
+ HDF5_ENABLE_PLUGIN_SUPPORT
+ PLUGIN_TGZ_NAME or PLUGIN_GIT_URL
+ There are more options necessary for various filters and the plugin project
+ documents should be referenced.
(ADB - 2020/09/27, OESS-98)