[svn-r23599] Bring revisions 22802 : 23085 from trunk to revise_chunks.

h5committested.

1 files changed, 250 insertions, 118 deletions

diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index 5ac0aa2..4742542 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HDF5 version 1.9.131-FA_a5 currently under development
+HDF5 version 1.9.137-FA_a5 currently under development
 
 
 INTRODUCTION
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ CONTENTS
 - New Features
 - Support for new platforms and languages
 - Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.0
-- Platforms Tested
+- Supported Platforms
+- Tested Configuration Features Summary
+- More Tested Platforms
 - Known Problems
 
 
@@ -38,6 +40,9 @@ New Features
 
     Configuration:
     -------------
+    - Fixed AIX Fortran compiler flags to use appropriate settings for
+      debugging, profiling, optimization situations. HDFFV-8069. (AKC
+      2012/09/27)
     - Updated to latest autotools and changed all hard *.sh scripts to
       configure managed *.sh.in files. Removed overloading of autotools
       TESTS variable by examples and tests. Renamed configure.in to
@@ -96,6 +101,9 @@ New Features
 
     Library:
     --------
+    - The library now supports the data conversion from enumeration to numeric
+      (integer and floating-point number) datatypes. See Issue 8221.
+      (SLU - 2012/10/23)  
     - The data sieve buffer size was for all the datasets in the file.  It
       could waste memory if any dataset size is smaller than the sieve buffer
       size.  Now the library picks the smaller one between the dataset size
@@ -184,6 +192,8 @@ New Features
     Fortran Library:
     ----------------
 
+    - Added parallel routine H5Pget_mpio_actual_io_mode_f (MSB - 2012/09/27)
+
     - Added for the C API the Fortran wrapper:
        h5ocopy_f (MSB - 2012/03/22)
 
@@ -229,6 +239,7 @@ New Features
           (MSB - 2009/04/17)
 
 
+
     C++ Library:
     ------------
   - New member functions
@@ -697,6 +708,9 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.0 release
 
     Performance
     -------------
+      - Removed program perform/benchpar from the enable-build-all list. The
+	program will be retired or moved to another location. HDFFV-8156
+	(AKC 2012/10/01)
       - Retired program perform/mpi-perf. Its purpose has been incorporated
 	into h5perf before. (AKC 2012/09/20)
       - ifdefs added to tests around include unistd.h and function to simulate
@@ -711,8 +725,28 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.0 release
         with other Fortran functions; cleaned the code from debug statements.
         (EIP - 2012/06/23)
 
+      - Fixed problem writing/reading control characters to a dataset; writing
+        a string containing: alerts, backspace, carriage_return, form_feed,
+        horizontal_tab, vertical_tab, new_line is now tested and working.
+        (MSB - 2012/09/01)
+
+      - Corrected the integer type of H5S_UNLIMITED_F to HSIZE_T (MSB - 2012/09/01)
+
+      - Corrected the number of continuation lines in the src files
+        to be less then 32 lines for F95 compliance. (MSB - 2012/10/01)
+
     Tools
     -----
+        - h5diff: Improved speed when comparing HDF5 files with lots of
+          attributes. Much slower performance was identified with release version 
+          from 1.8.7 to 1.8.10 compared to 1.8.6. (JKM 2012/10/19)
+        - h5repack: "h5repack -f NONE file1.h5 out.h5" command failed if
+          source file contains chunked dataset and a chunk dim is bigger than 
+          the dataset dim. Another issue is that the command changed max dims
+          if chunk dim is smaller than the dataset dim.
+          These issue occurred when dataset size is smaller than 64k (compact
+          size limit)  Fixed both.
+          HDFFV-8012 (JKM 2012/09/24)
         - h5diff: Fixed not to accumulate attribute difference to dataset
           difference in verbose mode (-v, -r), which caused incorrect 
           difference between dataset and group/datatype object if attribute 
@@ -933,6 +967,13 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.0 release
 
     High-Level APIs:
      ------
+
+      - Fixed problem with H5TBdelete_record destroying all data following the deletion
+        of a row. (MSB- 2012/7/26)
+
+      - Fixed H5LTget_attribute_string not closing an object identifier when an 
+        error occurs. (MSB- 2012/7/21)
+
       - Fixed the H5LTdtype_to_text function.  It had some memory problems when
         dealing with some complicated data types. HDFFVI-7701 (SLU - 2011/10/19)
 
@@ -1012,150 +1053,241 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.0 release
 
 
 
-Platforms Tested
-================
-
+Supported Platforms
+===================
     AIX 5.3                       xlc 10.1.0.5
     (NASA G-ADA)                  xlC 10.1.0.5
                                   xlf90 12.1.0.6
 
-    FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE i386       gcc 4.2.1 [FreeBSD] 20070719
-    (loyalty)                     g++ 4.2.1 [FreeBSD] 20070719
-                                  gcc 4.6.1 20110422
-                                  g++ 4.6.1 20110422
-                                  gfortran 4.6.1 20110422
-
-    FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64      gcc 4.2.1 [FreeBSD] 20070719
-    (freedom)                     g++ 4.2.1 [FreeBSD] 20070719
-                                  gcc 4.6.1 20110422
-                                  g++ 4.6.1 20110422
-                                  gfortran 4.6.1 20110422
-
-    Linux 2.6.18-194.3.1.el5PAE   gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 and 4.4.2
-    #1 SMP i686 i686 i386         GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.1.2 20080704
-    (jam)                             (Red Hat 4.1.2-48) and 4.4.2
-                                  PGI C, Fortran, C++ 10.4-0 32-bit
-                                  PGI C, Fortran, C++ 10.6-0 32-bit
-                                  Intel(R) C Compiler for 32-bit
-                                      applications, Version 11.1
-                                  Intel(R) C++ Compiler for 32-bit
-                                      applications, Version 11.1
-                                  Intel(R) Fortran Compiler for 32-bit
-                                      applications, Version 11.1
-                                  MPICH mpich2-1.3.1 compiled with
+    Linux 2.6.18-308.13.1.el5PAE  GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++)
+    #1 SMP i686 i686 i386         compilers for 32-bit applications;
+    (jam)                             Version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52)
+                                      Version 4.6.3
+                                  PGI C, Fortran, C++ Compilers for 32-bit
+                                  applications;
+                                      Version 11.9-0
+                                  Intel(R) C, C++, Fortran Compiler for 32-bit
+                                  applications;
+                                      Version 12.1
+                                  MPICH mpich2-1.4.1p1 compiled with
                                       gcc 4.1.2 and gfortran 4.1.2
 
-    Linux 2.6.18-238.12.1.el5     gcc 4.1.2 and 4.4.2
-    #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux       GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.1.2 20080704
-    (koala)                           (Red Hat 4.1.2-46) and 4.4.2
-                                      tested for both 32- and 64-bit binaries
-                                  Intel(R) C, C++, Fortran Compilers for
-                                      applications running on Intel(R) 64,
-                                      Version 11.1.
-                                  PGI C, Fortran, C++ Version 9.0-4
-                                      for 64-bit target on x86-64
-                                  MPICH mpich2-1.3.1 compiled with
+    Linux 2.6.18-308.16.1.el5     GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++)
+    #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux       compilers for 32-bit applications;
+    (koala)                           Version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52)
+                                      Version 4.6.3
+                                  PGI C, Fortran, C++ for 64-bit target on 
+                                  x86-64;
+                                      Version 11.9-0 
+                                      Version 12.5-0
+                                  Intel(R) C, C++, Fortran Compilers for 
+                                  applications running on Intel(R) 64; 
+                                      Version 12.1 (Build 20110811)
+                                      Version 12.1 (Build 20120212)
+                                  MPICH mpich2-1.4.1p1 compiled with
                                       gcc 4.1.2 and gfortran 4.1.2
 
-    SGI ProPack 7 Linux           Intel(R) C++ Version 11.1 20100806
-    2.6.32.19-0.3.1.1982.0.PTF-   Intel(R) Fortran Version 11.1 20100806
-    default #1 SMP                SGI MPT 2.01
-    SGI Altix UV
-    (NCSA ember)
+    Linux 2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.ppc64 gcc (GCC) 4.4.6 20120305 (Red Hat 4.4.6-4)
+    #1 SMP ppc64 GNU/Linux        g++ (GCC) 4.4.6 20120305 (Red Hat 4.4.6-4)
+    (ostrich)                     GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.4.6 20120305 (Red Hat 4.4.6-4)
+
+    Linux 2.6.32-220.23.1.1chaos  Intel C, C++, Fortran Compilers
+    ch5.x86_64 GNU/Linux              Version 12.1.5.339
+    (LLNL Aztec)
+
+    IBM Blue Gene/P               XL C for Blue Gene/P, bgxlc V9.0
+    (LLNL uDawn)                  XL C++ for Blue Gene/P, bgxlC V9.0
+                                  XL Fortran for Blue Gene/P, bgxlf90 V11.1
 
     SunOS 5.10 32- and 64-bit     Sun C 5.9 Sun OS_sparc Patch 124867-16
-    (linew)                       Sun Fortran 95 8.3 Sun OS_sparc Patch
-127000-13
-                                  Sun C++ 5.9 Sun OS_sparc Patch 124863-62
-                                  Sun C 5.10 SunOS_sparc Patch 141861-07
-                                  Sun Fortran 95 8.4 SunOS_sparc Patch
-128231-06
-                                  Sun C++ 5.10 SunOS_sparc 128228-11
+    (linew)                       Sun Fortran 95 8.3 Sun OS_sparc Patch 127000-13
+                                  Sun C++ 5.9 Sun OS_sparc Patch 124863-26
+                                  Sun C 5.11 SunOS_sparc
+                                  Sun Fortran 95 8.5 SunOS_sparc
+                                  Sun C++ 5.11 SunOS_sparc
+
+    Windows XP                    Visual Studio 2008 w/ Intel Fortran 10.1 (project files)
+
+    Windows XP x64                Visual Studio 2008 w/ Intel Fortran 10.1 (project files)
 
     Windows 7                     Visual Studio 2008 w/ Intel Fortran 11.1 (cmake)
                                   Visual Studio 2010 w/ Intel Fortran 12 (cmake)
-                                  Cygwin(1.7.9 native gcc(4.5.3) compiler and gfortran)
+                                  Cygwin(CYGWIN_NT-6.1 1.7.15(0.260/5/3) gcc(4.5.3) compiler and gfortran)
+                                  (cmake and autotools)
 
     Windows 7 x64                 Visual Studio 2008 w/ Intel Fortran 11.1 (cmake)
                                   Visual Studio 2010 w/ Intel Fortran 12 (cmake)
-                                  Cygwin(1.7.9 native gcc(4.5.3) compiler and gfortran)
+                                  Cygwin(CYGWIN_NT-6.1 1.7.15(0.260/5/3) gcc(4.5.3) compiler and gfortran)
+                                  (cmake and autotools)
+
+    Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8  gcc i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc-4.2 (GCC) 4.2.1 from Xcode 3.2.6
+    Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0  g++ i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-g++-4.2 (GCC) 4.2.1 from Xcode 3.2.6
+    (fred)                        gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.6.2
+                                  Intel C (icc), Fortran (ifort), C++ (icpc)
+                                      12.1.0.038 Build 20110811
+
+    Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8  gcc i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc-4.2 (GCC) 4.2.1 from Xcode 3.2.6
+    Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0  g++ i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-g++-4.2 (GCC) 4.2.1 from Xcode 3.2.6
+    Intel 32-bit                  gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.6.1
+    (tejeda)                      Intel C (icc), Fortran (ifort), C++ (icpc)
+                                      12.1.0.038 Build 20110811
 
-    MAC OS  10.5 (Intel)          gcc i686-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1 (GCC) 4.0.1 
-                                  G95 (GCC 4.0.3 (g95 0.91!) Nov 21 2006)
-                                  GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.3.0 20070810
-    Alpha Open VMS 7.3
+    Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3          gcc i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc-4.2 (GCC) 4.2.1 from Xcode 4.2.1
+    32- and 64-bit                g++ i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-g++-4.2 (GCC) 4.2.1 from Xcode 4.2.1
+    (duck)                        gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.6.2
 
+    Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.1 cc Apple clang version 4.0 from Xcode 4.5.1
+    (owl)                         c++ Apple clang version 4.0 from Xcode 4.5.1
+				  gcc i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc-4.2 (GCC) 4.2.1 from Xcode 4.5.1
+				  g++ i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-g++-4.2 (GCC) 4.2.1 from Xcode 4.5.1
+    			          gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.6.2
 
-Supported Configuration Features Summary
-========================================
+
+Tested Configuration Features Summary
+=====================================
 
     In the tables below
-          y   = tested and supported
-          n   = not supported or not tested in this release
+          y   = tested 
+          n   = not tested in this release
+          C   = Cluster
+          W   = Workstation
           x   = not working in this release
+          dna = does not apply
           ( ) = footnote appears below second table
-          <blank> = testing incomplete on this feature or platform
-          W or C indicates workstation or cluster, respectively.
-
-Platform                          C        F90    F90      C++   zlib  SZIP
-                                  parallel        parallel
-SunOS5.10 64-bit                   n        y      n        y     y     y
-SunOS5.10 32-bit                   n        y      n        y     y     y
-Windows 7                          y        y      n        y     y     y
-Windows 7 x64                      y        y      n        y     y     y
-Mac OS X 10.5 Intel                n        y      n        y     y     y
-FreeBSD 8.2 32- and 64-bit         n        x      n        x     y     y
-RedHat EL4 2.6.9 i686 GNU        W y(2)     y(4)   y(2)     y     y     y
-RedHat EL4 2.6.9 i686 Intel      W n        y      n        y     y     n
-RedHat EL4 2.6.9 i686 PGI        W n        y      n        y     y     n
-SuSe Linux 2.6.16 x86_64 GNU (5) W y(2)     y      n        y     y     y
-SuSe Linux 2.6.16 x86_64 Int (5) W n        y      n        y     n     n
-SuSe Linux 2.6.16 x86_64 PGI (5) W n        y      n        y     n     n
-RHL9 Linux 2.4 Xeon Lustre Intel C n        y      n        y     y     n
-RHEL3 Linux 2.4 Xeon Intel       W n        y      n        n     y     n
-RHEL4 Linux 2.6 Xeon Lustre Int  C n        y      n        y     y     n
-SuSE Linux 2.4 ia64 Intel        C y(1)     y      y        y     y     y
-SuSe Linux 2.6.5
-       SGI Altix ia64 Intel      C n        y      n        y     n     y
-Alpha OpenVMS 7.3.2                n        y      n        y     n     n
-
-
-
-Platform                          Shared   Shared    Shared    static-  Thread-
-                                  C libs   F90 libs  C++ libs  exec     safe
-SunOS 5.10 32-bit                   y        y         y         x        y
-SunOS 5.10 64-bit                   y        y         y         x        y
-Windows XP                          y        y(3)      y         y        n
-Windows XP x64                      y        y(3)      y         y        n
-Windows Vista                       y        y(3)      y         y        y
-Windows Vista x64                   y        y(3)      y         y        y
-Mac OS X 10.5 Intel                 y        y         y         x        n
-FreeBSD 8.2 32- and 64-bit          y        x         x         y        y
-RHEL4 2.6.9 i686 GNU              W y        y(4)      y         x        y
-RHEL4 2.6.9 i686 Intel            W y        y         y         x        n
-RHEL4 2.6.9 i686 PGI              W y        y         y         x        n
-SuSE Linux 2.6.16 x86_64 GNU (5)  W y        y         y         x        y
-SuSE Linux 2.6.16 x86_64 Intel(5) W y        y         y         x        n
-SuSE Linux 2.6.16 x86_64 PGI(5)   W y        y         y         x        n
-RHL9 Linux 2.4 Xeon Lustre Intel  C y        y         y         x        n
-RHEL3 Linux 2.4 Xeon Intel        W y        n         n         x        n
-RHEL4 Linux 2.6 Xeon Lustre Intel C y        y         y         x        n
-SuSE Linux 2.4 ia64 Intel         C y        y         y         x        n
-SuSe Linux 2.6.5
-           SGI Altix ia64 Intel   C n        n         n         x        n
-
-    Notes: (1)  Using mpich 1.2.6.
-           (2) Using mpich2 1.0.6.
-           (3) Using Visual Studio 2008 (Cygwin shared libraries are not supported)
-           (4) With PGI and Absoft compilers.
-           (5) AMD Opteron x86_64
-    Compiler versions for each platform are listed in the preceding
-    "Platforms Tested" table.
+          <blank> = testing incomplete on this feature or platform 
+
+Platform                              C         F90/   F90      C++  zlib  SZIP
+                                      parallel  F2003  parallel
+Solaris2.10 32-bit                      n        y/y    n        y    y     y
+Solaris2.10 64-bit                      n        y/n    n        y    y     y
+Windows 7                               y        y/n    n        y    y     y
+Windows 7     x64                       y        y/n    n        y    y     y
+Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 32-bit     n        y/y    n        y    y     n 
+Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 64-bit     n        y/y    n        y    y     y
+Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 32-bit             n        y/y    n        y    y     n
+Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 64-bit             n        y/y    n        y    y     y
+Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.1 64-bit    n        y/n    n        y    y     n
+AIX 5.3 32- and 64-bit                  y        y/n    y        y    y     y
+CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.18-308 i686 GNU    y        y/y    y        y    y     y
+CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.18-308 i686 Intel  n        y/y    n        y    y     y
+CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.18-308 i686 PGI    n        y/y    n        y    y     y
+CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.18 x86_64 GNU      y        y/y    y        y    y     y
+CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.18 x86_64 Intel    n        y/y    n        y    y     y
+CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.18 x86_64 PGI      n        y/y    n        y    y     y
+Linux 2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.ppc64          n        y/n    n        y    y     y
+
+
+Platform                                 Shared  Shared    Shared    Thread-  
+                                         C libs  F90 libs  C++ libs  safe     
+Solaris2.10 32-bit                         y       y         y         y        
+Solaris2.10 64-bit                         n       n         n         n        
+Windows 7                                  y       y         y         y
+Windows 7 x64                              y       y         y         y
+Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 32-bit        y       n         y         n        
+Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 64-bit        y       n         y         n        
+Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 32-bit                y       n         y         y        
+Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 64-bit                y       n         y         y        
+Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.1 64-bit       y       n         y         y        
+AIX 5.3 32- and 64-bit                     n       n         n         y        
+CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.18-308 i686 GNU       y       y         y         y        
+CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.18-308 i686 Intel     y       y         y         n        
+CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.18-308 i686 PGI       y       y         y         n        
+CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.18 x86_64 GNU         y       y         y         y        
+CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.18 x86_64 Intel       y       y         y         n        
+CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.18 x86_64 PGI         y       y         y         n        
+Linux 2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.ppc64             y       y         y         n 
+
+Compiler versions for each platform are listed in the preceding
+"Supported Platforms" table.
+
+
+More Tested Platforms
+=====================
+The following platforms are not supported but have been tested for this release.
 
+    FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE i386       gcc 4.2.1 [FreeBSD] 20070719
+    (loyalty)                     gcc 4.6.1 20110422
+                                  g++ 4.6.1 20110422
+                                  gfortran 4.6.1 20110422
+
+    FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64      gcc 4.2.1 [FreeBSD] 20070719
+    (freedom)                     gcc 4.6.1 20110422
+                                  g++ 4.6.1 20110422
+                                  gfortran 4.6.1 20110422
+
+    Debian6.0.3 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP i686 GNU/Linux
+                                  gcc (Debian 4.4.5-8) 4.4.5
+                                  GNU Fortran (Debian 4.4.5-8) 4.4.5
+                                  (cmake and autotools)
+
+    Debian6.0.3 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux
+                                  gcc (Debian 4.4.5-8) 4.4.5
+                                  GNU Fortran (Debian 4.4.5-8) 4.4.5
+                                  (cmake and autotools)
+
+    Fedora17 3.5.2-1.fc17.i6866 #1 SMP i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
+                                  gcc (GCC) 4.7.0 20120507 (Red Hat 4.7.0-5)
+                                  GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.7.0 20120507 (Red Hat 4.7.0-5)
+                                  (cmake and autotools)
+
+    Fedora17 3.5.2-1.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
+                                  gcc (GCC) 4.7.0 20120507 (Red Hat 4.7.0-5)
+                                  GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.7.0 20120507 (Red Hat 4.7.0-5)
+                                  (cmake and autotools)
+
+    SUSE 12.2 3.4.6-2.10-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
+                                  gcc (SUSE Linux) 4.7.1
+                                  GNU Fortran (SUSE Linux) 4.7.1
+                                  (cmake and autotools)
+
+    SUSE 12.2 3.4.6-2.10-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
+                                  gcc (SUSE Linux) 4.7.1
+                                  GNU Fortran (SUSE Linux) 4.7.1 
+                                  (cmake and autotools)
+
+    Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-29-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP i686 GNU/Linux
+                                  gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 4.6.3
+                                  GNU Fortran (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 4.6.3
+                                  (cmake and autotools)
+
+    Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-29-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux
+                                  gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 4.6.3
+                                  GNU Fortran (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 4.6.3
+                                  (cmake and autotools)
+                                  (Use optimization level -O1)
+    
+    Cray Linux Environment (CLE)  PrgEnv-pgi/4.0.46
+    hopper.nersc.gov              pgcc 12.5-0 64-bit target on x86-64 Linux -tp shanghai
+                                  pgf90 12.5-0 64-bit target on x86-64 Linux -tp shanghai
+                                  pgCC 12.5-0 64-bit target on x86-64 Linux -tp shanghai
 
 
 Known Problems
 ==============
+* The 5.9 C++ compiler on Sun failed to compile a C++ test ttypes.cpp.  It
+  complains with this message:
+      "/home/hdf5/src/H5Vprivate.h", line 130: Error: __func__ is not defined.
+  
+  The reason is that __func__ is a predefined identifier in C99 standard.  The
+  HDF5 C library uses it in H5private.h.  The test ttypes.cpp includes
+  H5private.h (H5Tpkg.h<-H5Fprivate.h<-H5Vprivate.h<-H5private.h).  Sun's 5.9 
+  C++ compiler doesn't support __func__, thus fails to compile the C++ test.
+  But 5.11 C++ compiler does.  To check whether your Sun C++ compiler knows this 
+  identifier, try to compile the following simple C++ program:
+      #include<stdio.h>
+
+      int main(void)
+      {
+          printf("%s\n", __func__);
+          return 0;
+      }
+  (SLU - 2012/11/5)
+
+* The C++ and FORTRAN bindings are not currently working on FreeBSD with the
+  native release 8.2 compilers (4.2.1), but are working with gcc 4.6 from the
+  ports (and probably gcc releases after that).
+  (QAK - 2012/10/19)
+
 * The data conversion test dt_arith.c has failures (segmentation fault) from
   "long double" to other datatypes during hard conversion when the library
   is built with the default GCC 4.2.1 on Mac Lion system.  It only happens