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| author | Elena Pourmal <epourmal@hdfgroup.org> | 2015-04-07 14:49:31 (GMT) |
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| committer | Elena Pourmal <epourmal@hdfgroup.org> | 2015-04-07 14:49:31 (GMT) |
| commit | 1f3609c0d8c98b73b61ef38efda916170e2788d5 (patch) | |
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[svn-r26744] Updated the README.txt file to reflect VMS removal; deleted VMS installation instructions.
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diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL_VMS.txt b/release_docs/INSTALL_VMS.txt deleted file mode 100644 index dbbab77..0000000 --- a/release_docs/INSTALL_VMS.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,82 +0,0 @@ - Building and installation instructions for Alpha Open VMS - HDF5 1.8.12 release - 18 September 2013 - - - - CONTENTS - -------- - - 1. Obtaining HDF5 - 2. Building and testing HDF5 C, Fortran and C++ libraries, - and utilities - 3. Installing HDF5 libraries - 4. Known problems - - - 1.Obtaining HDF5 - - Please see INSTALL file in this directory for downloading instructions. - - 2. Building and testing HDF5 C, Fortran and C++ libraries and utilities. - - IMPORTANT: This version REQUIRES GNU ZLIB library to be installed - on a system. You may download the source code from - http://www.zlib.net/ - - The newest ZLIB 1.2.8 doesn't work properly on OpenVMS. - But ZLIB 1.2.5 works fine. - - - Use tar command to untar HDF5 source ball - - tar -xvf <source>.tar - - - Change default directory to [.<source>.vms] - - Specify top HDF5 source directory in the build.com file where the - "hdf5top" is defined. - - Edit make.com: - specify path to ZLIB library - if necessary, modify compilation flags - Do NOT REMOVE /define=H5_VMS and /standard=strict_ansi qualifiers. - - Run build.com command file - @build - We recommend using batch queue to build and test this distribution. - The command file runs make.com and builds - C library, tests, and utilities - Fortran library and tests - C++ library and tests - It also runs test scripts to test C, Fortran and C++ libraries, and - h5dump, h5diff, h5ls, and h5repack utilities. - - 3. Installing HDF5 libraries - - Modify install.com file to specify installation directory (hdf5top) - and run - @install - to install HDF5 C, Fortran, and C++ libraries, and utilities. - The script will create the directories shown below in the - installation directory: - - [.HDF5]... - [.HDF5.INCLUDE] - [.HDF5.LIB] - [.HDF5.BIN] - [.HDF5.EXAMPLES] - [.HDF5.EXAMPLES.C] - [.HDF5.EXAMPLES.F90] - [.HDF5.EXAMPLES.CXX] - - [.HDF5.EXAMPLES.*] directories contain make.com and check.com files - to build examples against the installed libraries and to verify - the installation. - - 4. Known problems - - - There is no support for szip compression filter. - - Two soft conversion functions (H5T__conv_i_f and H5T__conv_f_i) - have bugs. They convert data between floating-point numbers and - integers. But the library's default is hard conversion. The user - should avoid explicitly enabling soft conversion between floating-point - numbers and integers. - - For help contact help@hdfgroup.org |