Added int variable for comparison with H5_VERS_RELEASE in H5.c to avoid (#866)

warning that unsigned comparison < 0 is always false, which is known,
        but for later versions the comparison can possibly be true.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/H5.c b/src/H5.c
index 12d226c..2debc92 100644
--- a/src/H5.c
+++ b/src/H5.c
@@ -912,6 +912,8 @@ H5check_version(unsigned majnum, unsigned minnum, unsigned relnum)
     static unsigned int disable_version_check    = 0; /* Set if the version check should be disabled */
     static const char * version_mismatch_warning = VERSION_MISMATCH_WARNING;
     herr_t              ret_value                = SUCCEED; /* Return value */
+    int                 releasenum               = relnum;  /* To avoid warning for unsigned < 0
+                                                               comparison in first release versions */
 
     FUNC_ENTER_API_NOINIT_NOERR_NOFS
     H5TRACE3("e", "IuIuIu", majnum, minnum, relnum);
@@ -931,7 +933,7 @@ H5check_version(unsigned majnum, unsigned minnum, unsigned relnum)
     }
 
     /* H5_VERS_MAJOR and H5_VERS_MINOR must match */
-    if (H5_VERS_MAJOR != majnum || H5_VERS_MINOR != minnum || H5_VERS_RELEASE > relnum) {
+    if (H5_VERS_MAJOR != majnum || H5_VERS_MINOR != minnum || H5_VERS_RELEASE > releasenum) {
         switch (disable_version_check) {
             case 0:
                 HDfprintf(stderr, "%s%s", version_mismatch_warning,