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| -rw-r--r-- | configure.ac | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | release_docs/RELEASE.txt | 10 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 30f5d2c..eace890 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -4285,11 +4285,5 @@ if test "X$HDF_FORTRAN" = "Xyes"; then esac fi -## HDF5 configure code created by autotools with gcc 4.9.2 is adding problematic -## linker flags: -l with no library name; -l <libname>, specifically gfortran or m. -## This sed script corrects "-l <libname>" first and then "-l " with no library name. -## If the order is not preserved, all instances of "-l " will be removed. -sed -e '/^postdeps/ s/-l \([a-zA-Z]\)/-l\1/g' -e '/^postdeps/ s/-l //g' -i libtool - ## show the configure settings cat src/libhdf5.settings diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 1454574..66355a0 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -835,6 +835,16 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.14.0 release Configuration ------------- + - Removed an Autotools configure hack that causes problems on MacOS + + A sed line in configure.ac was added in the past to paper over some + problems with older versions of the Autotools that would add incorrect + linker flags. This hack is not needed with recent versions of the + Autotools and the sed line errors on MacOS (though this was a silent + error that didn't break the build) so the hack has been removed. + + Fixes GitHub issue #3843 + - Fixed an issue where the h5tools_test_utils test program was being installed on the system for Autotools builds of HDF5 |