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@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.3 release
Configuration
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+ - IRIX64 MIPSpro compiler of 7.4.x supports C99 features. Default
+ to use the 'c99' compiler if available. AKC - 2004/12/13
- Intel v8.0 compiler would infinite loop when compiling some test
code with -O3 option. Changed enable-production default compiler
option to -O2. AKC - 2004/12/06
@@ -327,6 +329,10 @@ Footnotes: (1) Using mpich 1.2.4
Known Problems
==============
+* Newer SGI MIPSpro compilers (version 7.4.x) support C99 features but it
+ has a "guard" statement in stdint.h that will #error and skip the rest
+ of the header file if C99 option is not used explicitely. Hardset
+ $CC to c99 will resolve the problem. AKC - 2004/12/13
* On IBM AIX systems, parallel HDF5 mode will fail some tests with error
messages like "INFO: 0031-XXX ...". This is from the command poe.
Set the environment variable MP_INFOLEVEL to 0 to minimize the messages