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diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL_Cygwin.txt b/release_docs/INSTALL_Cygwin.txt index 5406820..d78cd85 100644 --- a/release_docs/INSTALL_Cygwin.txt +++ b/release_docs/INSTALL_Cygwin.txt @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Preconditions: -------------- -1. Installed Cygwin 1.7.5 or higher +1. Installed Cygwin 1.7.15 or higher To install the Cygwin net release, go to http://www.cygwin.com and click on "Install or update now!" icon. This will download a GUI @@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ Preconditions: Cygwin packages. To build HDF5 on Cygwin, Devel package (including gcc,gcc-g++, - gcc-g77, and gcc-java compiles, and gdb tool) should be installed. + gcc-gfortran, and gcc-java compiles, and gdb tool) should be installed. 2. Compilers Installed 2.1 C/C++ Compilers HDF5-1.8 Supported - gcc (4.3.4), which includes: + gcc (4.5.3), which includes: gcc4-core : C compiler gcc4-g++ : C++ compiler gcc4-fortran : fortran compiler @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Preconditions: 3.1 Zlib - zlib-1.2.2 or later is supported and tested on Cygwin. + zlib-1.2.5 or later is supported and tested on Cygwin. 3.2 Szip The HDF5 library has a predefined compression filter that uses @@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ Preconditions: http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc_resource/SZIP/index.html. The latest supported public release of SZIP is available from - ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/lib-external/szip/2.0. Binary distribution can be - found under ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/lib-external/szip/2.0/bin/cygwin + ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/lib-external/szip/2.1. Binary distribution can be + found under ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/lib-external/szip/2.1/bin/cygwin Install HDF5 on Cygwin @@ -76,19 +76,19 @@ Install HDF5 on Cygwin The HDF5 source code is distributed in a variety of formats which can be unpacked with the following commands, each of which creates - an `hdf5-1.8.5' directory. + an `hdf5-1.8.x' directory. 2.1 Non-compressed tar archive (*.tar) - $ tar xf hdf5-1.8.5.tar + $ tar xf hdf5-1.8.x.tar 2.2 Gzip'd tar archive (*.tar.gz) - $ gunzip < hdf5-1.8.5.tar.gz | tar xf - + $ gunzip < hdf5-1.8.x.tar.gz | tar xf - 2.3 Bzip'd tar archive (*.tar.bz2) - $ bunzip2 < hdf5-1.8.5.tar.bz2 | tar xf - + $ bunzip2 < hdf5-1.8.x.tar.bz2 | tar xf - 2. Setup Environment @@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ Install HDF5 on Cygwin 8. Known Problems - Shared libraries can not be built on Cygwin In release 1.8. + dt_arith tests may fail due to the use of fork. This is a known issue + with cygwin on windows. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |