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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index 7adcb2a..0749440 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ CONTENTS
- Platforms Tested
- Known Problems
-Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.0
+Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.2
==========================
Library
-------
+
* Fixed bug with contiguous hyperslabs not being detected, causing
slower I/O than necessary.
* Fixed bug where non-aligned hyperslab I/O on chunked datasets was
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ Library
Configuration
-------------
+
* Changed the default value of $NPROCS from 2 to 3 since 3 processes
have a much bigger chance catching parallel errors than just 2.
* Basic port to Compaq (nee DEC) Alpha OSF 5.
@@ -85,6 +87,10 @@ Configuration
Tools
-----
+ * Fixed segfault when "-v" flag was used with the h5dumper.
+ * Fixed so that the "-i" flag works correctly with the h5dumper.
+
+
Documentation
-------------
@@ -132,9 +138,10 @@ New Features
the basic way of using parallel HDF5.
* Added a new public macro, H5_VERS_INFO, which is a string holding
the HDF5 library version information. This string is also compiled
- into all HDF5 binary code which helps to identify the version information
- of the binary code. One may use the Unix strings command on the binary
- file and looks for the pattern "HDF5 library version".
+ into all HDF5 binary code which helps to identify the version
+ information of the binary code. One may use the Unix strings
+ command on the binary file and looks for the pattern "HDF5 library
+ version".
* Added new checking in H5check_version() to verify the five HDF5 version
information macros (H5_VERS_MAJOR, H5_VERS_MINOR, H5_VERS_RELEASE,
H5_VERS_SUBRELEASE and H5_VERS_INFO) are consistent.
@@ -182,10 +189,11 @@ Known Problems
==============
* DLLs do not work on Windows 98 (and probably on NT and 2000 too)
-* The stream-vfd test uses ip port 10007 for testing. If another application
- is already using that port address, the test will hang indefinitely and
- has to be terminated by the kill command. To try the test again, change
- the port address in test/stream_test.c to one not being used in the host.
+* The stream-vfd test uses ip port 10007 for testing. If another
+ application is already using that port address, the test will hang
+ indefinitely and has to be terminated by the kill command. To try the
+ test again, change the port address in test/stream_test.c to one not
+ being used in the host.
* The --enable-static-exec configure flag fails to compile for Solaris
platforms. This is due to the fact that not all of the system
@@ -211,19 +219,20 @@ Known Problems
* When building hdf5 tools and applications on windows platform, a linking
warning: defaultlib "LIBC" conflicts with use of other libs will appear
- on debug version when running VC++6.0. This warning doesn't affect building
- and testing hdf5 applications. We will continue investigating this.
+ on debug version when running VC++6.0. This warning doesn't affect
+ building and testing hdf5 applications. We will continue investigating
+ this.
-* h5toh4 converter fails two cases(tstr.h5 and tmany.h5) for release dll version on
- windows 2000 and NT. The reason is possibly due to windows NT DLL
- convention on freeing memory. It seems that memory cannot be free
- across library or DLL. It is still under investigated.
+* h5toh4 converter fails two cases (tstr.h5 and tmany.h5) for release dll
+ version on windows 2000 and NT. The reason is possibly due to windows
+ NT DLL convention on freeing memory. It seems that memory cannot be
+ free across library or DLL. It is still under investigated.
-* The Stream VFD was not tested yet under Windows.
- It is not supported in the TFLOPS machine.
+* The Stream VFD was not tested yet under Windows. It is not supported
+ in the TFLOPS machine.
-* Shared library option is broken for IBM SP and some Origin 2000 platforms.
- One needs to run ./configure with '--disable-shared'
+* Shared library option is broken for IBM SP and some Origin 2000
+ platforms. One needs to run ./configure with '--disable-shared'
* The ./dsets tests failed in the TFLOPS machine if the test program,
dsets.c, is compiled with the -O option. The hdf5 library still works
@@ -232,30 +241,33 @@ Known Problems
program to fail.
* Certain platforms give false negatives when testing h5ls:
+
- Solaris x86 2.5.1, Cray T3E and Cray J90 give errors during testing
- when displaying object references in certain files. These are benign
- differences due to the difference in sizes of the objects created on
- those platforms. h5ls appears to be dumping object references
- correctly.
+ when displaying object references in certain files. These are
+ benign differences due to the difference in sizes of the objects
+ created on those platforms. h5ls appears to be dumping object
+ references correctly.
+
- Cray J90 (and Cray T3E?) give errors during testing when displaying
- some floating-point values. These are benign differences due to the
- different precision in the values displayed and h5ls appears to be
- dumping floating-point numbers correctly.
+ some floating-point values. These are benign differences due to
+ the different precision in the values displayed and h5ls appears to
+ be dumping floating-point numbers correctly.
* Before building HDF5 F90 Library from source on Crays (T3E and J90)
- replace H5Aff.f90, H5Dff.f90 and H5Pff.f90 files in the fortran/src subdirectory
- in the top level directory with the Cray-specific files from the
+ replace H5Aff.f90, H5Dff.f90 and H5Pff.f90 files in the fortran/src
+ subdirectory in the top level directory with the Cray-specific files
+ from the site:
+
ftp://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/pub/ougoing/hdf5/hdf5-1.4.0-beta/F90_source_for_Crays
- directory.
* The h4toh5 utility produces images that do not correctly conform
to the HDF5 Image and Palette Specification.
http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/ImageSpec.html
- Several required HDF5 attributes are omitted, and the dataspace
- is reversed (i.e., the ht. and width of the image dataset is
- incorrectly described.) For more information, please see:
+ Several required HDF5 attributes are omitted, and the dataspace is
+ reversed (i.e., the ht. and width of the image dataset is incorrectly
+ described.) For more information, please see:
http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/H5Image/ImageDetails.htm