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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.
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