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Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 24 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ for the install may be found in the file: INSTALL.ascired. Step 0: Install optional third-party packages. * GNU zlib compression library, version 1.0.2 or later is used for - the `deflate' compression method. + the `deflate' compression method. If libz.a cannot be found then + this form of compression is not compiled into the library. Step 1. Unpack the source tree. @@ -28,10 +29,9 @@ Step 1. Unpack the source tree. the following commands: $ tar xf hdf5-1.0.0a.tar OR - $ gunzip <hdf5-1.0.0a.tar.gz |tar xf - OR + $ gunzip <hdf5-1.0.0a.tar.gz |tar xf - OR $ bunzip2 <hdf5-1.0.0a.tar.bz2 |tar xf - OR - $ uncompress -c <hdf5-1.0.0a.tar.Z | tar xf - - + $ uncompress -c <hdf5-1.0.0a.tar.Z |tar xf - Step 2. Configure makefiles. @@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ Step 2. Configure makefiles. name of the file is the result of running ./bin/config.guess. Use config/BlankForm as a template. + * The library can print the names, arguments and values, and + return value from all API functions. The code that does this is + enabled with the `--enable-tracing' configuration switch. In + order to actually see tracing output one should set the + environment variable HDF5_TRACE to a file descriptor number such + as `2'. + * You can see a list of other configuration options by saying $ ./configure --help @@ -100,12 +107,6 @@ Step 3. Compile library, tests, and programs. environment variable in the previous step then use that command instead. The same applies below. - Note: If you're re-building the library after changing some - files and you're not using GNU make and gcc, then you should say - `make clean' from the top directory between each build attempt - since the development Makefiles don't have complete dependency - information yet. - Note: When using GNU make you can add `-j -l6' to the make command to compile in parallel on SMP machines. Do not give a number after the `-j' since GNU make will turn it off for @@ -117,7 +118,8 @@ Step 4. Run confidence tests. $ make test - The command will fail if any test fails. + The command will fail if any test fails, and one will see the + word "*FAIL*" in the output. Note: some old versions of make will report that `test is up to date'. If this happens then run `make _test' instead or run |