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1 files changed, 30 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt index fa70823..1b3ade0 100644 --- a/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt +++ b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt @@ -35,20 +35,26 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.0 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 - causing errors during I/O - * The RCSID string in H5public.h was causing the C++ compiling problem - because when it was included multiple times, C++ did not like multiple - definitions of the same static variable. All occurance of RCSID - definition are removed since we have not used it consistently before. + * 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 + causing errors during I/O + * The RCSID string in H5public.h was causing the C++ compiling problem + because when it was included multiple times, C++ did not like multiple + definitions of the same static variable. All occurance of RCSID + definition are removed since we have not used it consistently before. + * Fixed bug with non-zero userblock sizes causing raw data to not write + correctly. + * Fixed build on Linux systems with --enable-static-exec flag. It now + works correctly. + * IMPORTANT: Fixed file metadata corruption bug which could cause metadata + data loss in certain situations. 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. Tools @@ -62,13 +68,20 @@ New Features ============ * C++ API: - - Added two new member functions: Exception::getFuncName() and - Exception::getCFuncName() to provide the name of the member - function, where an exception is thrown. - - IdComponent::operator= becomes a virtual function because DataType, - DataSpace, and PropList provide their own implementation. The new - operator= functions invoke H5Tcopy, H5Scopy, and H5Pcopy to make a - copy of a datatype, dataspace, and property list, respectively. + - Added two new member functions: Exception::getFuncName() and + Exception::getCFuncName() to provide the name of the member + function, where an exception is thrown. + - IdComponent::operator= becomes a virtual function because + DataType, DataSpace, and PropList provide their own + implementation. The new operator= functions invoke H5Tcopy, + H5Scopy, and H5Pcopy to make a copy of a datatype, dataspace, + and property list, respectively. + * F90 API: + - Added aditional parameter "dims" to the h5dread/h5dwrite and + h5aread/h5awrite subroutines. This parameter is 1D array of size + 7 and contains the sizes of the data buffer dimensions. + * F90 static library is available on Windows platforms. See + INSTALL_Windows.txt for details. Platforms Tested @@ -106,6 +119,7 @@ Platforms Tested 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 @@ -117,9 +131,6 @@ Known Problems libraries on Solaris are available in a static format. The --enable-static-exec configure flag also fails to correctly compile - on Linux platforms using the gcc-2.95.2 compiler. - - The --enable-static-exec configure flag also fails to correctly compile on IBM SP2 platform for the serial mode. The parallel mode works fine with this option. |