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+++ b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-HDF5 version 1.6.4-snap7 released on Sun Feb 13 18:15:48 CST 2005
+HDF5 version 1.6.4 released on Tue Mar 15 20:38:48 CST 2005
================================================================================
-
INTRODUCTION
-
+============
This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.6.3 and
-HDF5-1.6.3-*, and contains information on the platforms tested and
-known problems in HDF5-1.6.3-*. For more details check the HISTORY.txt
+HDF5-1.6.4, and contains information on the platforms tested and
+known problems in HDF5-1.6.4. For more details check the HISTORY.txt
file in the HDF5 source.
The HDF5 documentation can be found on the NCSA ftp server
@@ -22,8 +21,9 @@ If you have any questions or comments, please send them to:
hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu
-CONTENTS
+CONTENTS
+========
- New Features
- Support for new platforms and languages
- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.3
@@ -35,16 +35,26 @@ CONTENTS
New Features
============
+ Source code distribution:
+ -------------------------
+ The High-Level (HL) C APIs were added to the source code distribution.
+ For HL documentation, see
+ http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/hdf5_hl/doc/RM_hdf5hl.html.
+
+ The HL library, libhdf5_hl.a(so), is built and installed by default.
+ Use --disable-hl configure flag to disable the HL library.
Library:
--------
- - Compound datatype has been enhanced with a new feature of size
- adjustment. The size can be increased and decreased(without
+ - We recommend you to use SZIP v2.0 with this release.
+ For more information see
+ http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/doc_resource/SZIP/
+ - The compound datatype has been enhanced with a new feature of size
+ adjustment. The size can be increased and decreased (without
cutting the last member). No API change is involved. SLU -
2004/10/1
- - Removed PABLO support
- 2005/01/20 EIP
+ - Removed PABLO support. 2005/01/20 EIP
Parallel Library:
-----------------
@@ -53,43 +63,57 @@ New Features
Tools:
------
- - New tool, h5jam. See reference manual. 2004/10/08
+ - New tool, h5jam. See HDF5 Reference Manual. 2004/10/08
F90 API:
--------
+ No new features in this release.
C++ API:
--------
+ - Started using C library's reference counting in place of the class
+ RefCounter, which existed before the C mechanism was available.
+ As a result, RefCounter has been removed. 2005/03/12 BMR
Support for new platforms, languages and compilers.
=======================================
+ Configuration
+ -------------
+ - Upgraded from GNU autoconf 2.53 to autoconf 2.59. JML - 2005/01/31
+
+
Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.3 release
==================================
Library
-------
- - H5Tget_member_value calls for enum datatype didn't return correct
- value if H5Tenum_valueof was called first. It's fixed. SLU -
- 2005/02/08
+ - Fixed a racing condition in MPIPOSIX virtual file drive close
+ function. Now all processes must completed the close before any
+ of them is returned. This prevents some "faster" processes start
+ accessing the file for another purpose (e.g., open with truncate)
+ while other "slower" processes have not closed the same file with
+ the previous purpose. AKC - 2005/03/01
+ - H5Tget_member_value calls for enum datatype didn't return correct
+ value if H5Tenum_valueof was called first. It's fixed. SLU -
+ 2005/02/08
- For variable-length string, H5Tget_class returned H5T_STRING as its
- class. But H5Tdetect_class and H5Tget_member_class considered it
- as H5T_VLEN. This is fixed to let all these 3 functions treat it
- as H5T_STRING. SLU - 2005/02/08
+ class. But H5Tdetect_class and H5Tget_member_class considered it
+ as H5T_VLEN. This is fixed to let all these 3 functions treat it
+ as H5T_STRING. SLU - 2005/02/08
- The byte order of all 1-byte integer types was fixed as
- little-endian even on a big-endian machine. It's corrected.
- SLU - 2005/02/07
- - Fix segmentation fault when calling H5Fflush with an attribute that
- hasn't had a value written to it open. QAK - 2004/10/18
- - Back up supporting bitfield and time types in H5Tget_native_type.
- Leave it to future support. The function simply returns error
- message of "not support" for bitfield and time types.
- SLU - 2004/10/5
+ little-endian even on a big-endian machine. It's corrected.
+ SLU - 2005/02/07
+ - Fixed segmentation fault when calling H5Fflush with an attribute that
+ hasn't had a value written to it open. QAK - 2004/10/18
+ - Backed out support for bitfield and time types in H5Tget_native_type.
+ Leave it to future support. The function simply returns error
+ message of "not support" for bitfield and time types. SLU - 2004/10/5
- Fixed address check in Core VFL driver to avoid spurious address/size
- overflows for odd valued addresses and/or sizes. QAK - 2004/09/27
+ overflows for odd valued addresses and/or sizes. QAK - 2004/09/27
- Fixed problem where chunked datasets were not able to be deleted
- from a file under certain circumstances. QAK - 2004/09/27/
+ from a file under certain circumstances. QAK - 2004/09/27/
Configuration
-------------
@@ -99,39 +123,53 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.3 release
code with -O3 option. Changed enable-production default compiler
option to -O2. AKC - 2004/12/06
- Long double is assumed to be a supported C data type. It is a
- stanadard C89 type. AKC - 2004/10/22
-
+ standard C89 type. AKC - 2004/10/22
Performance
-------------
-
+ Many changes were made to the library to improve performance,
+ especially for the variable-length datatypes and metadata cache.
+
Tools
-----
+ - h5fc and h5c++ work correctly when -c compiler flag
+ is used. EIP - 2005/03/14
- Fixed h5dump to print attributes data in ASCII if -r option is used.
AKC - 2004/11/18
- - Fixed space utilization reported in h5ls to correct error in formula
- used. QAK - 2004/10/22
+ - Fixed space utilization reported in h5ls to correct error
+ in formula used. QAK - 2004/10/22
Documentation
-------------
F90 API
-------
- - on windows, previously Fortran DLL built and tested failed,
- now Fortran DLL has been built and tested successfully
- with Dec Fortran 6.6c or Dec Fortran 6.0.
+ - On windows, previously Fortran DLL built and tested failed.
+ Now Fortran DLL has been built and tested successfully
+ with Dec Fortran 6.6c or Dec Fortran 6.0.
+
C++ API
-------
+
+
Documentation
=============
HDF5 Library documentation
--------------------------
+ No substantive changes to the structure or types of content in the
+ HDF5 Library documentation.
Windows installation documentation
----------------------------------
-
+ 1. On Windows zlib has been updated to 1.2.2. You may find the binary at
+ either http://www.zlib.net/zlib122-dll.zip or
+ ftp://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/lib-external/zlib/bin/windows
+ 2. Only DLLs of external libraries (zlib and szip) are linked with the
+ HDF5 Library. We will no longer provide binary to link static library
+ with HDF5. For details, please check INSTALL_Windows in this directory.
+
Platforms Tested
================
@@ -146,205 +184,194 @@ Platforms Tested
xlC 5.0.2.5
mpcc_r 5.0.2.5
mpxlf_r 7.1.1.2
- AIX 5.2 xlc 6.0.0.8
+ AIX 5.2 (32/64 bit) xlc 6.0.0.8
+ xlC 6.0.0.9
+ xlf 8.1.1.7
+ mpcc_r 6.0.0.8
+ mpxlf_r 8.1.1.7
+ AIX 5.2 (32/64 bit, LLNL frost) xlc 6.0.0.8
xlC 6.0.0.8
- xlf 8.1.1.6
+ xlf 8.1.1.7
mpcc_r 6.0.0.8
- mpxlf_r 8.1.1.6
+ mpxlf_r 8.1.1.7
Cray T90 sn7001 10.0.0md Cray Standard C Version 6.4.0.3
Cray Fortran Version 3.4.0.0
- Cray T3E sn6606 2.0.6.08 Cray Standard C Version 6.6.0.3
- Cray Fortran Version 3.6.0.3
Cray SV1 sn9617 10.0.1.2 Cray Standard C Version 6.6.0.3.6
Cray Fortran Version 3.6.0.3.1
FreeBSD 4.9 gcc 2.95.4
g++ 2.95.4
+ gcc 3.2.3, 3.3.6, 3.4.4, 4.0.0
HP-UX B.11.00 HP C HP92453-01 A.11.01.20
HP F90 v2.4
HP ANSI C++ B3910B A.03.13
MPIch 1.2.4
+ IRIX64 6.5 (tesla -64) MIPSpro cc 7.4.2m
+ F90 MIPSpro 7.4.2m
+ C++ MIPSpro cc 7.4.2m
IRIX64 6.5 (64 & n32) MIPSpro cc 7.3.1.3m
F90 MIPSpro 7.3.1.3m (64 only)
C++ MIPSpro cc 7.3.1.3m
mpt 1.6
- Linux 2.4.18 gcc 2.96, 3.3.2
- g++ 3.3.2
- Intel(R) C++ Version 7.1
- Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 7.1
- PGI compilers (pgcc, pgf90, pgCC) version 5.0-2
- MPIch 1.2.4
+ Linux 2.4.20-28.7 gcc 2.96
+ (eirene, verbena) gcc 3.3.2
+ PGI compilers (pgcc, pgf90, pgCC)
+ version 5.2-1
Absoft Fortran compiler v9.0
- Linux 2.4.20-8 gcc 3.3.2
- PGI compilers (pgcc, pgf90, pgCC) version 5.0-2
- MPIch 1.2.4
- Linux 2.4.21-2.9.5ws #3 gcc 3.2.3 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-16)
- SMP x86_64 g++ 3.2.3
- Linux 2.4.21-4.ELsmp Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.0
- Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.0
- gcc 3.4.0
- MPICH 1..5.2 Inmel 8.0
- Linux 2.4.19-SMP x86_64 gcc (GCC) 3.2.2 (SuSE Linux)
- g++ 3.2.2
- Linux 2.6.4-52smp x86_64 gcc 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux 9.1 AMD64))
- PGI 5.2-1 C and F90
-
- Linux 2.4.21-sgi Altix
- SMP ia64 Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
- Intel(R) Fortran Itanium(R) Version 8.0
+ Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.1
+ Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.1
+ MPIch 1.2.6
+ Linux 2.4.21-268-smp x86_64 gcc 3.3.1 (SuSE Linux, AMD)
+ (mir) PGI 5.2-1 C and F90 (with k3-32)
+ Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.1
+ Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.1
+ Linux 2.4.21-sgi303r2 Altix
+ SMP ia64 Intel(R) C++ Version 8.1
+ (cobalt) Intel(R) Fortran Itanium(R) Version 8.1
SGI MPI
- OSF1 V5.1 Compaq C V6.5-303
+ OSF1 V5.1 (QSC) Compaq C V6.5-011
+ HP Fortran V5.5A-3548
+ Compaq C++ V6.5-036
+ MPIX200_64_r13.4
+ OSF1 V5.1 (PSC) Compaq C V6.5-303
HP Fortran V5.5A-3548
Compaq C++ V6.5-040
- MPI_64bit_R13
- SunOS 5.7(32 and 64 bit) WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0
- (Solaris 2.7) WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C++ 5.0
- WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/10/25
+ MPIX200_64_r13.4
FORTRAN 90 2.0 Patch 107356-04
- SunOS 5.8(32 and 64 bit) Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3
+ SunOS 5.8 32,46 Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3
(Solaris 2.8) Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 Fortran 90
Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3
- TFLOPS r1.0.4 v4.4.3 i386 pgcc Rel 3.1-4i with mpich-1.2.4 with
+ SunOS 5.9 32,64 Sun C 5.6 2004/07/15
+ (Solaris 2.9) Sun Fortran 95 8.0 2004/07/15
+ Sun C++ 5.6 2004/07/15
+ TFLOPS r1.0.4 v4.5.2 i386 pgcc Rel 3.1-4i with mpich-1.2.4 with
local modifications
- IA-32 Linux 2.4.18 gcc 2.96
- Intel(R) C++ Version 7.0
- Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 7.0
-
Xeon Linux 2.4.20-31.9smp_perfctr_lustre
- Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
+ (tungsten) Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.0
-
- IA-64 Linux 2.4.16 ia64 gcc version 3.0.4
- Intel(R) C++ Version 7.1
- Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 7.1
-
IA-64 Linux 2.4.21.SuSE_128.bef1 ia64
- Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
+ (NCSA tg-login) Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.0
mpich-gm-1.2.5..intel
-
- Windows 2000 (NT5.0) MSVC++ 6.0
- MSVC++ .NET
- DEC Visual Fortran 6.0
- Intel C and F90 compilers version 7.1
- Code Warrior 8.0
Windows XP MSVC++.NET
MSVC++ 6.0
- DEC Visual Fortran 6.0
-
+ Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6C
+ Intel 8.1 C++
MAC OS X Darwin 7.5
gcc and g++ Apple Computer, Inc. GCC
version 1175, based on gcc version 3.3.2
IBM XL Fortran version 8.1
Absoft Fortran compiler v8.2
-
Supported Configuration Features Summary
========================================
-Key: y = tested and supported
- n = not supported or not tested in this release
- x = not working in this release
+Key: y = tested and supported
+ n = not supported or not tested in this release
+ x = not working in this release
dna = does not apply
( ) = footnote appears below second table
Platform C F90 F90 C++ zlib SZIP
parallel parallel
-Solaris2.7 64-bit y (1) y y (1) y y y
-Solaris2.7 32-bit y (1) y y (1) y y y
-Solaris2.8 64-bit y (1) y y (1) y y y
-Solaris2.8 32-bit y y y (1) y y y
-IRIX64_6.5 64-bit y (2) y y y y y
-IRIX64_6.5 32-bit y (2) n n n y y
-HPUX11.00 y (1) y y y y y
+Solaris2.8 64-bit y y y(1) y y y
+Solaris2.8 32-bit y y y(1) y y y
+Solaris2.9 64-bit y(1) y y(1) y y y
+Solaris2.9 32-bit y(1) y y(1) y y y
+IRIX64_6.5 64-bit y(2) y y y y y
+IRIX64_6.5 32-bit y(2) n n n y y
+HPUX11.00 y(1) y y y y y
OSF1 v5.1 y y y y y y
T90 IEEE n y n n y n
-T3E y (5) y y (5) n y n
-SV1 y (5) y y (5) n y n
-TFLOPS y (1) n n n y n
+SV1 y(5) y y(5) n y n
+TFLOPS y(1) n n n y n
AIX-5.1 & 5.2 32-bit y y y y y y
AIX-5.1 & 5.2 64-bit y y y y y y
-WinXP Visual Studio 6.0 n y (9) n y y y
-WinXP .Net n n n y y y
-WinXP Code Warrior n n n n y y
-Win2000 Visual Studio 6.0 n y (10) n y y y
-Win2000 Visual Studio Intel (6) n y n y y y
-Win2000 .Net n n n y y y
-Mac OS X 10.3 n y (11) n y y y
-FreeBSD 4.9 y (1) n n y y y
-RedHat 7 W (3) y (1) y (12) n y y y
+WinXP Visual Studio 6.0 n y(9) n y y y
+WinXP .Net n n n y(8) y y
+Mac OS X 10.3 n y(10) n y y y
+FreeBSD 4.9 y(1) n n y y y
+RedHat 7.3 W (3) y(1) y(11) n y y y
RedHat 7.3 W Intel (3) n y n y y y
-RedHat 7.3 W PGI (3) n y n y y y
-RedHat 8 & SuSe x86_64 gcc (3) n y (13) n y y y
-Linux 2.4 Xeon C Lustre Intel (3,7) n y n y y y
-Linux 2.4 SuSE ia64 C Intel (3,8) y y y y y y
+RedHat 7.3 W PGI (3) n y n y y y
+SuSe x86_64 gcc (3,13) n y(12) n y y y
+SuSe x86_64 icc (3,13) n y(14) n y y y
+Linux 2.4 Xeon C Lustre Intel (3,6) n y n y y y
+Linux 2.4 SuSE ia64 C Intel (3,7) y y y y y y
Linux 2.4 SGI Altix ia64 Intel (3) y y y y y y
-Platform Shared static- Thread- STREAM-
- libraries (4) exec safe VFD
-Solaris2.7 64-bit y x y y
-Solaris2.7 32-bit y x y y
-Solaris2.8 64-bit y x y y
-Solaris2.8 32-bit y x y y
-IRIX64_6.5 64-bit y y y y
-IRIX64_6.5 32-bit y y y y
-HPUX11.00 y x n y
-OSF1 v5.1 y y n y
-T90 IEEE n y n y
-T3E n y n y
-SV1 n y n y
-TFLOPS n y n n
-AIX-5.1 & 5.2 32-bit n y n y
-AIX-5.1 & 5.2 64-bit n y n y
-WinXP Visual Studio 6.0 y y n n
-WinXP .Net y y n n
-WinXP Code Warrior n y n n
-Win2000 Visual Studio 6.0 y y n n
-Win2000 Visual Studio Intel (6) y y n n
-Win2000 .Net y y n n
-Mac OS X 10.3 y y n y
-FreeBSD 4.9 y y y y
-RedHat 7 W (3) y y y y
-RedHat 7.3 W Intel (3) n y n y
-RedHat 7.3 W PGI (3) n y n y
-RedHat 8 & SuSe x86_64 gcc (3) n y n y
-Linux 2.4 Xeon C Lustre Intel (3,7) y y n y
-Linux 2.4 SuSE ia64 C Intel (3,8) y y n n
-Linux 2.4 SGI Altix ia64 Intel (3) y y n y
-
+Platform Shared static- Thread- STREAM-
+ libraries(4) exec safe VFD
+Solaris2.8 64-bit y x y y
+Solaris2.8 32-bit y x y y
+Solaris2.9 64-bit y x y y
+Solaris2.9 32-bit y x y y
+IRIX64_6.5 64-bit y y y y
+IRIX64_6.5 32-bit y y y y
+HPUX11.00 y x n y
+OSF1 v5.1 y y n y
+T90 IEEE n y n y
+SV1 n y n y
+TFLOPS n y n n
+AIX-5.1 & 5.2 32-bit n y n y
+AIX-5.1 & 5.2 64-bit n y n y
+WinXP Visual Studio 6.0 y y n n
+WinXP .Net y y n n
+Mac OS X 10.3 y y n y
+FreeBSD 4.9 y y y y
+RedHat 7.3 W (3) y y y y
+RedHat 7.3 W Intel (3) n y n y
+RedHat 7.3 W PGI (3) n y n y
+SuSe x86_64 gcc (3,13) n y n y
+SuSe x86_64 icc (3,13) y y(15) n y
+Linux 2.4 Xeon C Lustre Intel (3,6) y y n y
+Linux 2.4 SuSE ia64 C Intel (3,7) y y n n
+Linux 2.4 SGI Altix ia64 Intel (3) y y n y
Compiler versions for each platform are listed in the "Platforms Tested"
table found elsewhere in this file (RELEASE.txt). Unless otherwise noted,
compilers used are the system compilers.
-Footnotes: (1) Using mpich 1.2.4
- (2) Using mpt and mpich 1.2.4
- (3) Linux 2.4 with GNU, Intel, and PGI compilers, as indicated
- W or C indicates workstation or cluster, respectively
+Footnotes: (1) Using mpich 1.2.6
+ (2) Using mpt and mpich 1.2.6.
+ (3) Linux 2.4 with GNU, Intel, and PGI compilers, as indicated.
+ W or C indicates workstation or cluster, respectively.
(4) Shared libraries are provided only for the C library,
- except on Windows where they are provided for C and C++
- (5) Using mpt
- (6) Intel 7.1 compilers in Visual Studio 6.0 environment
- (7) Linux 2.4.20-31.9. Xeon cluster with smp_perfctr_lustre
+ except on Windows where they are provided for C and C++.
+ (5) Using mpt.
+ (6) Linux 2.4.20-31.9. Xeon cluster with smp_perfctr_lustre
and Intel compilers
- (8) Linux 2.4.21, SuSE_128.befl. Ia64 cluster with Intel compilers
- (9) DEC Visual Fortran 6.0 and Intel 7.1
- (10) DEC Visual Fortran 6.0
- (11) IBM XLF and Absoft
- (12) PGI, Absoft
- (13) PGI
- FMB/EIP - 2004/09/21
-
+ (7) Linux 2.4.21, SuSE_128.befl. Ia64 cluster with Intel compilers
+ (8) Intel 8.1
+ (9) Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6C
+ (10) IBM XLF and Absoft
+ (11) PGI, Absoft. No shared libraries with Absoft;
+ use '--disable-shared'.
+ (12) PGI and Intel compilers for both C and Fortran
+ (13) AMD Opteron x86_64
+ (14) ifort
+ (15) Yes with C and Fortran, but not with C++
+ FMB/EIP - 2005/03/15
Known Problems
==============
+* test/big fails sometimes with the message "Possible overlap with another
+ region." The test selects regions randomly, and this error occurs when
+ two regions overlap each other; it is an bug in the test and not in
+ HDF5. Since the error is triggered by a random situation, it will
+ usually disappear if the test is re-run.
+
+* Cray SV1 fails to correctly convert between floating-point and "long double"
+ for software conversion. Problem is being investigated. SLU - 2005/03/04
+
* Newer SGI MIPSpro compilers (version 7.4.x) support C99 features but it
has a "guard" statement in stdint.h that will #error and skip the rest
- of the header file if C99 option is not used explicitely. Hardset
+ of the header file if C99 option is not used explicitly. Hardset
$CC to c99 will resolve the problem. AKC - 2004/12/13
+
* On IBM AIX systems, parallel HDF5 mode will fail some tests with error
messages like "INFO: 0031-XXX ...". This is from the command poe.
Set the environment variable MP_INFOLEVEL to 0 to minimize the messages
@@ -357,16 +384,12 @@ Known Problems
Ask your system administrator to clean them out. Lastly, request IBM
to provide a mean to run poe without the debug socket.
-* h5fc and h5c++ compilation scripts have a bug: object files (*.o) cannot be
- created when source code is compiled using h5fc or h5c++. We will provide
- a fix. Please check ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/current/src/patches/
- for the patches.
-
-* Fortran subroutine h5pget_driver_f doesn't return a correct driver information.
+* Fortran subroutine h5pget_driver_f doesn't return a correct driver
+ information.
-* There are two h5dump xml tests(h5dump --xml thlink.h5 and h5dump --xml tmany.h5)
- failed on windows xp with .NET for debug and debug dll. Release and Release
- dll work fine.
+* There are two h5dump xml tests(h5dump --xml thlink.h5 and
+ h5dump --xml tmany.h5) failed on windows xp with .NET for debug and
+ debug dll. Release and Release dll work fine.
* The h5dump tests may fail to match the expected output on some platforms
(e.g. parallel jobs, Windows) where the error messages directed to
@@ -400,10 +423,10 @@ Known Problems
program to fail.
* Certain platforms give false negatives when testing h5ls:
- - Cray J90 and Cray T90IEEE give errors during testing when displaying
+ - Cray T90IEEE 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.
+ the different precision in the values displayed.
+ h5ls appears to be dumping floating-point numbers correctly.
* Before building HDF5 F90 Library from source on Crays
replace H5Aff.f90, H5Dff.f90 and H5Pff.f90 files in the fortran/src
@@ -411,27 +434,13 @@ Known Problems
from the site:
ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/current/src/patches/
-* On some platforms that use Intel and Absoft compilers to build HDF5 fortran library,
- compilation may fail for fortranlib_test.f90, fflush1.f90 and fflush2.f90
- complaining about exit subroutine. Comment out the line
+* On some platforms that use Intel and Absoft compilers to build HDF5 fortran
+ library, compilation may fail for fortranlib_test.f90, fflush1.f90 and
+ fflush2.f90 complaining about exit subroutine. Comment out the line
IF (total_error .ne. 0) CALL exit (total_error)
-* On IA32 and IA64 systems, if you use a compiler other than GCC (such as
- Intel's ecc or icc compilers), you will need to modify the generated
- "libtool" program after configuration is finished. On or around line 104 of
- the libtool file, there are lines which look like:
-
- # How to pass a linker flag through the compiler.
- wl=""
-
- change these lines to this:
-
- # How to pass a linker flag through the compiler.
- wl="-Wl,"
-
- UPDATE: This is now done automatically by the configure script. However, if
- you still experience a problem, you may want to check this line in the
- libtool file and make sure that it has the correct value.
+* Use --disable-shared configure flag if building with Absoft Fortran
+ compiler
* Information about building with PGI and Intel compilers is available in
INSTALL file sections 5.7 and 5.8
@@ -451,6 +460,15 @@ Known Problems
setenv CXX "pgCC --instantiate=local" for pgCC 5.02 and higher
setenv CXX "pgCC -tlocal" for others
+* Fortran release DLL randomly failed with compaq visual fortran 6.6c on
+ windows.
+
+* Fortran DLL built with Intel 8.1 in .NET environment crushed the compiler,
+ To build Fortran Static library with Intel 8.1 in .NET environment
+ needs manually setting the project file,
+ please contact to hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu if you need to build
+ fortran static library with Intel 8.1 with .NET environment.
+
* On at least one system, (SDSC DataStar), the scheduler (in this case
LoadLeveler) sends job status updates to standard error when you run
any executable that was compiled with the parallel compilers.
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