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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index c62e8d9..da46821 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -56,6 +56,26 @@ New Features ------------- - CMake + Change minimum version to 3.10. + + This change removes the need to support a copy of the FindMPI.cmake module, + which has been removed, along with its subfolder in the config/cmake_ext_mod + location. + + (ADB - 2018/03/09) + + - CMake + + Add pkg-config file generation + + Added pkg-config file generation for the C, C++, HL, and HL C++ libraries. + In addition, builds on linux will create h5cXXX scripts that use the pkg-config + files. This is a limited implementation of a script like autotools h5cc. + + (ADB - 2018/03/08, HDFFV-4359) + + - CMake + Refactor use of CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE for new variable, which understands the type of generator in use. @@ -204,7 +224,63 @@ New Features C++ Library: ------------ - - + - The following wrappers are added: + + + H5Lcreate_soft: + // Creates a soft link from link_name to target_name. + void link(const char *target_name, const char *link_name,...) + void link(const H5std_string& target_name,...) + + + H5Lcreate_hard: + // Creates a hard link from new_name to curr_name. + void link(const char *curr_name, const Group& new_loc,...) + void link(const H5std_string& curr_name, const Group& new_loc,...) + + // Creates a hard link from new_name to curr_name in same location. + void link(const char *curr_name, const hid_t same_loc,...) + void link(const H5std_string& curr_name, const hid_t same_loc,...) + + Note: previous version of H5Location::link will be deprecated. + + + H5Lcopy: + // Copy an object from a group of file to another. + void copyLink(const char *src_name, const Group& dst,...) + void copyLink(const H5std_string& src_name, const Group& dst,...) + + // Copy an object from a group of file to the same location. + void copyLink(const char *src_name, const char *dst_name,...) + void copyLink(const H5std_string& src_name,...) + + + H5Lmove: + // Rename an object in a group or file to a new location. + void moveLink(const char* src_name, const Group& dst,...) + void moveLink(const H5std_string& src_name, const Group& dst,...) + + // Rename an object in a group or file to the same location. + void moveLink(const char* src_name, const char* dst_name,...) + void moveLink(const H5std_string& src_name,...) + + Note: previous version H5Location::move will be deprecated. + + + H5Ldelete: + // Removes the specified link from this location. + void unlink(const char *link_name, + const LinkAccPropList& lapl = LinkAccPropList::DEFAULT) + void unlink(const H5std_string& link_name, + const LinkAccPropList& lapl = LinkAccPropList::DEFAULT) + + - Added class LinkCreatPropList + + - Added overloaded functions H5Location::createGroup to take a link + creation property list + Group createGroup(const char* name, const LinkCreatPropList& lcpl) + Group createGroup(const H5std_string& name, const LinkCreatPropList& lcpl) + - Added wrapper for H5Lget_info() to H5Location + // Returns the information of the named link. + H5L_info_t getLinkInfo(const H5std_string& link_name,...) + + (BMR - 2018/03/11, HDFFV-10149) + Java Library: ---------------- @@ -298,6 +374,18 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.1 release (VC - 2017/11/28, HDFFV-9947) + - H5Pset_evict_on_close in H5Pfapl.c + + Changed the minor error number from H5E_CANTSET to H5E_UNSUPPORTED for + parallel library. + (ADB - 2018/03/6, HDFFV-10414) + + - Utility function can not handle lowercase Windows drive letters + + Added call to toupper function for drive letter. + + (ADB - 2017/12/18, HDFFV-10307) + - filter plugin handling in H5PL.c and H5Z.c It was discovered that the dynamic loading process used by @@ -409,6 +497,63 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.1 release (RAW - 2017/12/01, HDFFV-10272) + - If an HDF5 file contains a filter pipeline message with a 'number of + filters' field that exceeds the maximum number of allowed filters, + the error handling code will attempt to dereference a NULL pointer. + + This issue was reported to The HDF Group as issue #CVE-2017-17505. + + NOTE: The HDF5 C library cannot produce such a file. This condition + should only occur in a corrupt (or deliberately altered) file + or a file created by third-party software. + + This problem arose because the error handling code assumed that + the 'number of filters' field implied that a dynamic array of that + size had already been created and that the cleanup code should + iterate over that array and clean up each element's resources. If + an error occurred before the array has been allocated, this will + not be true. + + This has been changed so that the number of filters is set to + zero on errors. Additionally, the filter array traversal in the + error handling code now requires that the filter array not be NULL. + + (DER - 2018/02/06, HDFFV-10354) + + - If an HDF5 file contains a filter pipeline message which contains + a 'number of filters' field that exceeds the actual number of + filters in the message, the HDF5 C library will read off the end of + the read buffer. + + This issue was reported to The HDF Group as issue #CVE-2017-17506. + + NOTE: The HDF5 C library cannot produce such a file. This condition + should only occur in a corrupt (or deliberately altered) file + or a file created by third-party software. + + The problem was fixed by passing the buffer size with the buffer + and ensuring that the pointer cannot be incremented off the end + of the buffer. A mismatch between the number of filters declared + and the actual number of filters will now invoke normal HDF5 + error handling. + + (DER - 2018/02/26, HDFFV-10355) + + - If an HDF5 file contains a malformed compound type which contains + a member of size zero, a division by zero error will occur while + processing the type. + + This issue was reported to The HDF Group as issue #CVE-2017-17508. + + NOTE: The HDF5 C library cannot produce such a file. This condition + should only occur in a corrupt (or deliberately altered) file + or a file created by third-party software. + + Checking for zero before dividing fixes the problem. Instead of the + division by zero, the normal HDF5 error handling is invoked. + + (DER - 2018/02/26, HDFFV-10357) + Configuration ------------- - CMake |