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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 7330f4a..bb0448e 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ HDF5 source. Note that documentation in the links below will be updated at the time of each final release. -Links to HDF5 documentation can be found on The HDF5 web page: +Links to HDF5 documentation can be found on: - https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5/HDF5 + https://portal.hdfgroup.org/documentation/ The official HDF5 releases can be obtained from: @@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ New Features Configuration: ------------- + - Deprecate bin/cmakehdf5 script + + With the improvements made in CMake since version 3.23 and the addition + of CMake preset files, this script is no longer necessary. + + See INSTALL_CMake.txt file, Section X: Using CMakePresets.json for compiling + - Overhauled LFS support checks In 2024, we can assume that Large File Support (LFS) exists on all @@ -640,6 +647,20 @@ Support for new platforms, languages and compilers Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.14.0 release =================================== + Configuration: + ------------- + - Fix Autotools -Werror cleanup + + The Autotools temporarily scrub -Werror(=whatever) from CFLAGS, etc. + so configure checks don't trip over warnings generated by configure + check programs. The sed line originally only scrubbed -Werror but not + -Werror=something, which would cause errors when the '=something' was + left behind in CFLAGS. + + The sed line has been updated to handle -Werror=something lines. + + Fixes one issue raised in #3872 + Library ------- - Fixed a bug that causes the library to incorrectly identify @@ -678,6 +699,13 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.14.0 release overflow. Rather than return positive infinity, the library would return truncated data. This has now been fixed. + - Fixed error when overwriting certain nested variable length types + + Previously, when using a datatype that included a variable length type + within a compound or array within another variable length type, and + overwriting data with a shorter (top level) variable length sequence, an + error could occur. This has been fixed. + - Fixed asserts raised by large values of H5Pset_est_link_info() parameters If large values for est_num_entries and/or est_name_len were passed @@ -1641,6 +1669,9 @@ Known Problems in the HDF5 source. Please report any new problems found to help@hdfgroup.org. + File space may not be released when overwriting or deleting certain nested + variable length or reference types. + CMake vs. Autotools installations ================================= |