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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 0962a59..07c2711 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -36,6 +36,28 @@ New Features Configuration: -------------- + - HDF5 now uses automake 1.9.5 to generate Makefiles.in. + This has a number of effects on users: + The Fortran compiler should be set using the environment + variable $FC, not $F9X. F9X still works, but is depreciated. + The output of make may be different. This should be only a + cosmetic effect. + make depened (or make dep) is no longer recognized, since automake + handles dependency tracking. + Some new configure options exist. --enable-dependency-tracking + and --disable-dependency-tracking are used to control automake's + dependency tracking. Dependencies are on by default *on most + platforms and compilers*. If --enable-dependency-tracking is + used, they will be enabled on any platform. However, this can + slow down builds or even cause build errors in some cases. + Likewise, --disable-dependency-tracking can speed up builds and + avoid some build errors. + Some make targets have alternate names. make check-install and + make installcheck do the same thing, for instance. + pmake on IRIX can be invoked from the root directory, but the + -V flag must be used to invoke it in any subdirectory or it + will give an error about undefined variables. + JML 2005/01 - 2005/03 - Hardware conversion between long double and integers is also added. SLU 2005/02/10 - Started to support software conversion between long double and |