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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index d309e63..b473a0d 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -199,19 +199,19 @@ New Features - CMake option to build the HDF filter plugins project as an external project - The HDF filter plugins project is a collection of registered compression - filters that can be dynamically loaded when needed to access data stored - in a hdf5 file. This CMake-only option allows the plugins to be built and - distributed with the hdf5 library and tools. Like the options for szip and - zlib, either a tgz file or a git repository can be specified for the source. + The HDF filter plugins project is a collection of registered compression + filters that can be dynamically loaded when needed to access data stored + in a hdf5 file. This CMake-only option allows the plugins to be built and + distributed with the hdf5 library and tools. Like the options for szip and + zlib, either a tgz file or a git repository can be specified for the source. - The option was refactored to use the CMake FetchContent process. This allows - more control over the filter targets, but required external project command - options to be moved to a CMake include file, HDF5PluginCache.cmake. Also - enabled the filter examples to be used as tests for operation of the - filter plugins. + The option was refactored to use the CMake FetchContent process. This allows + more control over the filter targets, but required external project command + options to be moved to a CMake include file, HDF5PluginCache.cmake. Also + enabled the filter examples to be used as tests for operation of the + filter plugins. - (ADB - 2020/12/10, OESS-98) + (ADB - 2020/12/10, OESS-98) - FreeBSD Autotools configuration now defaults to 'cc' and 'c++' compilers @@ -264,244 +264,244 @@ New Features - Autotools and CMake target added to produce doxygen generated documentation - The default is OFF or disabled. - Autoconf option is '--enable-doxygen' - autotools make target is 'doxygen' and will build all doxygen targets - CMake configure option is 'HDF5_BUILD_DOC'. - CMake target is 'doxygen' for all available doxygen targets - CMake target is 'hdf5lib_doc' for the src subdirectory + The default is OFF or disabled. + Autoconf option is '--enable-doxygen' + autotools make target is 'doxygen' and will build all doxygen targets + CMake configure option is 'HDF5_BUILD_DOC'. + CMake target is 'doxygen' for all available doxygen targets + CMake target is 'hdf5lib_doc' for the src subdirectory - (ADB - 2020/11/03) + (ADB - 2020/11/03) - CMake option to use MSVC naming conventions with MinGW - HDF5_MSVC_NAMING_CONVENTION option enable to use MSVC naming conventions - when using a MinGW toolchain + HDF5_MSVC_NAMING_CONVENTION option enable to use MSVC naming conventions + when using a MinGW toolchain - (xan - 2020/10/30) + (xan - 2020/10/30) - CMake option to statically link gcc libs with MinGW - HDF5_MINGW_STATIC_GCC_LIBS allows to statically link libg/libstdc++ - with the MinGW toolchain + HDF5_MINGW_STATIC_GCC_LIBS allows to statically link libg/libstdc++ + with the MinGW toolchain - (xan - 2020/10/30) + (xan - 2020/10/30) - CMake option to build the HDF filter plugins project as an external project - The HDF filter plugins project is a collection of registered compression - filters that can be dynamically loaded when needed to access data stored - in a hdf5 file. This CMake-only option allows the plugins to be built and - distributed with the hdf5 library and tools. Like the options for szip and - zlib, either a tgz file or a git repository can be specified for the source. + The HDF filter plugins project is a collection of registered compression + filters that can be dynamically loaded when needed to access data stored + in a hdf5 file. This CMake-only option allows the plugins to be built and + distributed with the hdf5 library and tools. Like the options for szip and + zlib, either a tgz file or a git repository can be specified for the source. - The necessary options are (see the INSTALL_CMake.txt file): - HDF5_ENABLE_PLUGIN_SUPPORT - PLUGIN_TGZ_NAME or PLUGIN_GIT_URL - There are more options necessary for various filters and the plugin project - documents should be referenced. + The necessary options are (see the INSTALL_CMake.txt file): + HDF5_ENABLE_PLUGIN_SUPPORT + PLUGIN_TGZ_NAME or PLUGIN_GIT_URL + There are more options necessary for various filters and the plugin project + documents should be referenced. - (ADB - 2020/09/27, OESS-98) + (ADB - 2020/09/27, OESS-98) - Added CMake option to format source files - HDF5_ENABLE_FORMATTERS option will enable creation of targets using the - pattern - HDF5_*_SRC_FORMAT - where * corresponds to the source folder - or tool folder. All sources can be formatted by executing the format target; - make format + HDF5_ENABLE_FORMATTERS option will enable creation of targets using the + pattern - HDF5_*_SRC_FORMAT - where * corresponds to the source folder + or tool folder. All sources can be formatted by executing the format target; + make format - (ADB - 2020/08/24) + (ADB - 2020/08/24) - Add file locking configure and CMake options - HDF5 1.10.0 introduced a file locking scheme, primarily to help - enforce SWMR setup. Formerly, the only user-level control of the scheme - was via the HDF5_USE_FILE_LOCKING environment variable. + HDF5 1.10.0 introduced a file locking scheme, primarily to help + enforce SWMR setup. Formerly, the only user-level control of the scheme + was via the HDF5_USE_FILE_LOCKING environment variable. - This change introduces configure-time options that control whether - or not file locking will be used and whether or not the library - ignores errors when locking has been disabled on the file system - (useful on some HPC Lustre installations). + This change introduces configure-time options that control whether + or not file locking will be used and whether or not the library + ignores errors when locking has been disabled on the file system + (useful on some HPC Lustre installations). - In both the Autotools and CMake, the settings have the effect of changing - the default property list settings (see the H5Pset/get_file_locking() - entry, below). + In both the Autotools and CMake, the settings have the effect of changing + the default property list settings (see the H5Pset/get_file_locking() + entry, below). - The yes/no/best-effort file locking configure setting has also been - added to the libhdf5.settings file. + The yes/no/best-effort file locking configure setting has also been + added to the libhdf5.settings file. - Autotools: + Autotools: - An --enable-file-locking=(yes|no|best-effort) option has been added. + An --enable-file-locking=(yes|no|best-effort) option has been added. - yes: Use file locking. - no: Do not use file locking. - best-effort: Use file locking and ignore "disabled" errors. + yes: Use file locking. + no: Do not use file locking. + best-effort: Use file locking and ignore "disabled" errors. - CMake: + CMake: - Two self-explanatory options have been added: + Two self-explanatory options have been added: - HDF5_USE_FILE_LOCKING - HDF5_IGNORE_DISABLED_FILE_LOCKS + HDF5_USE_FILE_LOCKING + HDF5_IGNORE_DISABLED_FILE_LOCKS - Setting both of these to ON is the equivalent to the Autotools' - best-effort setting. + Setting both of these to ON is the equivalent to the Autotools' + best-effort setting. - NOTE: - The precedence order of the various file locking control mechanisms is: + NOTE: + The precedence order of the various file locking control mechanisms is: - 1) HDF5_USE_FILE_LOCKING environment variable (highest) + 1) HDF5_USE_FILE_LOCKING environment variable (highest) - 2) H5Pset_file_locking() + 2) H5Pset_file_locking() - 3) configure/CMake options (which set the property list defaults) + 3) configure/CMake options (which set the property list defaults) - 4) library defaults (currently best-effort) + 4) library defaults (currently best-effort) - (DER - 2020/07/30, HDFFV-11092) + (DER - 2020/07/30, HDFFV-11092) - CMake option to link the generated Fortran MOD files into the include directory. - The Fortran generation of MOD files by a Fortran compile can produce - different binary files between SHARED and STATIC compiles with different - compilers and/or different platforms. Note that it has been found that - different versions of Fortran compilers will produce incompatible MOD - files. Currently, CMake will locate these MOD files in subfolders of - the include directory and add that path to the Fortran library target - in the CMake config file, which can be used by the CMake find library - process. For other build systems using the binary from a CMake install, - a new CMake configuration can be used to copy the pre-chosen version - of the Fortran MOD files into the install include directory. - - The default will depend on the configuration of - BUILD_STATIC_LIBS and BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: - YES YES Default to SHARED - YES NO Default to STATIC - NO YES Default to SHARED - NO NO Default to SHARED - The defaults can be overridden by setting the config option - HDF5_INSTALL_MOD_FORTRAN to one of NO, SHARED, or STATIC - - (ADB - 2020/07/09, HDFFV-11116) + The Fortran generation of MOD files by a Fortran compile can produce + different binary files between SHARED and STATIC compiles with different + compilers and/or different platforms. Note that it has been found that + different versions of Fortran compilers will produce incompatible MOD + files. Currently, CMake will locate these MOD files in subfolders of + the include directory and add that path to the Fortran library target + in the CMake config file, which can be used by the CMake find library + process. For other build systems using the binary from a CMake install, + a new CMake configuration can be used to copy the pre-chosen version + of the Fortran MOD files into the install include directory. + + The default will depend on the configuration of + BUILD_STATIC_LIBS and BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: + YES YES Default to SHARED + YES NO Default to STATIC + NO YES Default to SHARED + NO NO Default to SHARED + The defaults can be overridden by setting the config option + HDF5_INSTALL_MOD_FORTRAN to one of NO, SHARED, or STATIC + + (ADB - 2020/07/09, HDFFV-11116) - CMake option to use AEC (open source SZip) library instead of SZip - The open source AEC library is a replacement library for SZip. In - order to use it for hdf5 the libaec CMake source was changed to add - "-fPIC" and exclude test files. Autotools does not build the - compression libraries within hdf5 builds. New option USE_LIBAEC is - required to compensate for the different files produced by AEC build. + The open source AEC library is a replacement library for SZip. In + order to use it for hdf5 the libaec CMake source was changed to add + "-fPIC" and exclude test files. Autotools does not build the + compression libraries within hdf5 builds. New option USE_LIBAEC is + required to compensate for the different files produced by AEC build. - (ADB - 2020/04/22, OESS-65) + (ADB - 2020/04/22, OESS-65) - CMake ConfigureChecks.cmake file now uses CHECK_STRUCT_HAS_MEMBER - Some handcrafted tests in HDFTests.c has been removed and the CMake - CHECK_STRUCT_HAS_MEMBER module has been used. + Some handcrafted tests in HDFTests.c has been removed and the CMake + CHECK_STRUCT_HAS_MEMBER module has been used. - (ADB - 2020/03/24, TRILAB-24) + (ADB - 2020/03/24, TRILAB-24) - Both build systems use same set of warnings flags - GNU C, C++ and gfortran warnings flags were moved to files in a config - sub-folder named gnu-warnings. Flags that only are available for a specific - version of the compiler are in files named with that version. - Clang C warnings flags were moved to files in a config sub-folder - named clang-warnings. - Intel C, Fortran warnings flags were moved to files in a config sub-folder - named intel-warnings. + GNU C, C++ and gfortran warnings flags were moved to files in a config + sub-folder named gnu-warnings. Flags that only are available for a specific + version of the compiler are in files named with that version. + Clang C warnings flags were moved to files in a config sub-folder + named clang-warnings. + Intel C, Fortran warnings flags were moved to files in a config sub-folder + named intel-warnings. - There are flags in named "error-xxx" files with warnings that may - be promoted to errors. Some source files may still need fixes. + There are flags in named "error-xxx" files with warnings that may + be promoted to errors. Some source files may still need fixes. - There are also pairs of files named "developer-xxx" and "no-developer-xxx" - that are chosen by the CMake option:HDF5_ENABLE_DEV_WARNINGS or the - configure option:--enable-developer-warnings. + There are also pairs of files named "developer-xxx" and "no-developer-xxx" + that are chosen by the CMake option:HDF5_ENABLE_DEV_WARNINGS or the + configure option:--enable-developer-warnings. - In addition, CMake no longer applies these warnings for examples. + In addition, CMake no longer applies these warnings for examples. - (ADB - 2020/03/24, TRILAB-192) + (ADB - 2020/03/24, TRILAB-192) - Added test script for file size compare - If CMake minimum version is at least 3.14, the fileCompareTest.cmake - script will compare file sizes. + If CMake minimum version is at least 3.14, the fileCompareTest.cmake + script will compare file sizes. - (ADB - 2020/02/24, HDFFV-11036) + (ADB - 2020/02/24, HDFFV-11036) - Update CMake minimum version to 3.12 - Updated CMake minimum version to 3.12 and added version checks - for Windows features. + Updated CMake minimum version to 3.12 and added version checks + for Windows features. - (ADB - 2020/02/05, TRILABS-142) + (ADB - 2020/02/05, TRILABS-142) - Fixed CMake include properties for Fortran libraries - Corrected the library properties for Fortran to use the - correct path for the Fortran module files. + Corrected the library properties for Fortran to use the + correct path for the Fortran module files. - (ADB - 2020/02/04, HDFFV-11012) + (ADB - 2020/02/04, HDFFV-11012) - Added common warnings files for gnu and intel - Added warnings files to use one common set of flags - during configure for both autotools and CMake build - systems. The initial implementation only affects a - general set of flags for gnu and intel compilers. + Added warnings files to use one common set of flags + during configure for both autotools and CMake build + systems. The initial implementation only affects a + general set of flags for gnu and intel compilers. - (ADB - 2020/01/17) + (ADB - 2020/01/17) - Added new options to CMake for control of testing - Added CMake options (default ON); - HDF5_TEST_SERIAL AND/OR HDF5_TEST_PARALLEL - combined with: - HDF5_TEST_TOOLS - HDF5_TEST_EXAMPLES - HDF5_TEST_SWMR - HDF5_TEST_FORTRAN - HDF5_TEST_CPP - HDF5_TEST_JAVA + Added CMake options (default ON); + HDF5_TEST_SERIAL AND/OR HDF5_TEST_PARALLEL + combined with: + HDF5_TEST_TOOLS + HDF5_TEST_EXAMPLES + HDF5_TEST_SWMR + HDF5_TEST_FORTRAN + HDF5_TEST_CPP + HDF5_TEST_JAVA - (ADB - 2020/01/15, HDFFV-11001) + (ADB - 2020/01/15, HDFFV-11001) - Added Clang sanitizers to CMake for analyzer support if compiler is clang. - Added CMake code and files to execute the Clang sanitizers if - HDF5_ENABLE_SANITIZERS is enabled and the USE_SANITIZER option - is set to one of the following: - Address - Memory - MemoryWithOrigins - Undefined - Thread - Leak - 'Address;Undefined' + Added CMake code and files to execute the Clang sanitizers if + HDF5_ENABLE_SANITIZERS is enabled and the USE_SANITIZER option + is set to one of the following: + Address + Memory + MemoryWithOrigins + Undefined + Thread + Leak + 'Address;Undefined' - (ADB - 2019/12/12, TRILAB-135) + (ADB - 2019/12/12, TRILAB-135) - Update CMake for VS2019 support - CMake added support for VS2019 in version 3.15. Changes to the CMake - generator setting required changes to scripts. Also updated version - references in CMake files as necessary. + CMake added support for VS2019 in version 3.15. Changes to the CMake + generator setting required changes to scripts. Also updated version + references in CMake files as necessary. - (ADB - 2019/11/18, HDFFV-10962) + (ADB - 2019/11/18, HDFFV-10962) - Update CMake options to match new autotools options - Add configure options (autotools - CMake): - enable-asserts HDF5_ENABLE_ASSERTS - enable-symbols HDF5_ENABLE_SYMBOLS - enable-profiling HDF5_ENABLE_PROFILING - enable-optimization HDF5_ENABLE_OPTIMIZATION - In addition NDEBUG is no longer forced defined and relies on the CMake - process. + Add configure options (autotools - CMake): + enable-asserts HDF5_ENABLE_ASSERTS + enable-symbols HDF5_ENABLE_SYMBOLS + enable-profiling HDF5_ENABLE_PROFILING + enable-optimization HDF5_ENABLE_OPTIMIZATION + In addition NDEBUG is no longer forced defined and relies on the CMake + process. - (ADB - 2019/10/07, HDFFV-100901, HDFFV-10637, TRILAB-97) + (ADB - 2019/10/07, HDFFV-100901, HDFFV-10637, TRILAB-97) Library: @@ -532,11 +532,11 @@ New Features defined as: struct H5FD_ctl_memcpy_args_t { - void * dstbuf; /**< Destination buffer */ - hsize_t dst_off; /**< Offset within destination buffer */ - const void *srcbuf; /**< Source buffer */ - hsize_t src_off; /**< Offset within source buffer */ - size_t len; /**< Length of data to copy from source buffer */ + void * dstbuf; /**< Destination buffer */ + hsize_t dst_off; /**< Offset within destination buffer */ + const void *srcbuf; /**< Source buffer */ + hsize_t src_off; /**< Offset within source buffer */ + size_t len; /**< Length of data to copy from source buffer */ } H5FD_ctl_memcpy_args_t; Further, HDF5's compact dataset I/O routines were @@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ New Features "ctl" callback operation in order to ask the underlying file driver to correctly handle memory copies. - (JTH - 2021/09/28) + (JTH - 2021/09/28) - Adds new "ctl" callback to VFD H5FD_class_t structure with the following prototype: @@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ New Features `output` [out] - A pointer for the receiving VFD to use for output from the operation - (JRM - 2021/08/16) + (JRM - 2021/08/16) - Change how the release part of version, in major.minor.release is checked for compatibility @@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ New Features which case the release part of version, in major.minor.release, must be exact. An environment variable still controls the logic. - (ADB - 2021/07/27) + (ADB - 2021/07/27) - gcc warning suppression macros were moved out of H5public.h @@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ New Features VFD refactoring, the macros have been duplicated in H5FDmulti.c to suppress the format string warnings there. - (DER - 2021/06/03) + (DER - 2021/06/03) - H5Gcreate1() now rejects size_hint parameters larger than UINT32_MAX @@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ New Features The Doxygen documentation has been updated and passing values larger than UINT32_MAX for size_hint will now produce a normal HDF5 error. - (DER - 2021/04/29, HDFFV-11241) + (DER - 2021/04/29, HDFFV-11241) - H5Pset_fapl_log() no longer crashes when passed an invalid fapl ID @@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ New Features The pointer is now correctly initialized and the API call now produces a normal HDF5 error when fed an invalid fapl ID. - (DER - 2021/04/28, HDFFV-11240) + (DER - 2021/04/28, HDFFV-11240) - Fixes a segfault when H5Pset_mdc_log_options() is called multiple times @@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ New Features The string is now handled properly and the segfault no longer occurs. - (DER - 2021/04/27, HDFFV-11239) + (DER - 2021/04/27, HDFFV-11239) - HSYS_GOTO_ERROR now emits the results of GetLastError() on Windows @@ -665,15 +665,15 @@ New Features The format string on Windows has been changed from: - "%s, errno = %d, error message = '%s'" + "%s, errno = %d, error message = '%s'" to: - "%s, errno = %d, error message = '%s', Win32 GetLastError() = %"PRIu32"" + "%s, errno = %d, error message = '%s', Win32 GetLastError() = %"PRIu32"" for those inclined to parse it for error values. - (DER - 2021/03/21) + (DER - 2021/03/21) - File locking now works on Windows @@ -689,26 +689,26 @@ New Features same scheme as POSIX systems. We lock the entire file when we set up the locks (by passing DWORDMAX as both size parameters to LockFileEx()). - (DER - 2021/03/19, HDFFV-10191) + (DER - 2021/03/19, HDFFV-10191) - H5Epush_ret() now requires a trailing semicolon - H5Epush_ret() is a function-like macro that has been changed to - contain a `do {} while(0)` loop. Consequently, a trailing semicolon - is now required to end the `while` statement. Previously, a trailing - semi would work, but was not mandatory. This change was made to allow - clang-format to correctly format the source code. + H5Epush_ret() is a function-like macro that has been changed to + contain a `do {} while(0)` loop. Consequently, a trailing semicolon + is now required to end the `while` statement. Previously, a trailing + semi would work, but was not mandatory. This change was made to allow + clang-format to correctly format the source code. - (SAM - 2021/03/03) + (SAM - 2021/03/03) - Improved performance of H5Sget_select_elem_pointlist - Modified library to cache the point after the last block of points - retrieved by H5Sget_select_elem_pointlist, so a subsequent call to the - same function to retrieve the next block of points from the list can - proceed immediately without needing to iterate over the point list. + Modified library to cache the point after the last block of points + retrieved by H5Sget_select_elem_pointlist, so a subsequent call to the + same function to retrieve the next block of points from the list can + proceed immediately without needing to iterate over the point list. - (NAF - 2021/01/19) + (NAF - 2021/01/19) - Replaced H5E_ATOM with H5E_ID in H5Epubgen.h @@ -722,130 +722,130 @@ New Features - Add a new public function H5Ssel_iter_reset - This function resets a dataspace selection iterator back to an - initial state so that it may be used for iteration once more. - This can be useful when needing to iterate over a selection - multiple times without having to repeatedly create/destroy - a selection iterator for that dataspace selection. + This function resets a dataspace selection iterator back to an + initial state so that it may be used for iteration once more. + This can be useful when needing to iterate over a selection + multiple times without having to repeatedly create/destroy + a selection iterator for that dataspace selection. - (JTH - 2020/09/18) + (JTH - 2020/09/18) - Remove HDFS VFD stubs - The original implementation of the HDFS VFD included non-functional - versions of the following public API calls when the HDFS VFD is - not built as a part of the HDF5 library: + The original implementation of the HDFS VFD included non-functional + versions of the following public API calls when the HDFS VFD is + not built as a part of the HDF5 library: - * H5FD_hdfs_init() - * H5Pget_fapl_hdfs() - * H5Pset_fapl_hdfs() + * H5FD_hdfs_init() + * H5Pget_fapl_hdfs() + * H5Pset_fapl_hdfs() - They will remain present in HDF5 1.10 and HDF5 1.12 releases - for binary compatibility purposes but have been removed as of 1.14.0. + They will remain present in HDF5 1.10 and HDF5 1.12 releases + for binary compatibility purposes but have been removed as of 1.14.0. - Note that this has nothing to do with the real HDFS VFD API calls - that are fully functional when the HDFS VFD is configured and built. + Note that this has nothing to do with the real HDFS VFD API calls + that are fully functional when the HDFS VFD is configured and built. - We simply changed: + We simply changed: - #ifdef LIBHDFS - <real API call> - #else - <useless stub> - #endif + #ifdef LIBHDFS + <real API call> + #else + <useless stub> + #endif - to: + to: - #ifdef LIBHDFS - <real API call> - #endif + #ifdef LIBHDFS + <real API call> + #endif - Which is how the other optional VFDs are handled. + Which is how the other optional VFDs are handled. - (DER - 2020/08/27) + (DER - 2020/08/27) - Add Mirror VFD - Use TCP/IP sockets to perform write-only (W/O) file I/O on a remote - machine. Must be used in conjunction with the Splitter VFD. + Use TCP/IP sockets to perform write-only (W/O) file I/O on a remote + machine. Must be used in conjunction with the Splitter VFD. - (JOS - 2020/03/13, TBD) + (JOS - 2020/03/13, TBD) - Add Splitter VFD - Maintain separate R/W and W/O channels for "concurrent" file writes - to two files using a single HDF5 file handle. + Maintain separate R/W and W/O channels for "concurrent" file writes + to two files using a single HDF5 file handle. - (JOS - 2020/03/13, TBD) + (JOS - 2020/03/13, TBD) - Refactored public exposure of haddr_t type in favor of "object tokens" - To better accommodate HDF5 VOL connectors where "object addresses in a file" - may not make much sense, the following changes were made to the library: - - * Introduced new H5O_token_t "object token" type, which represents a - unique and permanent identifier for referencing an HDF5 object within - a container; these "object tokens" are meant to replace object addresses. - Along with the new type, a new H5Oopen_by_token API call was introduced - to open an object by a token, similar to how object addresses were - previously used with H5Oopen_by_addr. - - * Introduced new H5Lget_info2, H5Lget_info_by_idx2, H5Literate2, H5Literate_by_name2, - H5Lvisit2 and H5Lvisit_by_name2 API calls, along with their associated H5L_info2_t - struct and H5L_iterate2_t callback function, which work with the newly-introduced - object tokens, instead of object addresses. The original functions have been - renamed to version 1 functions and are deprecated in favor of the new version 2 - functions. The H5L_info_t and H5L_iterate_t types have been renamed to version 1 - types and are now deprecated in favor of their version 2 counterparts. For each of - the functions and types, compatibility macros take place of the original symbols. - - * Introduced new H5Oget_info3, H5Oget_info_by_name3, H5Oget_info_by_idx3, - H5Ovisit3 and H5Ovisit_by_name3 API calls, along with their associated H5O_info2_t - struct and H5O_iterate2_t callback function, which work with the newly-introduced - object tokens, instead of object addresses. The version 2 functions are now - deprecated in favor of the version 3 functions. The H5O_info_t and H5O_iterate_t - types have been renamed to version 1 types and are now deprecated in favor of their - version 2 counterparts. For each, compatibility macros take place of the original - symbols. - - * Introduced new H5Oget_native_info, H5Oget_native_info_by_name and - H5Oget_native_info_by_idx API calls, along with their associated H5O_native_info_t - struct, which are used to retrieve the native HDF5 file format-specific information - about an object. This information (such as object header info and B-tree/heap info) - has been removed from the new H5O_info2_t struct so that the more generic - H5Oget_info(_by_name/_by_idx)3 routines will not try to retrieve it for non-native - VOL connectors. - - * Added new H5Otoken_cmp, H5Otoken_to_str and H5Otoken_from_str routines to compare - two object tokens, convert an object token into a nicely-readable string format and - to convert an object token string back into a real object token, respectively. - - (DER, QAK, JTH - 2020/01/16) + To better accommodate HDF5 VOL connectors where "object addresses in a file" + may not make much sense, the following changes were made to the library: + + * Introduced new H5O_token_t "object token" type, which represents a + unique and permanent identifier for referencing an HDF5 object within + a container; these "object tokens" are meant to replace object addresses. + Along with the new type, a new H5Oopen_by_token API call was introduced + to open an object by a token, similar to how object addresses were + previously used with H5Oopen_by_addr. + + * Introduced new H5Lget_info2, H5Lget_info_by_idx2, H5Literate2, H5Literate_by_name2, + H5Lvisit2 and H5Lvisit_by_name2 API calls, along with their associated H5L_info2_t + struct and H5L_iterate2_t callback function, which work with the newly-introduced + object tokens, instead of object addresses. The original functions have been + renamed to version 1 functions and are deprecated in favor of the new version 2 + functions. The H5L_info_t and H5L_iterate_t types have been renamed to version 1 + types and are now deprecated in favor of their version 2 counterparts. For each of + the functions and types, compatibility macros take place of the original symbols. + + * Introduced new H5Oget_info3, H5Oget_info_by_name3, H5Oget_info_by_idx3, + H5Ovisit3 and H5Ovisit_by_name3 API calls, along with their associated H5O_info2_t + struct and H5O_iterate2_t callback function, which work with the newly-introduced + object tokens, instead of object addresses. The version 2 functions are now + deprecated in favor of the version 3 functions. The H5O_info_t and H5O_iterate_t + types have been renamed to version 1 types and are now deprecated in favor of their + version 2 counterparts. For each, compatibility macros take place of the original + symbols. + + * Introduced new H5Oget_native_info, H5Oget_native_info_by_name and + H5Oget_native_info_by_idx API calls, along with their associated H5O_native_info_t + struct, which are used to retrieve the native HDF5 file format-specific information + about an object. This information (such as object header info and B-tree/heap info) + has been removed from the new H5O_info2_t struct so that the more generic + H5Oget_info(_by_name/_by_idx)3 routines will not try to retrieve it for non-native + VOL connectors. + + * Added new H5Otoken_cmp, H5Otoken_to_str and H5Otoken_from_str routines to compare + two object tokens, convert an object token into a nicely-readable string format and + to convert an object token string back into a real object token, respectively. + + (DER, QAK, JTH - 2020/01/16) - Add new public function H5Sselect_adjust. - This function shifts a dataspace selection by a specified logical offset - within the dataspace extent. This can be useful for VOL developers to - implement chunked datasets. + This function shifts a dataspace selection by a specified logical offset + within the dataspace extent. This can be useful for VOL developers to + implement chunked datasets. - (NAF - 2019/11/18) + (NAF - 2019/11/18) - Add new public function H5Sselect_project_intersection. - This function computes the intersection between two dataspace selections - and projects that intersection into a third selection. This can be useful - for VOL developers to implement chunked or virtual datasets. + This function computes the intersection between two dataspace selections + and projects that intersection into a third selection. This can be useful + for VOL developers to implement chunked or virtual datasets. - (NAF - 2019/11/13, ID-148) + (NAF - 2019/11/13, ID-148) - Add new public function H5VLget_file_type. - This function returns a datatype equivalent to the supplied datatype but - with the location set to be in the file. This datatype can then be used - with H5Tconvert to convert data between file and in-memory representation. - This function is intended for use only by VOL connector developers. + This function returns a datatype equivalent to the supplied datatype but + with the location set to be in the file. This datatype can then be used + with H5Tconvert to convert data between file and in-memory representation. + This function is intended for use only by VOL connector developers. - (NAF - 2019/11/08, ID-127) + (NAF - 2019/11/08, ID-127) Parallel Library: @@ -865,10 +865,10 @@ New Features h5pget_file_locking_f() h5pset_file_locking_f() - See the configure option discussion for HDFFV-11092 (above) for more - information on the file locking feature and how it's controlled. + See the configure option discussion for HDFFV-11092 (above) for more + information on the file locking feature and how it's controlled. - (DER - 2020/07/30, HDFFV-11092) + (DER - 2020/07/30, HDFFV-11092) C++ Library: ------------ @@ -877,10 +877,10 @@ New Features FileAccPropList::setFileLocking() FileAccPropList::getFileLocking() - See the configure option discussion for HDFFV-11092 (above) for more - information on the file locking feature and how it's controlled. + See the configure option discussion for HDFFV-11092 (above) for more + information on the file locking feature and how it's controlled. - (DER - 2020/07/30, HDFFV-11092) + (DER - 2020/07/30, HDFFV-11092) Java Library: @@ -897,12 +897,12 @@ New Features - Added new H5S functions. - H5Sselect_copy, H5Sselect_shape_same, H5Sselect_adjust, - H5Sselect_intersect_block, H5Sselect_project_intersection, - H5Scombine_hyperslab, H5Smodify_select, H5Scombine_select - wrapper functions added. + H5Sselect_copy, H5Sselect_shape_same, H5Sselect_adjust, + H5Sselect_intersect_block, H5Sselect_project_intersection, + H5Scombine_hyperslab, H5Smodify_select, H5Scombine_select + wrapper functions added. - (ADB - 2020/10/27, HDFFV-10868) + (ADB - 2020/10/27, HDFFV-10868) - Add wrappers for H5Pset/get_file_locking() API calls @@ -910,27 +910,27 @@ New Features H5Pget_use_file_locking() H5Pget_ignore_disabled_file_locking() - Unlike the C++ and Fortran wrappers, there are separate getters for the - two file locking settings, each of which returns a boolean value. + Unlike the C++ and Fortran wrappers, there are separate getters for the + two file locking settings, each of which returns a boolean value. - See the configure option discussion for HDFFV-11092 (above) for more - information on the file locking feature and how it's controlled. + See the configure option discussion for HDFFV-11092 (above) for more + information on the file locking feature and how it's controlled. - (DER - 2020/07/30, HDFFV-11092) + (DER - 2020/07/30, HDFFV-11092) - Added ability to test java library with VOLs. - Created a new CMake script that combines the java and vol test scripts. + Created a new CMake script that combines the java and vol test scripts. - (ADB - 2020/02/03, HDFFV-10996) + (ADB - 2020/02/03, HDFFV-10996) - Tests fail for non-English locales. - In the JUnit tests with a non-English locale, only the part before - the decimal comma is replaced by XXXX and this leads to a comparison - error. Changed the regex for the Time substitution. + In the JUnit tests with a non-English locale, only the part before + the decimal comma is replaced by XXXX and this leads to a comparison + error. Changed the regex for the Time substitution. - (ADB - 2020/01/09, HDFFV-10995) + (ADB - 2020/01/09, HDFFV-10995) Tools: @@ -950,93 +950,93 @@ New Features - Refactored the perform tools and removed depends on test library. - Moved the perf and h5perf tools from tools/test/perform to - tools/src/h5perf so that they can be installed. This required - that the test library dependency be removed by copying the - needed functions from h5test.c. - The standalone scripts and other perform tools remain in the - tools/test/perform folder. + Moved the perf and h5perf tools from tools/test/perform to + tools/src/h5perf so that they can be installed. This required + that the test library dependency be removed by copying the + needed functions from h5test.c. + The standalone scripts and other perform tools remain in the + tools/test/perform folder. - (ADB - 2021/08/10) + (ADB - 2021/08/10) - Removed partial long exceptions - Some of the tools accepted shortened versions of the long options - (ex: --datas instead of --dataset). These were implemented inconsistently, - are difficult to maintian, and occasionally block useful long option - names. These partial long options have been removed from all the tools. + Some of the tools accepted shortened versions of the long options + (ex: --datas instead of --dataset). These were implemented inconsistently, + are difficult to maintian, and occasionally block useful long option + names. These partial long options have been removed from all the tools. - (DER - 2021/08/03) + (DER - 2021/08/03) - h5repack added help text for user-defined filters. - Added help text line that states the valid values of the filter flag - for user-defined filters; - filter_flag: 1 is OPTIONAL or 0 is MANDATORY + Added help text line that states the valid values of the filter flag + for user-defined filters; + filter_flag: 1 is OPTIONAL or 0 is MANDATORY - (ADB - 2021/01/14, HDFFV-11099) + (ADB - 2021/01/14, HDFFV-11099) - Added h5delete tool - Deleting HDF5 storage when using the VOL can be tricky when the VOL - does not create files. The h5delete tool is a simple wrapper around - the H5Fdelete() API call that uses the VOL specified in the - HDF5_VOL_CONNECTOR environment variable to delete a "file". If - the call to H5Fdelete() fails, the tool will attempt to use - the POSIX remove(3) call to remove the file. + Deleting HDF5 storage when using the VOL can be tricky when the VOL + does not create files. The h5delete tool is a simple wrapper around + the H5Fdelete() API call that uses the VOL specified in the + HDF5_VOL_CONNECTOR environment variable to delete a "file". If + the call to H5Fdelete() fails, the tool will attempt to use + the POSIX remove(3) call to remove the file. - Note that the HDF5 library does currently have support for - H5Fdelete() in the native VOL connector. + Note that the HDF5 library does currently have support for + H5Fdelete() in the native VOL connector. - (DER - 2020/12/16) + (DER - 2020/12/16) - h5repack added options to control how external links are handled. - Currently h5repack preserves external links and cannot copy and merge - data from the external files. Two options, merge and prune, were added to - control how to merge data from an external link into the resulting file. - --merge Follow external soft link recursively and merge data. - --prune Do not follow external soft links and remove link. - --merge --prune Follow external link, merge data and remove dangling link. + Currently h5repack preserves external links and cannot copy and merge + data from the external files. Two options, merge and prune, were added to + control how to merge data from an external link into the resulting file. + --merge Follow external soft link recursively and merge data. + --prune Do not follow external soft links and remove link. + --merge --prune Follow external link, merge data and remove dangling link. - (ADB - 2020/08/05, HDFFV-9984) + (ADB - 2020/08/05, HDFFV-9984) - h5repack was fixed to repack the reference attributes properly. - The code line that checks if the update of reference inside a compound - datatype is misplaced outside the code block loop that carries out the - check. In consequence, the next attribute that is not the reference - type was repacked again as the reference type and caused the failure of - repacking. The fix is to move the corresponding code line to the correct - code block. + The code line that checks if the update of reference inside a compound + datatype is misplaced outside the code block loop that carries out the + check. In consequence, the next attribute that is not the reference + type was repacked again as the reference type and caused the failure of + repacking. The fix is to move the corresponding code line to the correct + code block. - (KY -2020/02/07, HDFFV-11014) + (KY -2020/02/07, HDFFV-11014) - h5diff was updated to use the new reference APIs. - h5diff uses the new reference APIs to compare references. - Attribute references can also be compared. + h5diff uses the new reference APIs to compare references. + Attribute references can also be compared. - (ADB - 2019/12/19, HDFFV-10980) + (ADB - 2019/12/19, HDFFV-10980) - h5dump and h5ls were updated to use the new reference APIs. - The tools library now use the new reference APIs to inspect a - file. Also the DDL spec was updated to reflect the format - changes produced with the new APIs. The export API and support - functions in the JNI were updated to match. + The tools library now use the new reference APIs to inspect a + file. Also the DDL spec was updated to reflect the format + changes produced with the new APIs. The export API and support + functions in the JNI were updated to match. - (ADB - 2019/12/06, HDFFV-10876 and HDFFV-10877) + (ADB - 2019/12/06, HDFFV-10876 and HDFFV-10877) High-Level APIs: ---------------- - added set/get for unsigned long long attributes - the attribute writing high-level API has been expanded to include - public set/get functions for ULL attributes, analogously to the - existing set/get for other types. + The attribute writing high-level API has been expanded to include + public set/get functions for ULL attributes, analogously to the + existing set/get for other types. - (AF - 2021/09/08) + (AF - 2021/09/08) C Packet Table API: ------------------- @@ -1076,79 +1076,79 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.12.0 release - Fixed cross platform incompatibility of references within variable length types - Reference types within variable length types previously could not be - read on a platform with different endianness from where they were - written. Fixed so cross platform portability is restored. + Reference types within variable length types previously could not be + read on a platform with different endianness from where they were + written. Fixed so cross platform portability is restored. - (NAF - 2021/09/30) + (NAF - 2021/09/30) - Detection of simple data transform function "x" - In the case of the simple data transform function "x" the (parallel) - library recognizes this is the same as not applying this data transform - function. This improves the I/O performance. In the case of the parallel - library, it also avoids breaking to independent I/O, which makes it - possible to apply a filter when writing or reading data to or from - teh HDF5 file. + In the case of the simple data transform function "x" the (parallel) + library recognizes this is the same as not applying this data transform + function. This improves the I/O performance. In the case of the parallel + library, it also avoids breaking to independent I/O, which makes it + possible to apply a filter when writing or reading data to or from + the HDF5 file. - (JWSB - 2021/09/13) + (JWSB - 2021/09/13) - Fixed an invalid read and memory leak when parsing corrupt file space info messages - When the corrupt file from CVE-2020-10810 was parsed by the library, - the code that imports the version 0 file space info object header - message to the version 1 struct could read past the buffer read from - the disk, causing an invalid memory read. Not catching this error would - cause downstream errors that eventually resulted in a previously - allocated buffer to be unfreed when the library shut down. In builds - where the free lists are in use, this could result in an infinite loop - and SIGABRT when the library shuts down. + When the corrupt file from CVE-2020-10810 was parsed by the library, + the code that imports the version 0 file space info object header + message to the version 1 struct could read past the buffer read from + the disk, causing an invalid memory read. Not catching this error would + cause downstream errors that eventually resulted in a previously + allocated buffer to be unfreed when the library shut down. In builds + where the free lists are in use, this could result in an infinite loop + and SIGABRT when the library shuts down. - We now track the buffer size and raise an error on attempts to read - past the end of it. + We now track the buffer size and raise an error on attempts to read + past the end of it. - (DER - 2021/08/12, HDFFV-11053) + (DER - 2021/08/12, HDFFV-11053) - Fixed CVE-2018-14460 - The tool h5repack produced a segfault when the rank in dataspace - message was corrupted, causing invalid read while decoding the - dimension sizes. + The tool h5repack produced a segfault when the rank in dataspace + message was corrupted, causing invalid read while decoding the + dimension sizes. - The problem was fixed by ensuring that decoding the dimension sizes - and max values will not go beyong the end of the buffer. + The problem was fixed by ensuring that decoding the dimension sizes + and max values will not go beyong the end of the buffer. - (BMR - 2021/05/12, HDFFV-11223) + (BMR - 2021/05/12, HDFFV-11223) - Fixed CVE-2018-11206 - The tool h5dump produced a segfault when the size of a fill value - message was corrupted and caused a buffer overflow. + The tool h5dump produced a segfault when the size of a fill value + message was corrupted and caused a buffer overflow. - The problem was fixed by verifying the fill value's size - against the buffer size before attempting to access the buffer. + The problem was fixed by verifying the fill value's size + against the buffer size before attempting to access the buffer. - (BMR - 2021/03/15, HDFFV-10480) + (BMR - 2021/03/15, HDFFV-10480) - Fixed CVE-2018-14033 (same issue as CVE-2020-10811) - The tool h5dump produced a segfault when the storage size message - was corrupted and caused a buffer overflow. + The tool h5dump produced a segfault when the storage size message + was corrupted and caused a buffer overflow. - The problem was fixed by verifying the storage size against the - buffer size before attempting to access the buffer. + The problem was fixed by verifying the storage size against the + buffer size before attempting to access the buffer. - (BMR - 2021/03/15, HDFFV-11159/HDFFV-11049) + (BMR - 2021/03/15, HDFFV-11159/HDFFV-11049) - Remove underscores on header file guards - Header file guards used a variety of underscores at the beginning of the define. + Header file guards used a variety of underscores at the beginning of the define. - Removed all leading (some trailing) underscores from header file guards. + Removed all leading (some trailing) underscores from header file guards. - (ADB - 2021/03/03, #361) + (ADB - 2021/03/03, #361) - Fixed a segmentation fault @@ -1161,146 +1161,146 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.12.0 release - Fixed issue with MPI communicator and info object not being copied into new FAPL retrieved from H5F_get_access_plist - Added logic to copy the MPI communicator and info object into - the output FAPL. MPI communicator is retrieved from the VFD, while - the MPI info object is retrieved from the file's original FAPL. + Added logic to copy the MPI communicator and info object into + the output FAPL. MPI communicator is retrieved from the VFD, while + the MPI info object is retrieved from the file's original FAPL. - (JTH - 2021/02/15, HDFFV-11109) + (JTH - 2021/02/15, HDFFV-11109) - Fixed problems with vlens and refs inside compound using H5VLget_file_type() - Modified library to properly ref count H5VL_object_t structs and only - consider file vlen and reference types to be equal if their files are - the same. + Modified library to properly ref count H5VL_object_t structs and only + consider file vlen and reference types to be equal if their files are + the same. - (NAF - 2021/01/22) + (NAF - 2021/01/22) - Fixed CVE-2018-17432 - The tool h5repack produced a segfault on a corrupted file which had - invalid rank for scalar or NULL datatype. + The tool h5repack produced a segfault on a corrupted file which had + invalid rank for scalar or NULL datatype. - The problem was fixed by modifying the dataspace encode and decode - functions to detect and report invalid rank. h5repack now fails - with an error message for the corrupted file. + The problem was fixed by modifying the dataspace encode and decode + functions to detect and report invalid rank. h5repack now fails + with an error message for the corrupted file. - (BMR - 2020/10/26, HDFFV-10590) + (BMR - 2020/10/26, HDFFV-10590) - Creation of dataset with optional filter - When the combination of type, space, etc doesn't work for filter - and the filter is optional, it was supposed to be skipped but it was - not skipped and the creation failed. + When the combination of type, space, etc doesn't work for filter + and the filter is optional, it was supposed to be skipped but it was + not skipped and the creation failed. - Allowed the creation of the dataset in such a situation. + Allowed the creation of the dataset in such a situation. - (BMR - 2020/08/13, HDFFV-10933) + (BMR - 2020/08/13, HDFFV-10933) - Explicitly declared dlopen to use RTLD_LOCAL - dlopen documentation states that if neither RTLD_GLOBAL nor - RTLD_LOCAL are specified, then the default behavior is unspecified. - The default on linux is usually RTLD_LOCAL while macos will default - to RTLD_GLOBAL. + dlopen documentation states that if neither RTLD_GLOBAL nor + RTLD_LOCAL are specified, then the default behavior is unspecified. + The default on linux is usually RTLD_LOCAL while macos will default + to RTLD_GLOBAL. - (ADB - 2020/08/12, HDFFV-11127) + (ADB - 2020/08/12, HDFFV-11127) - H5Sset_extent_none() sets the dataspace class to H5S_NO_CLASS which causes asserts/errors when passed to other dataspace API calls. - H5S_NO_CLASS is an internal class value that should not have been - exposed via a public API call. + H5S_NO_CLASS is an internal class value that should not have been + exposed via a public API call. - In debug builds of the library, this can cause assert() function to - trip. In non-debug builds, it will produce normal library errors. + In debug builds of the library, this can cause assert() function to + trip. In non-debug builds, it will produce normal library errors. - The new library behavior is for H5Sset_extent_none() to convert - the dataspace into one of type H5S_NULL, which is better handled - by the library and easier for developers to reason about. + The new library behavior is for H5Sset_extent_none() to convert + the dataspace into one of type H5S_NULL, which is better handled + by the library and easier for developers to reason about. - (DER - 2020/07/27, HDFFV-11027) + (DER - 2020/07/27, HDFFV-11027) - Fixed issues CVE-2018-13870 and CVE-2018-13869 - When a buffer overflow occurred because a name length was corrupted - and became very large, h5dump crashed on memory access violation. + When a buffer overflow occurred because a name length was corrupted + and became very large, h5dump crashed on memory access violation. - A check for reading pass the end of the buffer was added to multiple - locations to prevent the crashes and h5dump now simply fails with an - error message when this error condition occurs. + A check for reading pass the end of the buffer was added to multiple + locations to prevent the crashes and h5dump now simply fails with an + error message when this error condition occurs. - (BMR - 2020/07/22, HDFFV-11120 and HDFFV-11121) + (BMR - 2020/07/22, HDFFV-11120 and HDFFV-11121) - Fixed the segmentation fault when reading attributes with multiple threads - It was reported that the reading of attributes with variable length string - datatype will crash with segmentation fault particularly when the number of - threads is high (>16 threads). The problem was due to the file pointer that - was set in the variable length string datatype for the attribute. That file - pointer was already closed when the attribute was accessed. + It was reported that the reading of attributes with variable length string + datatype will crash with segmentation fault particularly when the number of + threads is high (>16 threads). The problem was due to the file pointer that + was set in the variable length string datatype for the attribute. That file + pointer was already closed when the attribute was accessed. - The problem was fixed by setting the file pointer to the current opened file pointer - when the attribute was accessed. Similar patch up was done before when reading - dataset with variable length string datatype. + The problem was fixed by setting the file pointer to the current opened file pointer + when the attribute was accessed. Similar patch up was done before when reading + dataset with variable length string datatype. - (VC - 2020/07/13, HDFFV-11080) + (VC - 2020/07/13, HDFFV-11080) - Fixed CVE-2020-10810 - The tool h5clear produced a segfault during an error recovery in - the superblock decoding. An internal pointer was reset to prevent - further accessing when it is not assigned with a value. + The tool h5clear produced a segfault during an error recovery in + the superblock decoding. An internal pointer was reset to prevent + further accessing when it is not assigned with a value. - (BMR - 2020/06/29, HDFFV-11053) + (BMR - 2020/06/29, HDFFV-11053) - Fixed CVE-2018-17435 - The tool h52gif produced a segfault when the size of an attribute - message was corrupted and caused a buffer overflow. + The tool h52gif produced a segfault when the size of an attribute + message was corrupted and caused a buffer overflow. - The problem was fixed by verifying the attribute message's size - against the buffer size before accessing the buffer. h52gif was - also fixed to display the failure instead of silently exiting - after the segfault was eliminated. + The problem was fixed by verifying the attribute message's size + against the buffer size before accessing the buffer. h52gif was + also fixed to display the failure instead of silently exiting + after the segfault was eliminated. - (BMR - 2020/06/19, HDFFV-10591) + (BMR - 2020/06/19, HDFFV-10591) Java Library ------------ - JNI utility function does not handle new references. - The JNI utility function for converting reference data to string did - not use the new APIs. In addition to fixing that function, added new - java tests for using the new APIs. + The JNI utility function for converting reference data to string did + not use the new APIs. In addition to fixing that function, added new + java tests for using the new APIs. - (ADB - 2021/02/16, HDFFV-11212) + (ADB - 2021/02/16, HDFFV-11212) - The H5FArray.java class, in which virtually the entire execution time - is spent using the HDFNativeData method that converts from an array - of bytes to an array of the destination Java type. + is spent using the HDFNativeData method that converts from an array + of bytes to an array of the destination Java type. 1. Convert the entire byte array into a 1-d array of the desired type, rather than performing 1 conversion per row; 2. Use the Java Arrays method copyOfRange to grab the section of the array from (1) that is desired to be inserted into the destination array. - (PGT,ADB - 2020/12/13, HDFFV-10865) + (PGT,ADB - 2020/12/13, HDFFV-10865) - Added ability to test java library with VOLs. - Created a new CMake script that combines the java and vol test scripts. + Created a new CMake script that combines the java and vol test scripts. - (ADB - 2020/02/03, HDFFV-10996) + (ADB - 2020/02/03, HDFFV-10996) - Tests fail for non-English locales. - In the JUnit tests with a non-English locale, only the part before - the decimal comma is replaced by XXXX and this leads to a comparison - error. Changed the regex for the Time substitution. + In the JUnit tests with a non-English locale, only the part before + the decimal comma is replaced by XXXX and this leads to a comparison + error. Changed the regex for the Time substitution. - (ADB - 2020/01/09, HDFFV-10995) + (ADB - 2020/01/09, HDFFV-10995) Configuration @@ -1418,88 +1418,88 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.12.0 release ----- - Changed how h5dump and h5ls identify long double. - Long double support is not consistent across platforms. Tools will always - identify long double as 128-bit [little/big]-endian float nn-bit precision. - New test file created for datasets with attributes for float, double and - long double. In addition any unknown integer or float datatype will now - also show the number of bits for precision. - These files are also used in the java tests. + Long double support is not consistent across platforms. Tools will always + identify long double as 128-bit [little/big]-endian float nn-bit precision. + New test file created for datasets with attributes for float, double and + long double. In addition any unknown integer or float datatype will now + also show the number of bits for precision. + These files are also used in the java tests. - (ADB - 2021/03/24, HDFFV-11229,HDFFV-11113) + (ADB - 2021/03/24, HDFFV-11229,HDFFV-11113) - Fixed tools argument parsing. - Tools parsing used the length of the option from the long array to match - the option from the command line. This incorrectly matched a shorter long - name option that happened to be a subset of another long option. - Changed to match whole names. + Tools parsing used the length of the option from the long array to match + the option from the command line. This incorrectly matched a shorter long + name option that happened to be a subset of another long option. + Changed to match whole names. - (ADB - 2021/01/19, HDFFV-11106) + (ADB - 2021/01/19, HDFFV-11106) - The tools library was updated by standardizing the error stack process. - General sequence is: - h5tools_setprogname(PROGRAMNAME); - h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_SUCCESS); - h5tools_init(); - ... process the command-line (check for error-stack enable) ... - h5tools_error_report(); - ... (do work) ... - h5diff_exit(ret); + General sequence is: + h5tools_setprogname(PROGRAMNAME); + h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_SUCCESS); + h5tools_init(); + ... process the command-line (check for error-stack enable) ... + h5tools_error_report(); + ... (do work) ... + h5diff_exit(ret); - (ADB - 2020/07/20, HDFFV-11066) + (ADB - 2020/07/20, HDFFV-11066) - h5diff fixed a command line parsing error. - h5diff would ignore the argument to -d (delta) if it is smaller than DBL_EPSILON. - The macro H5_DBL_ABS_EQUAL was removed and a direct value comparision was used. + h5diff would ignore the argument to -d (delta) if it is smaller than DBL_EPSILON. + The macro H5_DBL_ABS_EQUAL was removed and a direct value comparision was used. - (ADB - 2020/07/20, HDFFV-10897) + (ADB - 2020/07/20, HDFFV-10897) - h5diff added a command line option to ignore attributes. - h5diff would ignore all objects with a supplied path if the exclude-path argument is used. - Adding the exclude-attribute argument will only exclude attributes, with the supplied path, - from comparison. + h5diff would ignore all objects with a supplied path if the exclude-path argument is used. + Adding the exclude-attribute argument will only exclude attributes, with the supplied path, + from comparison. - (ADB - 2020/07/20, HDFFV-5935) + (ADB - 2020/07/20, HDFFV-5935) - h5diff added another level to the verbose argument to print filenames. - Added verbose level 3 that is level 2 plus the filenames. The levels are: - 0 : Identical to '-v' or '--verbose' - 1 : All level 0 information plus one-line attribute status summary - 2 : All level 1 information plus extended attribute status report - 3 : All level 2 information plus file names + Added verbose level 3 that is level 2 plus the filenames. The levels are: + 0 : Identical to '-v' or '--verbose' + 1 : All level 0 information plus one-line attribute status summary + 2 : All level 1 information plus extended attribute status report + 3 : All level 2 information plus file names - (ADB - 2020/07/20, HDFFV-1005) + (ADB - 2020/07/20, HDFFV-1005) - h5repack was fixed to repack the reference attributes properly. - The code line that checks if the update of reference inside a compound - datatype is misplaced outside the code block loop that carries out the - check. In consequence, the next attribute that is not the reference - type was repacked again as the reference type and caused the failure of - repacking. The fix is to move the corresponding code line to the correct - code block. + The code line that checks if the update of reference inside a compound + datatype is misplaced outside the code block loop that carries out the + check. In consequence, the next attribute that is not the reference + type was repacked again as the reference type and caused the failure of + repacking. The fix is to move the corresponding code line to the correct + code block. - (KY -2020/02/10, HDFFV-11014) + (KY -2020/02/10, HDFFV-11014) - h5diff was updated to use the new reference APIs. - h5diff uses the new reference APIs to compare references. - Attribute references can also be compared. + h5diff uses the new reference APIs to compare references. + Attribute references can also be compared. - (ADB - 2019/12/19, HDFFV-10980) + (ADB - 2019/12/19, HDFFV-10980) - h5dump and h5ls were updated to use the new reference APIs. - The tools library now use the new reference APIs to inspect a - file. Also the DDL spec was updated to reflect the format - changes produced with the new APIs. The export API and support - functions in the JNI were updated to match. + The tools library now use the new reference APIs to inspect a + file. Also the DDL spec was updated to reflect the format + changes produced with the new APIs. The export API and support + functions in the JNI were updated to match. - (ADB - 2019/12/06, HDFFV-10876 and HDFFV-10877) + (ADB - 2019/12/06, HDFFV-10876 and HDFFV-10877) Performance @@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.12.0 release ----------- - Corrected INTERFACE INTENT(IN) to INTENT(OUT) for buf_size in h5fget_file_image_f. - (MSB - 2020/02/18, HDFFV-11029) + (MSB - 2020/02/18, HDFFV-11029) High-Level Library @@ -1520,7 +1520,7 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.12.0 release Incorrect length assignment. - (ADB - 2021/10/14) + (ADB - 2021/10/14) Fortran High-Level APIs @@ -1542,21 +1542,21 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.12.0 release -------- - Added DataSet::operator= - Some compilers complain if the copy constructor is given explicitly - but the assignment operator is implicitly set to default. + Some compilers complain if the copy constructor is given explicitly + but the assignment operator is implicitly set to default. - (2021/05/19) + (2021/05/19) Testing ------- - Stopped java/test/junit.sh.in installing libs for testing under ${prefix} - Lib files needed are now copied to a subdirectory in the java/test - directory, and on Macs the loader path for libhdf5.xxxs.so is changed - in the temporary copy of libhdf5_java.dylib. + Lib files needed are now copied to a subdirectory in the java/test + directory, and on Macs the loader path for libhdf5.xxxs.so is changed + in the temporary copy of libhdf5_java.dylib. - (LRK, 2020/07/02, HDFFV-11063) + (LRK, 2020/07/02, HDFFV-11063) Platforms Tested |