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@@ -633,6 +633,13 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.0 release
Library
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+ - Changed library's behavior for reading files that might have
+ corrupted object header information from a previous (buggy)
+ version of the library. By default, the library now rebuilds the
+ correct object header information instead of issuing an error.
+ Previous "strict" file format interpretation can be enabled with
+ the "--enable-strict-format-checks" configure option.
+ QAK - 2008/01/13
- Fixed several bugs with writing fill values for datasets that have
a variable-length datatype or component datatype. QAK - 2007/06/19
- STDIO driver didn't support files bigger than 2GB because the OFFSET