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diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL b/release_docs/INSTALL index 4a9a567..9f18c55 100644 --- a/release_docs/INSTALL +++ b/release_docs/INSTALL @@ -622,11 +622,6 @@ A. Warnings about compilers A.1. GNU (Intel platforms) Versions before 2.8.1 have serious problems allocating registers when functions contain operations on `long long' datatypes. - Supplying the `--disable-hsizet' switch to configure (documented - in Appendix B, "Large (>2GB) versus small (<2GB) file capability,") - will prevent HDF5 from using `long long' datatypes in - situations that are known not to work, but it limits the HDF5 - address space to 2GB. A.2. COMPAQ/DEC The V5.2-038 compiler (and possibly others) occasionally @@ -656,10 +651,8 @@ B. Large (>2GB) versus small (<2GB) file capability than 2GB, it is necessary to use the non-ANSI `long long' data type on some platforms. However, some compilers (e.g., GNU gcc versions before 2.8.1 on Intel platforms) are unable to produce - correct machine code for this datatype. To disable use of the - `long long' type on these machines, say: + correct machine code for this datatype. - $ ./configure --disable-hsizet C. Building and testing with other compilers C.1. Building and testing with Intel compilers |