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| -rw-r--r-- | release_docs/RELEASE.txt | 19 |
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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index bd186d8..314a713 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -463,6 +463,25 @@ New Features Library: -------- + - Change how the release part of version, in major.minor.release is checked + for compatibility + + The HDF5 library uses a function, H5check_version, to check that + the version defined in the header files, which is used to compile an + application is compatible with the version codified in the library, which + the application loads at runtime. This previously required an exact match + or the library would print a warning, dump the build settings and then + abort or continue. An environment variable controlled the logic. + + Now the function first checks that the library release version, in + major.minor.release, is not older than the version in the headers. + Secondly, if the release version is different, it checks if either + the library version or the header version is in the exception list, in + 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) + - gcc warning suppression macros were moved out of H5public.h The HDF5 library uses a set of macros to suppress warnings on gcc. |