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| -rw-r--r-- | release_docs/RELEASE.txt | 46 |
1 files changed, 43 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 0100f8e..34a734e 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -115,6 +115,19 @@ New Features Library: -------- + - Add an enumerated value to H5F_libver_t for H5Pset_libver_bounds(). + + Currently, the library defines two values for H5F_libver_t and supports + only two pairs of (low, high) combinations as derived from these values. + Thus the bounds setting via H5Pset_libver_bounds() is rather restricted. + + Add an enumerated value (H5F_LIBVER_V18) to H5F_libver_t and + H5Pset_libver_bounds() now supports five pairs of (low, high) combinations + as derived from these values. This addition provides the user more + flexibility in setting bounds for object creation. + + (VC - 2018/03/14) + - Add prefix option to VDS files. Currently, VDS source files must be in the active directory to be @@ -346,11 +359,23 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.1 release Library ------- + - Freeing of object header in H5Ocache.c + + It was discovered that the object header was not released properly + when the checksum verification failed and a re-load of the object + header was needed. + + Free the object header that failed the chksum verification only + after the new object header is reloaded, deserialized and set up. + + (VC - 2018/03/14, HDFFV-10209) + - H5Pset_evict_on_close in H5Pfapl.c Changed the minor error number from H5E_CANTSET to H5E_UNSUPPORTED for parallel library. - (ADB - 2018/03/6, HDFFV-10414) + + (ADB - 2018/03/06, HDFFV-10414) - Utility function can not handle lowercase Windows drive letters @@ -374,7 +399,7 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.1 release (VC - 2017/11/28, HDFFV-9947) - - filter plugin handling in H5PL.c and H5Z.c + - Filter plugin handling in H5PL.c and H5Z.c It was discovered that the dynamic loading process used by filter plugins had issues with library dependencies. @@ -383,7 +408,8 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.1 release allowed HDF5 C library to make dependent libraries private. The filter plugin libraries no longer require dependent libraries (such as szip or zlib) to be available. - (ADB - 2017/11/16, HDFFV-10328) + + (ADB - 2017/11/16, HDFFV-10328) - Fix rare object header corruption bug @@ -694,6 +720,20 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.1 release Tools ----- + - h5clear + + An enhancement to the tool in setting a file's stored EOA. + + It was discovered that a crashed file's stored EOA in the superblock + was smaller than the actual file's EOF. When the file was reopened + and closed, the library truncated the file to the stored EOA. + + Add an option to the tool in setting the file's stored EOA in the + superblock to the maximum of (EOA, EOF) + increment. + Another option is also added to print the file's EOA and EOF. + + (VC - 2018/03/14, HDFFV-10360) + - h5repack h5repack changes the chunk parameters when a change of layout is not |