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| -rw-r--r-- | release_docs/INSTALL | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | release_docs/RELEASE.txt | 21 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL b/release_docs/INSTALL index 4c584e6..73afa5d 100644 --- a/release_docs/INSTALL +++ b/release_docs/INSTALL @@ -521,6 +521,11 @@ fails. To prevent deletion of the files define the HDF5_NOCLEANUP environment variable. + The HDF5 tests can take a long time to run on some systems. To + perform a faster (but less thorough) test, set the HDF5TestExpress + environment variable to 2 or 3 (with 3 being the shortest run). + To perform a longer test, set HDF5TestExpress to 0. 1 is the default. + 5.6. Installing The HDF5 library, include files, and support programs can be installed in a (semi-)public place by saying `make install'. The diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 215c35b..ac0309e 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -45,6 +45,18 @@ New Features Configuration: -------------- + - Added the variable HDF5TestExpress to control how long tests run. + Setting it to a value between 0 and 3 controls how thoroughly the + library is tested, with 0 being an "exhaustive run" and 3 being a + very quick "smoke test." 1 (a "full run") is the default. + -JML 2006/6/21 + - If both shared and static libraries are installed, now both will be + tested during 'make install'. -MAM 2006/06/21 + - Added support to explicity enable stream_vfd or shared libraries + when using parallel via the '--enable-stream_vfd' and + '--enable-shared' options, respectively. If not explicity defined, + These settings default to enabled when parallel is not used, + and disabled when parallel is used. -MAM 2006/06/17 - Remove the flexible parallel code and the --enable-fphdf5 configure option, it was never up to production standards anyway. -QAK 2006/4/20 @@ -157,15 +169,6 @@ New Features - Fixed configure setting of C++ for OSF1 platform. AKC - 2004/01/06 - Prefix default is changed from /usr/local to `pwd`/hdf5. AKC - 2003/07/09 - - Added support to explicity enable stream_vfd or shared libraries - when using parallel via the '--enable-stream_vfd' and - '--enable-shared' options, respectively. If not explicity defined, - These settings default to enabled when parallel is not used, - and disabled when parallel is used. MAM 2006/06/21 - - When both shared and static libraries are enabled, h5cc will test - compilation of both shared and static libraries, ultimately - linking with static libraries, as opposed to only doing a single - compile of static libraries. MAM 2006/06/21 Library: -------- |