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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index cc1b4e2..568a280 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,39 +1,39 @@ -HDF5 version 1.8.18-snap2 currently under development +HDF5 version 1.8.18 released on 2016-11-14 ================================================================================ INTRODUCTION ============ This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.8.17 and -HDF5-1.8.18-*, and contains information on the platforms tested and -known problems in HDF5-1.8.18-*. +HDF5-1.8.18, and contains information on the platforms tested and +known problems in HDF5-1.8.18. For more details, see the files HISTORY-1_0-1_8_0_rc3.txt and HISTORY-1_8.txt in the release_docs/ directory of the HDF5 source. Links to the HDF5 1.8.18 source code, documentation, and additional materials can be found on the HDF5 web page at: - http://www.hdfgroup.org/products/hdf5/ + https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/ The HDF5 1.8.18 release can be obtained from: - http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/obtain5.html + https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/obtain518.html User documentation for 1.8.18 can be accessed directly at this location: - http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/ + https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc1.8/ New features in the HDF5-1.8.x release series, including brief general descriptions of some new and modified APIs, are described in the "What's New in 1.8.0?" document: - http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/ADGuide/WhatsNew180.html + https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/ADGuide/WhatsNew180.html All new and modified APIs are listed in detail in the "HDF5 Software Changes from Release to Release" document, in the section "Release 1.8.18 (current release) versus Release 1.8.17 - http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/ADGuide/Changes.html + https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc1.8/ADGuide/Changes.html If you have any questions or comments, please send them to the HDF Help Desk: @@ -57,23 +57,34 @@ New Features Configuration ------------- - - CMake - Added NAMESPACE hdf5:: to package configuration files - - CMake: change CTEST_BUILD_CONFIGURATION to CTEST_CONFIGURATION_TYPE, which is - recommended by CMake documentation. - HDFFV-9971 (ADB 2016/8/22) + - CMake: Added NAMESPACE hdf5:: to package configuration files to allow + projects using installed HDF5 binaries built with CMake to link with + them without specifying the HDF5 library location via IMPORTED_LOCATION. + + (ADB, 2016/10/17, HDFFV-10003) + + + - CMake: Changed the CTEST_BUILD_CONFIGURATION option to + CTEST_CONFIGURATION_TYPE as recommended by the CMake documentation. + + (ADB, 2016/10/17, HDFFV-9971) + + - CMake: Added support for GIT + + (ADB, 2016/07/12) Library ------- - -None + - None Parallel Library ---------------- - None + Tools ----- - None @@ -81,9 +92,6 @@ New Features High-Level APIs --------------- - - C Packet Table API - ------------------ - None @@ -99,37 +107,103 @@ New Features Support for New Platforms, Languages, and Compilers =================================================== - - + + Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.17 =========================== Configuration ------------- - - None + + - Fixed a problem preventing HDF5 to be built on 32-bit CYGWIN by + condensing cygwin configuration files into a single file and + removing outdated compiler settings. + + (ABD, 2016/07/12, HDFFV-9946) + + + - CMake: Fixed a command length overflow error by converting custom + commands inside CMakeTest.cmake files into regular dependencies and + targets. + + (ABD, 2016/07/12, HDFFV-9939) + + + - CMake: Fixed a timeout error that would occasionally occur when running + the virtual file driver tests simultaneously due to test directory and file + name collisions. + + (ABD, 2016/09/19, HDFFV-9431) Library ------- - - Fixed a bug that could occur when using H5Pset_alignment. + + - Fixed a memory leak that would occur when the library allocated memory + for an external file prefix (H5Pset_efile_prefix) and failed to free it. + + (DER, 2016/04/29) + + + - Fixed an error that would occur when calling H5Adelete on an attribute + which is attached to an externally linked object in the target file and + whose datatype is a committed datatype in the main file. + + (VC, 2016-07-04, HDFFV-9940) + + + - Fixed a problem where a plugin compiled into a DLL in the default plugin + directory could not be found by the HDF5 library at runtime on Windows + when the HDF5_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable was not set. + + (ABD, 2016/08/01, HDFFV-9706) + + + - Fixed an issue where H5Pset_alignment could result in misaligned blocks + with some input combinations, causing an assertion failure in debug mode. (NAF, 2016/08/11, HDFFV-9948) - - Fixed a memory bug that could occur when a message was improperly marked - as sharable on disk. - (NAF, 2016/07/01, HDFFV-9950) + - A number of issues were fixed when reading/writing from/to corrupted + files to ensure that the library fails gracefully in these cases: + + * Writing to a corrupted file that has an object message which is + incorrectly marked as sharable on disk results in a buffer overflow / + invalid write instead of a clean error message. + + * Decoding data from a corrupted file with a dataset encoded with the + H5Z_NBIT decoding can result in a code execution vulnerability under + the context of the application using the HDF5 library. + + * When decoding an array datatype from a corrupted file, the HDF5 library + fails to return an error in production if the number of dimensions + decoded is greater than the maximum rank. + + * When decoding an "old style" array datatype from a corrupted file, the + HDF5 library fails to return an error in production if the number of + dimensions decoded is greater than the maximum rank. + + (NAF, 2016/10/06, HDFFV-9950, HDFFV-9951, HDFFV-9992, HDFFV-9993) + + + - Fixed an error that would occur when copying an object with an attribute + which is a compound datatype consisting of a variable length string. + + (VC, 2016-10-17, HDFFV-7991) Parallel Library ---------------- + - Fixed a bug that could occur when allocating a chunked dataset in parallel with an alignment set and an alignment threshold greater than the chunk size but less than or equal to the raw data aggregator size. (NAF, 2016/08/11, HDFFV-9969) + Performance ------------- - None @@ -137,6 +211,15 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.17 Tools ----- + + - Fixed an error in the compiler wrapper scripts (h5cc, h5fc, et al.) + in which they would erroneously drop the file argument specified via + the -o flag when the -o flag was specified before the -c flag on the + command line, resulting in a failure to compile. + + (LRK, 2016/06/08, HDFFV-9938, HDFFV-9530) + + - h5repack User Defined (UD) filter parameters were not parsed correctly. The UD filter parameters were not being parsed correctly. Reworked coding @@ -147,17 +230,54 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.17 Fortran API ----------- - - None + + - Fortran library fails to compile and fails tests with NAG compiler. + + * Removed the non-standard assumption that KIND=SIZEOF, in the HDF5 + configure programs. + * Removed Fortran 66 character/integer conversions from tests. + * Removed the use of C_SIZEOF in the test programs + * Changed to using STORAGE_SIZE in the test programs if available. Otherwise, + uses C_SIZEOF or SIZEOF. + + (MSB, 2016/9/22, HDFFV-9973) + + + - Fortran segfaults for F03 tests with NAG compiler + + * Removed INTENT(OUT) from 'fillvalue' in F2003 interface + for H5Pget_fill_value_f. + + (MSB, 2016/9/22, HDFFV-9980) C++ API ------- - - None + + - The macro H5_NO_NAMESPACE is deprecated from the HDF5 C++ API library. + In future releases, the macros H5_NO_STD and OLD_HEADER_FILENAME may + also be removed. + + (BMR, 2016/10/27, HDFFV-9532) High-Level APIs: --------------- - - None + + - The high-level API Packet Table (PT) did not write data correctly when + the datatype is a compound type that has string type as one of the + members. This problem started in 1.8.15, after the fix of HDFFV-9042 + was applied, which caused the Packet Table to use native type to access + the data. It should be up to the application to specify whether the + buffer to be read into memory in the machine’s native architecture. + Thus, the PT is fixed to not use native type but to make a copy of the + user's provided datatype during creation or the packet table's datatype + during opening. If an application wishes to use native type to read the + data, then the application will request that. However, the Packet Table + doesn't provide a way to specify memory datatype in this release. This + feature will be available in future releases, HDFFV-10023. + + (BMR, 2016/10/27, HDFFV-9758) Fortran High-Level APIs: @@ -175,14 +295,10 @@ Supported Platforms The following platforms are supported and have been tested for this release. They are built with the configure process unless specified otherwise. - AIX 6.1 xlc/xlc_r 10.1.0.5 - (NASA G-ADA) xlC/xlC_r 10.1.0.5 - xlf90/xlf90_r 12.1.0.6 - - Linux 2.6.32-573.3.1.el6 GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++) + Linux 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6 GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++) #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux compilers: - (platypus) Version 4.4.7 20120313 - Version 4.8.4, Version 5.2.0 + (platypus/mayll) Version 4.4.7 20120313 + Versions 4.8.4, 4.9.3, 5.2.0 PGI C, Fortran, C++ for 64-bit target on x86-64; Version 15.7-0 @@ -191,16 +307,16 @@ They are built with the configure process unless specified otherwise. Version 15.0.3.187 Build 20150407 MPICH 3.1.4 compiled with GCC 4.9.3 - Linux 2.6.32-504.8.1.el6.ppc64 gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-11) - #1 SMP ppc64 GNU/Linux g++ (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-11) - (ostrich) GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-11) + Linux 2.6.32-573.18.1.el6 gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16) + #1 SMP ppc64 GNU/Linux g++ (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16) + (ostrich) GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16) IBM XL C/C++ V13.1 IBM XL Fortran V15.1 - Linux 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7 GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++) + Linux 3.10.0-327.10.1.el7 GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++) #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux compilers: - (kituo/moohan) Version 4.8.3 20140911 (Red Hat 4.8.3-9) - Version 5.2.0 + (kituo/moohan) Version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4) + Versions 4.9.3, 5.2.0 Intel(R) C (icc), C++ (icpc), Fortran (icc) compilers: Version 15.0.3.187 Build 20150407 @@ -220,24 +336,26 @@ They are built with the configure process unless specified otherwise. Visual Studio 2013 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake) Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel Fortran 16 (cmake) - Windows 8.1 Visual Studio 2012 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake) - Visual Studio 2013 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake) + Windows 10 Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel Fortran 16 (cmake) - Windows 8.1 x64 Visual Studio 2012 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake) - Visual Studio 2013 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake) + Windows 10 x64 Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel Fortran 16 (cmake) - Mac OS X Mt. Lion 10.8.5 Apple clang/clang++ version 5.1 from Xcode 5.1 + Mac OS X Mt. Lion 10.8.5 Apple LLVM version 5.1 (clang-503.0.40) 64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.8.2 (swallow/kite) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 15.0.3 - Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 Apple clang/clang++ version 6.0 from Xcode 6.2.0 + Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 Apple LLVM version 6.0 (clang-600.0.57) 64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.9.2 (wren/quail) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 15.0.3 - Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 Apple clang/clang++ version 6.0 from Xcode 7.0.0 + Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 Apple LLVM version 6.1 (clang-602.0.53) 64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.9.2 (osx1010dev/osx1010test) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 15.0.3 + Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 Apple LLVM version 7.3.0 (clang-703.0.29) + 64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 5.2.0 + (VM osx1011dev/osx1011test) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 16.0.2 + Tested Configuration Features Summary ===================================== @@ -259,11 +377,11 @@ SunOS 5.11 64-bit n y/y n y y y Windows 7 y y/y n y y y Windows 7 x64 y y/y n y y y Windows 7 Cygwin n y/y n y y n -Windows 8.1 n y/y n y y y -Windows 8.1 x64 n y/y n y y y +Windows 10 n y/y n y y y +Windows 10 x64 n y/y n y y y Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 64-bit n y/y n y y y Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 64-bit n y/y n y y y -Mac OS X Yosemeti 10.10.5 64-bit n y/y n y y y +Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 64-bit n y/y n y y y AIX 6.1 32- and 64-bit n y/n n y y y CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 GNU y y/y y y y y CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 Intel n y/y n y y y @@ -279,11 +397,11 @@ SunOS 5.11 64-bit y y y y Windows 7 y y y y Windows 7 x64 y y y y Windows 7 Cygwin n n n y -Windows 8.1 y y y y -Windows 8.1 x64 y y y y +Windows 10 y y y y +Windows 10 x64 y y y y Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 64-bit y n y y Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 64-bit y n y y -Mac OS X Yosemeti 10.10.5 64-bit y n y y +Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 64-bit y n y y AIX 6.1 32- and 64-bit y n n y CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 GNU y y y y CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 Intel y y y y @@ -300,47 +418,30 @@ More Tested Platforms ===================== The following platforms are not supported but have been tested for this release. - Linux 2.6.18-431.11.2.el6 g95 (GCC 4.0.3 (g95 0.94!) + Linux 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6 g95 (GCC 4.0.3 (g95 0.94!) #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux (platypus) - Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11 Apple clang/clang++ version 7.0.0 from Xcode 7.0.1 - 64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 5.2.0 - (VM) - - Windows 7 Visual Studio 2008 (cmake) - - Windows 7 x64 Visual Studio 2008 (cmake) - - Windows 10 Visual Studio 2013 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake) - - Windows 10 x64 Visual Studio 2013 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake) - - Debian7.5.0 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.51-1 x86_64 GNU/Linux - gcc (Debian 4.7.2-5) 4.7.2 - GNU Fortran (Debian 4.7.2-5) 4.7.2 + Debian8.4.0 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.36-1 x86_64 GNU/Linux + gcc (Debian 4.9.2-10) 4.9.2 + GNU Fortran (Debian 4.9.2-10) 4.9.2 (cmake and autotools) - Fedora20 3.15.3-200.fc20.x86_64 #1 SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux - gcc (GCC) 4.8.3 20140624 (Red Hat 4.8.3-1) - GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.8.3 20140624 (Red Hat 4.8.3-1) + Fedora24 4.7.2-201.fc24.x86_64 #1 SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux + gcc (GCC) 6.1.1 20160621 (Red Hat 6.1.1-3) + GNU Fortran (GCC) 6.1.1 20160621 (Red Hat 6.1.1-3) (cmake and autotools) - SUSE 13.1 3.11.10-17-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux - gcc (SUSE Linux) 4.8.1 - GNU Fortran (SUSE Linux) 4.8.1 + CentOS 7.2 3.10.0-327.28.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux + gcc (GCC) 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4) + GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4) (cmake and autotools) - Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-35-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux - gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.9.1-0ubuntu1) 4.9.1 - GNU Fortran (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.9.1-0ubuntu1) 4.9.1 + Ubuntu 16.04 4.4.0-38-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux + gcc (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2) 5.4.0 + GNU Fortran (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2) 5.4.0 (cmake and autotools) - hopper.nersc.gov PrgEnv-gnu/5.2.40 - gcc (GCC) 4.9.2 20141030 (Cray Inc.) - GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.9.2 20141030 (Cray Inc.) - g++ (GCC) 4.9.2 20141030 (Cray Inc.) - Known Problems ============== |