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-rw-r--r--release_docs/INSTALL_CMake.txt2
-rw-r--r--release_docs/RELEASE.txt7
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL_CMake.txt b/release_docs/INSTALL_CMake.txt
index f956104..bcc34eb 100644
--- a/release_docs/INSTALL_CMake.txt
+++ b/release_docs/INSTALL_CMake.txt
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ BUILD_STATIC_EXECS "Build Static Executables" OFF
BUILD_TESTING "Build HDF5 Unit Testing" ON
---------------- HDF5 Build Options ---------------------
-HDF5_BUILD_CPP_LIB "Build HDF5 C++ Library" ON
+HDF5_BUILD_CPP_LIB "Build HDF5 C++ Library" OFF
HDF5_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build HDF5 Library Examples" ON
HDF5_BUILD_FORTRAN "Build FORTRAN support" OFF
HDF5_BUILD_JAVA "Build JAVA support" OFF
diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index 914e9da..0b63401 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ New Features
Configuration:
-------------
+ - CMake no longer builds the C++ library by default
+
+ HDF5_BUILD_CPP_LIB now defaults to OFF, which is in line with the
+ Autotools build defaults.
+
+ (DER - 2021/04/20)
+
- Removal of pre-VS2015 work-arounds
HDF5 now requires Visual Studio 2015 or greater, so old work-around