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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:
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+ - 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:
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