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diff --git a/src/H5private.h b/src/H5private.h
index bb2a2eb..62951b7 100644
--- a/src/H5private.h
+++ b/src/H5private.h
@@ -345,6 +345,14 @@
#define FAIL (-1)
#define UFAIL (unsigned)(-1)
+/* The HDF5 library uses the symbol `ERR` frequently. So do
+ * header files for libraries such as curses(3), terminfo(3), etc.
+ * Remove its definition here to avoid clashes with HDF5.
+ */
+#ifdef ERR
+#undef ERR
+#endif
+
/* number of members in an array */
#ifndef NELMTS
# define NELMTS(X) (sizeof(X)/sizeof(X[0]))
@@ -1645,9 +1653,18 @@ extern char *strdup(const char *s);
/* Assign a variable to one of a different size (think safer dst = (dsttype)src").
* The code generated by the macro checks for overflows.
+ *
+ * Use w##x##y##z instead of H5_GLUE4(w, x, y, z) because srctype
+ * or dsttype on some systems (e.g., NetBSD 8 and earlier) may
+ * supply some standard types using a macro---e.g.,
+ * #defineĀ uint8_tĀ __uint8_t. The preprocessor will expand the
+ * macros before it evaluates H5_GLUE4(), and that will generate
+ * an unexpected name such as ASSIGN___uint8_t_TO___uint16_t.
+ * The preprocessor does not expand macros in w##x##y##z, so
+ * that will always generate the expected name.
*/
#define H5_CHECKED_ASSIGN(dst, dsttype, src, srctype) \
- H5_GLUE4(ASSIGN_,srctype,_TO_,dsttype)(dst,dsttype,src,srctype)\
+ ASSIGN_##srctype##_TO_##dsttype(dst,dsttype,src,srctype)\
#else /* NDEBUG */
#define H5_CHECKED_ASSIGN(dst, dsttype, src, srctype) \