From e7b7e14a88f37a6d348e62abf10765059383d645 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Quincey Koziol Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:00:18 -0500 Subject: [svn-r3004] Purpose: Feature description. Description: Describe the v1.2 compatibility configure switch Platforms tested: FreeBSD 4.2 (hawkwind) --- INSTALL | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 06caa03..229ee7c 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -414,10 +414,12 @@ for further details. 5.3.12. Backward compatibility - The 1.4 version of the HDF5 library can be configured to enable - access to functions that were present in the 1.2 version, but removed - from the current version with the '--enable-hdf5v1_2' configure - flag. + The 1.4 version of the HDF5 library can be configured to operate + identically to the v1.2 library with the '--enable-hdf5v1_2' configure + flag. This allows existing code to be compiled with the v1.4 library + without requiring immediate changes to the application source code. + This flag will only be supported in the v1.4 branch of the library, + it will not be available in v1.5+. 5.3.13. Network stream capability The HDF5 library can be configured with a network stream file -- cgit v0.12