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Minor cleanup of RELEASE.txt:
  - formatting
  - update platforms tested & known issues as of 1.8.7 release
    (i.e. changes made to 1_8_7's RELEASE.txt never merged to 1_8).
    (these will further be updated prior to 1.8.8 release).

Tested:
 - release doc only, none needed.
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Mike McGreevy
2011-10-17 11:51:10 -05:00
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@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ New Features
(EIP for SB - 2011/10/13)
Fortran API
-------
-----------
HDF5 Fortran library was enhanced to support Fortran 2003 standard.
The following features are available when the HDF5 library is configured
using --enable-fortran --enable-fortran2003 configure flags AND
@@ -148,9 +148,6 @@ Support for New Platforms, Languages, and Compilers
===================================================
- None
- h5repack: added macro to handle a failure in H5Dread/write when memory allocation failed
inside the library. (PC -- 2011/08/19)
Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.7
==========================
@@ -285,9 +282,11 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.7
the object and file addresses before comparing the details
in the objects. Examples of details are datasets and attributes.
HDFFV-5928. (XCAO & JKM 05/06/2011)
- h5repack: added macro to handle a failure in H5Dread/write when memory
allocation failed inside the library. (PC -- 2011/08/19)
F90 API
------
-------
- Modified the h5open_f and h5close_f subroutines to not to call H5open and
H5close correspodningly. While the H5open call just adds overhead, the H5close
call called by an Fortran application shuts down the HDF5 library making
@@ -310,6 +309,12 @@ Platforms Tested
================
The following platforms and compilers have been tested for this release.
AIX 6.1 xlc 11.1.0.3
(NCSA BP) xlC 11.1.0.3
xlf90 13.1.0.3
mpcc_r 11.1.0.3
mpxlf90_r 13.1.0.3
FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE i386 gcc 4.2.1 [FreeBSD] 20070719
(loyalty) g++ 4.2.1 [FreeBSD] 20070719
gcc 4.6.1 20110422
@@ -349,7 +354,7 @@ The following platforms and compilers have been tested for this release.
gcc 4.1.2 and gfortran 4.1.2
SGI ProPack 7 Linux Intel(R) C++ Version 11.1 20100806
2.6.32.19-0.3.1.1982.0.PTF- Intel(R) Fortran Version 11.1 20100806
2.6.32.24-0.2.1.2230.2.PTF- Intel(R) Fortran Version 11.1 20100806
default #1 SMP SGI MPT 2.01
SGI Altix UV
(NCSA ember)
@@ -379,17 +384,13 @@ The following platforms and compilers have been tested for this release.
Windows 7 x64 Visual Studio 2008 w/ Intel Fortran 11.1 (cmake)
Mac OS X 10.6.3 (Intel 64-bit) i686-apple-darwin10-gcc-4.2.1 (GCC) 4.2.1
Darwin Kernel Version 10.3.1 GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.5.0 20090910
Intel C, C++ and Fortran compilers 11.1 20100806
Mac OS X 10.7.0 (Intel 64-bit) i686-apple-darwin10-gcc-4.2.1 (GCC) 4.2.1
Darwin Kernel Version 10.7.0 GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.6.0 20101106 (experimental)
Intel C, C++ and Fortran compilers 12.0.1.122 20101110
Mac OS X 10.6.4 (Intel 32-bit) i686-apple-darwin10-gcc-4.2.1 (GCC) 4.2.1
Darwin Kernel Version 10.4.0 GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.6.0 20101106
Intel C, C++ and Fortran compilers 12.0.0 20101110
Mac OS X 10.6.4 (Intel 64-bit) i686-apple-darwin10-gcc-4.2.1 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5659)
Darwin Kernel Version 10.6.0 GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.5.0 20090910
Intel C, C++ and Fortran compilers 11.1 20100806
Mac OS X 10.7.0 (Intel 32-bit) i686-apple-darwin10-gcc-4.2.1 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)
Darwin Kernel Version 10.7.0 GNU Fortran (GCC) version 4.4.0 20090123 (experimental)
[trunk revision 143587]
Fedora 12 2.6.32.16-150.fc12.ppc64 #1 SMP ppc64 GNU/Linux
gcc (GCC) 4.4.4 20100630 (Red Hat 4.4.4-10)
@@ -432,7 +433,7 @@ The following platforms and compilers have been tested for this release.
HP C++ V7.3-009
Tested Configuration Features Summary
========================================
=====================================
In the tables below
y = tested
@@ -453,15 +454,16 @@ Windows XP x64 n y(4) n y y
Windows Vista n y(4) n y y y
Windows Vista x64 n y(4) n y y y
OpenVMS Alpha n y n y y n
Mac OS X 10.6 Intel n y n y y y
FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE 32- and 64-bit n x n x y y
Mac OS X 10.7 Intel 32-bit n y n y y y
Mac OS X 10.7 Intel 64-bit n y n y y y
AIX 6.1 32- and 64-bit y y y y y y
FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE 32&64 bit n x n x y y
CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.18-194 i686 GNU (1)W y y(2) y y y y
CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.18-194 i686 Intel W n y n y y n
CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.18-194 i686 PGI W n y n y y n
CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.16 x86_64 GNU (1) W y y(3) y y y y
CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.16 x86_64 Intel W n y n y y n
CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.16 x86_64 PGI W n y n y y y
RedHat EL4 2.6.18 Xeon Lustre C y y y y y n
Fedora 12 Linux 2.6.32.16-150.fc12.ppc64 n y n y y y
SGI Linux 2.6.32.19 y y y y y y
@@ -475,15 +477,16 @@ Windows XP x64 y y(4) y n
Windows Vista y y(4) y y
Windows Vista x64 y y(4) y y
OpenVMS Alpha n n n n
Mac OS X 10.6 y(5) n y n
FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE 32- and 64-bit y x x y
Mac OS X 10.7 Intel 32-bit y(5) n y n
Mac OS X 10.7 Intel 64-bit y(5) n y n
AIX 6.1 32- and 64-bit n n n y
FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE 32&64 bit y x x y
CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.18-128 i686 GNU (1)W y y(2) y y
CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.18-128 i686 Intel W y y y n
CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.18-128 i686 PGI W y y y n
CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.16 x86_64 GNU (1) W y y y y
CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.16 x86_64 Intel W y y y n
CentOS 5.5 Linux 2.6.16 x86_64 PGI W y y y n
RedHat EL4 2.6.18 Xeon Lustre C y y y n
Fedora 12 Linux 2.6.32.16-150.fc12.ppc64 y y y y
SGI Linux 2.6.32.19 y y y y
@@ -498,23 +501,26 @@ SGI Linux 2.6.32.19 y y y y
Known Problems
==============
* After the shared library support is fixed for some bugs, it is discovered
that "make prefix=XXX install" no longer work for shared libraries. It
* After the shared library support was fixed for some bugs, it was discovered
that "make prefix=XXX install" no longer works for shared libraries. It
still works correctly for static libraries. Therefore, if you want to
install the HDF5 shared libraries in location such as /usr/local/hdf5,
you need to specify it via the --prefix option during configure time.
E.g, ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/hdf5 ...
install the HDF5 shared libraries in a location such as /usr/local/hdf5,
you need to specify the location via the --prefix option during configure
time. E.g, ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/hdf5 ...
(AKC - 2011/05/07 HDFFV-7583)
* The parallel test, t_shapesame, in testpar/, may run for a long time and may
get terminated by the alarm signal. If that happens, one can increase the
be terminated by the alarm signal. If that happens, one can increase the
alarm seconds (default is 1200 seconds = 20 minutes) by setting the
environment variable, $HDF5_ALARM_SECONDS, to a larger value such as 3600
which means 60 minutes = 1 hour. Beware that the t_shapesame test may fail
in some systems (see the "While working on the 1.8.6 release..." problem
below). If it does, it will waste more time if $HDF5_ALARM_SECONDS is set
(60 minutes). Note that the t_shapesame test may fail in some systems
(see the "While working on the 1.8.6 release..." problem below). If
it does, it will waste more time if $HDF5_ALARM_SECONDS is set
to a larger value. (AKC - 2011/05/07)
* The C++ and FORTRAN bindings are not currently working on FreeBSD.
(QAK - 2011/04/26)
* Shared Fortran libraries are not quite working on AIX. While they are
generated when --enable-shared is specified, the fortran and hl/fortran
tests fail. We are looking into the issue. HL and C++ shared libraries
@@ -526,7 +532,7 @@ Known Problems
sometimes fails in the perform directory due to the attempt to remove the
executable of h5perf or h5perf_serial by two "parallel" commands. This error
has no consequence on the functionality of the HDF5 library or install. It
is fixed in the next release. AKC - 2011/01/25 ??????? 4.18.2011. sent question to albert re: has this been fixed in 1.8.7?????????????????????????
is fixed in the next release. AKC - 2011/01/25
* While working on the 1.8.6 release of HDF5, a bug was discovered that can
occur when reading from a dataset in parallel shortly after it has been
@@ -578,21 +584,6 @@ Known Problems
a non-zero for this particular test, therefore it concludes the test has
failed when it receives 0 from yod. Skip all the "failing" test for now
by changing them as following.
* The STDIO VFD does not work on some architectures, possibly due to 32/64
bit or large file issues. The basic STDIO VFD test is known to fail on
64-bit SunOS 5.10 on SPARC when built with -m64 and 32-bit OS X/Darwin
10.7.0. The STDIO VFD test has been disabled while we investigate and
a fix should appear in a future release, possibly 1.8.9.
* The links test can fail under the stdio VFD due to some issues with external
links. This will be investigated and fixed in a future release. See JIRA
issue HDFFV-7768 for more information. DER - 10/14/2011
* h5diff can report inconsistent results when comparing datasets of enum type
that contain invalid values. This is due to how enum types are handled in
the library and will be addressed in the next release. See JIRA issue
HDFFV-7527. DER - 10/14/2011
======== Original tools/h5ls/testh5ls.sh =========
TOOLTEST tgroup-1.ls 1 -w80 -r -g tgroup.h5
@@ -614,6 +605,21 @@ Known Problems
echo SKIP H5LSTEST $FILEOUT
==================================================
AKC - 2008/11/10
* The STDIO VFD does not work on some architectures, possibly due to 32/64
bit or large file issues. The basic STDIO VFD test is known to fail on
64-bit SunOS 5.10 on SPARC when built with -m64 and 32-bit OS X/Darwin
10.7.0. The STDIO VFD test has been disabled while we investigate and
a fix should appear in a future release, possibly 1.8.9.
* The links test can fail under the stdio VFD due to some issues with external
links. This will be investigated and fixed in a future release. See JIRA
issue HDFFV-7768 for more information. DER - 10/14/2011
* h5diff can report inconsistent results when comparing datasets of enum type
that contain invalid values. This is due to how enum types are handled in
the library and will be addressed in the next release. See JIRA issue
HDFFV-7527. DER - 10/14/2011
* For Red Storm, a Cray XT3 system, the yod command sometimes gives the
message, "yod allocation delayed for node recovery". This interferes with