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[svn-r5841] Snapshot version 1.5 release 32

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HDF5 version 1.5.31 released on Sat Jul 6 07:24:49 CDT 2002
HDF5 version 1.5.32 released on Sat Aug 3 11:14:45 CDT 2002
================================================================================
@@ -35,16 +35,23 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.0
Library
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* Fixed metadata corruption problem which could occur when many objects
are created in a file during parallel I/O. QAK - 2002/07/19
* Fixed VL memory leak when data is overwritten. The heap objects holding
old data are freed. If the fill value writting time is set to
H5D_FILL_TIME_NEVER, the library prohibits user to create VL type dataset.
The library free all the heap objects storing VL type if there is nested
VL type(a VL type contains another VL type). SLU - 2002/07/10
* Fixed bug in parallel I/O routines where a collective I/O which used
MPI derived types, followed by an independent I/O would cause the library
to hang. QAK 2002/06/24
to hang. QAK - 2002/06/24
* Fixed bug in chunking routines where they were using internal allocation
free routines, instead of malloc/free, preventing user filters from
working correctly. Chunks are now allocated/freed with malloc/free and
so should the chunks in user filters. QAK 2002/06/18
so should the chunks in user filters. QAK - 2002/06/18
* Fixed bug where regular hyperslab selection could get incorrectly
transferred when the number of elements in a row did not fit evenly
into the buffer provided. QAK 2002/06/12
into the buffer provided. QAK - 2002/06/12
* Fixed bug (#499) which allowed an "empty" compound or enumerated datatype
(one with no members) to be used to create a dataset or committed to a
file. QAK - 2002/06/11
@@ -157,6 +164,8 @@ Library
Configuration
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* Added "--with-dmalloc" flag, to easily enable support for the 'dmalloc'
debugging malloc implementation. -QAK, 2002/07/15
* Can use just enable-threadsafe if the C compiler has builtin pthreads
support.
* Require HDF (a.k.a. hdf4) software that consists of a newer version
@@ -188,6 +197,14 @@ Documentation
New Features
============
* Added MPI-posix VFL driver. This VFL driver uses MPI functions to
coordinate actions, but performs I/O directly with POSIX sec(2)
(i.e. open/close/read/write/etc.) calls. This driver should _NOT_
be used to access files that are not on a parallel filesystem.
The following API functions were added:
herr_t H5Pset_fapl_mpiposix(hid_t fapl_id, MPI_Comm comm);
herr_t H5Pget_fapl_mpiposix(hid_t fapl_id, MPI_Comm *comm/*out*/);
-QAK, 2002/07/15
* Added environment variable flag to control whether creating MPI derived
typed is preferred or not. This can affect performance, depending on
which way the MPI-I/O library is optimized for. The default is set to
@@ -365,9 +382,9 @@ Platforms Tested
IRIX64 6.5 (64 & n32) MIPSpro cc 7.3.1m
mpt.1.4.0.2
mpich-1.2.1
Linux 2.4.4 gcc-2.95.3
Linux 2.4.18 gcc-2.95.3
g++ 2.95.3
Linux 2.2.16-3smp gcc-2.95.2
Linux 2.2.18smp gcc-2.95.2
g++ 2.95.2
pgf90 3.1-3
OSF1 V4.0 DEC-V5.2-040
@@ -456,7 +473,7 @@ Supported Configuration Features Summary
in serial mode.
(4) No HDF4-related tools.
(5) Shared libraries are provided only for the C library.
(6) Exception of (5): DLL is available for C++ API on Windows
(6) Exception of (5): DLL is available for C++ API on Windows
Known Problems
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* Datasets or attributes which have a variable-length string datatype are not
printing correctly with h5dump and h5ls.
* DLLs do not work on Windows 98
* RELEASE DLLs will fail on some tests on Windows 2000 with Microsoft visual
studio 6.0 due to memory allocation problems caused by compiler.
Users are encouraged to go to microsoft site to find and install
visual studio 6.0 service pack 5. After that, release dlls will work.
* The stream-vfd test uses ip port 10007 for testing. If another
application is already using that port address, the test will hang
indefinitely and has to be terminated by the kill command. To try the