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[svn-r4529] Snapshot version 1.5 release 12

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2001-10-06 03:31:10 -05:00
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HDF5 version 1.5.11 released on Sun Sep 30 03:32:03 CDT 2001
HDF5 version 1.5.12 released on Sat Oct 6 03:29:00 CDT 2001
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optimally when the dataset had unlimited dimensions. Dataset is read
in a single low-level I/O now, instead of being broken into separate
pieces internally.
* Fixed a bug where reading or writing chunked data which needed datatype
conversion could result in data values getting corrupted.
Configuration
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* Basic port to Compaq (nee DEC) Alpha OSF 5.
* Added --enable-linux-lfs flag to allow more control over whether to enable
or disable large file support on Linux.
* Require HDF (a.k.a. hdf4) software that consists of a newer version
of zlib library which consists of the compress2() function. Versions
HDF version 4.1r3 and newer meets this requirement. The compress2
uses a newer compression algorithm used by the HDF5 library. Also,
4.1r3 has an hdp tool that can handle "loops" in Vgroups.
Tools
@@ -165,6 +172,8 @@ New Features
the return type of H5Pget_class changed from H5P_class_t to hid_t.
Further changes are still necessary and will be documented here as they
are made.
* Improved performance of single, contiguous hyperslabs when reading or
writing.
Platforms Tested
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Known Problems
==============
* DLLs do not work on Windows 98 (and probably on NT and 2000 too)
* 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
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* SunOS 5.6 with C WorkShop Compilers 4.2: Hyperslab selections will
fail if library is compiled using optimization of any level.
* When building hdf5 tools and applications on windows platform, a linking
warning: defaultlib "LIBC" conflicts with use of other libs will appear
on debug version when running VC++6.0. This warning doesn't affect
building and testing hdf5 applications. We will continue investigating
this.
* h5toh4 converter fails two cases (tstr.h5 and tmany.h5) for release dll
version on windows 2000 and NT. The reason is possibly due to windows
NT DLL convention on freeing memory. It seems that memory cannot be
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ftp://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/pub/ougoing/hdf5/hdf5-1.4.0-beta/F90_source_for_Crays
* The h4toh5 utility produces images that do not correctly conform
to the HDF5 Image and Palette Specification.
http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/ImageSpec.html
Several required HDF5 attributes are omitted, and the dataspace is
reversed (i.e., the ht. and width of the image dataset is incorrectly
described.) For more information, please see:
http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/H5Image/ImageDetails.htm