Re: Build Octave-3.0.0 with HDF5-1.8.0

[Thomas Weber]

On 05/04/08 16:40 -0400, John W. Eaton wrote:
> The configure script generally doesn't check for version information,
> but tries to check for required features as that is more likely to
> work in the future.  Unfortunately, this appears to be a case where a
> change in a library implementation breaks Octave.  Perhaps someone will
> submit a patch for Octave that will fix the problem.  You might be
> able to avoid it by using an earlier version of the HDF5 library, but
> it would be better if Octave could be fixed to work with old and new
> versions of HDF5.

Incompatible change in HDF5. A work-around is proposed at
http://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg01486.html

        ./configure CPPFLAGS="-DH5_USE_16_API"

        Thomas