Fedora 13 Update: hdf5-1.8.4.patch1-1.fc13

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2010-3612
2010-03-04 01:31:11
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Name        : hdf5
Product     : Fedora 13
Version     : 1.8.4.patch1
Release     : 1.fc13
URL         : http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/
Summary     : A general purpose library and file format for storing scientific data
Description :
HDF5 is a general purpose library and file format for storing scientific data.
HDF5 can store two primary objects: datasets and groups. A dataset is
essentially a multidimensional array of data elements, and a group is a
structure for organizing objects in an HDF5 file. Using these two basic
objects, one can create and store almost any kind of scientific data
structure, such as images, arrays of vectors, and structured and unstructured
grids. You can also mix and match them in HDF5 files according to your needs.

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Update Information:

A corruption problem was found in the HDF5 1.8 release, which affects versions
1.8.0 through 1.8.4. The problem has been fixed in HDF5 1.8.4 Patch 1.    What
Causes The Problem    Files that have this corruption problem meet all of the
following circumstances:        * The version of HDF5 was before the HDF5 1.8.4
Patch 1 release (which includes the 1.8.4 release).      * The file was created
on a big-endian platform (SPARC/Solaris, POWER/AIX, etc).      * NetCDF-4 was
used to create the file, OR the H5Pset_libver_bounds(fapl, H5F_LIBVER_LATEST,
H5F_LIBVER_LATEST) call was made, OR shared object header messages were enabled
with H5Pset_shared_mesg_nindexes() when creating the file.      * More than 8
attributes were added to an object in the file (in the case of using netCDF-4 or
calling H5Pset_libver_bounds), OR if messages of the type specified to be shared
were stored in the file (in the case of calling H5Pset_shared_mesg_nindexes).
If your data matches these criteria, then you may have generated files that have
incorrectly encoded IDs for attributes and shared object header messages.
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update hdf5' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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