[petsc-users] Configure/make with "--download-hdf5" or "--with-hdf5-dir=" crashes

[Satish Balay]

On Tue, 9 Sep 2014, Jed Brown wrote:

> Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> writes:
> > Ok there is an issue with hdf5-1.8.13 with current netcdf. 
> 
> Gah, after all their effort to maintain binary compatibility from 1.6 to
> 1.8, they casually break compatibility in a subminor release.
> 
> > Looks like its fixed in netcdf.git
> >
> > http://hdf-forum.184993.n3.nabble.com/Re-undefined-reference-to-H5Pset-fapl-mpiposix-td4027216.html
> >
> > Revert or use netcdf.git? [there can be a cascading effect of dependencies?]
> 
> It may impact exodusii, so maybe just use hdf5-1.8.12.

Ok - switched to hdf5-1.8.12 - merged with next.

Satish