GNU bug report logs - #35666
[PATCH 0/2] Build a thread-safe hdf5 library

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 09:57:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes <at> inria.fr>
Cc: bavier <at> cray.com, 35666 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, pgarlick <at> tourbillion-technology.com
Subject: [bug#35666] [PATCH 0/2] Build a thread-safe hdf5 library
Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 14:02:41 +0200

Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes <at> inria.fr> writes:

>> Do we have contact to the hdf5 developers to ask what the implications
>> of “enable-unsupported” are?
>
> I think it’s a warranty-void kind of flag: by passing it, the user
> asserts they understand they’re using a configuration not “officially
> supported” by the HDF Group, meaning that if it’s buggy, we’re on our
> own.

I don’t object to adding the option.  It sounds like you confirmed that
it fixes serious problems in practise, so I think it’s a good idea to
enable it.

--
Ricardo
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