Package: libhdf5-7 Version: 1.8.8-9 Severity: important
Dear Maintainer, after updating to wheezy, the runtime lib libhdf5-serial-1.8.4_1.8.4-patch1-2 was missing. Programs compiled in squeeze didn't work anymore -- libhdf5.so.6: cannot open. An attempt to recompile them (with C++) failed -- H5Cpp.h: No such file or directory. Analysis: (1) libhdf5-7_1.8.8-9 (wheezy) conflicts with libhdf5-serial-1.8.4_1.8.4-patch1-2. This is a known problem, see #703340. (2) libhdf5-dev_1.8.8-9 (wheezy) has broken C++ binding. This is also known, see #660539 #660547 . Bug (1) prevents downgrading to libhdf5-serial-dev_1.8.4-patch1-2 (squeeze), as this removes the runtime lib from wheezy and prohibits updated versions of several important applications (e.g. scilab, grace). This makes hdf5 in wheezy unusable for C++ programmers, AFAIK. This is a serious regression, hence the severity of the bug. Workaround: There is an updated version (1.8.8-9.1) of the hdf5 suite in unstable, which addresses problem (1). After downloading the binary packages to a local repository and putting a hold on libhdf5-serial-dev (in squeeze), the dist upgrade had the dev packages at squeeze level and installed all runtime libs in parallel. Conclusion: (a) Please allow hdf5_1.8.8-9.1 into the release of wheezy. It seems to improve the situation in at least one important place. If this cannot be done for some reason, I suggest to (b) place hdf5_1.8.8-9.1 in wheezy-proposed-updates to make it easily available for those who know what they need. -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.0 APT prefers testing-updates APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.2.1-I686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages libhdf5-7 depends on: ii libc6 2.13-38 ii libgcc1 1:4.7.2-5 ii libgfortran3 4.7.2-5 ii libquadmath0 4.7.2-5 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13 libhdf5-7 recommends no packages. libhdf5-7 suggests no packages. -- no debconf information Regards, Burkhard Bunk. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- b...@physik.hu-berlin.de Physics Institute, Humboldt University fax: ++49-30 2093 7628 Newtonstr. 15 phone: ++49-30 2093 7980 12489 Berlin, Germany ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
