[Pkg-octave-devel] Problem with HDF5 transition from version 1.8.6 => 1.8.8

[lukshuntim at gmail.com]

On 02/15/2012 04:34 AM, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> using the packages "octave3.2", "octave3.2-headers", and "paraview", I've
> encountered a problem trying to do this transition. With testing I'm using these
> packages together with "libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4" and "libhdf5-openmpi-dev".
> 
> Am I right, that it should also be possible after the transition to use the
> openmpi-version of the hdf5 packages, i.e., "libhdf5-openmpi-dev" and
> "libhdf5-openmpi-7" as they also provide "libhdf5-7"?
> 
> I can install the packages "libhdf5-openmpi-dev" and "libhdf5-openmpi-7" alone.
> But when I try to install "paraview" and/or "octave3.2" with aptitude or apt-get
> the package "libhdf5-7" is to be installed as a dependency but it conflicts with
> "libhdf5-openmpi-7".
> 
> Any help would be appreceated.
> --
> Best regards,
> Jörg-Volker.

I'm not a developer but probably this hdf5 transition "bug".

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631019

Maybe the developers on the list can update us on the state of the
transition. It affects a lot of the computation-related packages.

Regards,
ST
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