[CMake] [New Module] FindHDF5.cmake

[Michael Jackson]

On Jul 10, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Brad King wrote:

> Will Dicharry wrote:
>> Mike Jackson wrote:
>>> Can you post your module or attach it to a bug/feature request? I  
>>> also
>>> have a FindHDF5 module and I would like to compare the two.
>>
>> Sorry about that, I meant to attach the module to the first email.   
>> It
>> is attached to this one.
>
> After you two have combined your versions and reached consensus,
> please post again and Cc me.  Then I'll send instructions to get
> CVS commit access.  I see no reason not to have co-maintainers
> for a module.
>
> Thanks,
> -Brad

I'll let Will be the maintainer. My module ends up being a bit more  
specific to my own version of HDF5, ie, I am just looking for the  
libraries (c, c++, and High Level) but not really looking for the HDF5  
compiler scripts.

Couple of observations about the module:

Does it find the HDF5 C++ library?
Can it figure out if the HDF5 library is a static or dynamic library?  
(I configure a header file that has that information inside it which  
can then be tested for).
Is it properly finding dependent libraries when needed, like szip or  
zip ( I don't as I do NOT compile HDF5 with that support)?
Make use of some sort of environment variable as a possible solution  
to finding the root of where HDF5 is installed, I personally use the  
environment variable "HDF5_INSTALL" for use in my script.

I imagine what I _should_ be doing is creating a HDF5Config.cmake file  
and UseHDF5.cmake file for my own HDF5 distribution (which is based on  
HDF5 version 1.6.9 and uses CMake as its build system).

Just my comments. If you want to see what I've come up with let me  
know. My git repo is public:

http://www.bluequartz.net/cgi-bin/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=MXADataModel.git;a=blob_plain;f=Resources/CMake/MXAFindHDF5.cmake;hb=HEAD

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Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
BlueQuartz Software                    www.bluequartz.net
Principal Software Engineer                  Dayton, Ohio