[CMake] FindHDF5.cmake improvement proposal

[Michael Jackson]

I just updated the FindSZip.cmake with some corrections for typos and  
some updated docs and explanations for some of the cmake code that is  
in that file.

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Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson at bluequartz.net


On Mar 2, 2010, at 12:19 PM, Michael Jackson wrote:

> On 3/2/2010 11:53 AM, Antonio Valentino wrote:
>>> >  2. For your SZip portion to work, there would need to be a
>>> >  FindSZip.cmake in system modules directory. Do you have one  
>>> that you
>>> >  can contribute?
>>>
>> Oh, sorry.
>> I found it on gitorious.org
>>
>> http://gitorious.org/hdf5/hdf5-v18/blobs/master/Resources/CMake/FindSZIP.cmake
>>
>> It seems that someone is going to Cmake-ify HDF5 itself.
>> I suppose the license is the same as HDF5 but I should check.
>>
>>
> That was me. Couple things. The SZip license is NOT compatible with  
> FreeBSD or similar licenses, just FYI. This would obviously NOT  
> preclude CMake from including the FindSZip.cmake (as it was written  
> by me) in their distribution. I guess I should put a Copyright or  
> acknowledgments or something at the top of FindSZip.cmake on  
> gitorious. What does one usually put in those?
>
> There are a few of us that have pretty much developed a CMake build  
> system for HDF5 version 1.8. Note that this branch is NOT tracking  
> the latest official HDF5 svn repo. It was a separate effort. Note  
> also that "The HDF Group" who maintains HDF5 _are_ eventually moving  
> to a CMake build system in the near future. The "CMake HDF5" that is  
> up on gitorious seems stable and does pass all of its tests on  
> Windows, Linux, OS X**, a Cray XT and a cluster.
>
>
> **OS X PPC-64 is having some problems at the moment passing some of  
> its tests. The HDF Group is aware of the problem. No ETA on a fix.
>
> Hope that helps with some of the issues.
>
> Mike Jackson
> BlueQuartz Software <www.bluequartz.net>
>