Install this version:
emerge -a =sci-libs/hdf-4.3.1
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =sci-libs/hdf-4.3.1
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =sci-libs/hdf-4.3.1
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
FORTRAN_NEEDED=fortran
inherit fortran-2 toolchain-funcs autotools flag-o-matic
DESCRIPTION="General purpose library and format for storing scientific data"
HOMEPAGE="https://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf4.html https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf4"
SRC_URI="https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf4/archive/refs/tags/hdf${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
S="${WORKDIR}/hdf4-hdf${PV}"
LICENSE="NCSA-HDF"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~ppc ~riscv ~x86"
IUSE="examples fortran szip static-libs test"
RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
REQUIRED_USE="test? ( szip )"
# 4.3.x bundles its own XDR (mfhdf/libsrc/h4_xdr.c); libtirpc is no
# longer needed.
RDEPEND="virtual/zlib
media-libs/libjpeg-turbo:=
szip? ( virtual/szip )"
DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
test? ( virtual/szip )"
src_prepare() {
default
# Upstream's configure.ac forces enable_shared=no when fortran is
# requested, errors out if both are passed, and a later libtool
# feature probe flips enable_shared back off post-hoc. Neutralize
# the bodies so --enable-shared survives with --enable-fortran.
# (Same intent as files/hdf-4.2.16-enable-fortran-shared.patch; sed
# rather than a patch file because line numbers drift between
# 4.2.x and 4.3.x.)
sed -i \
-e 's|^ enable_shared="no"$| : # ours: honour --enable-shared|' \
-e 's|AC_MSG_ERROR(\[Cannot build shared fortran libraries[^]]*\])|: # ours: allow shared fortran|' \
-e '/^if (\.\/libtool --features | grep/,/^fi$/d' \
configure.ac || die
sed -i -e 's/-R/-L/g' config/commence.am || die #rpath
eautoreconf
}
src_configure() {
# -Werror=strict-aliasing, -Werror=lto-type-mismatch
# https://bugs.gentoo.org/862720
append-flags -fno-strict-aliasing
filter-lto
[[ $(tc-getFC) = *gfortran ]] && append-fflags -fno-range-check
# GCC 10 workaround, bug #723014
append-fflags $(test-flags-FC -fallow-argument-mismatch)
econf \
--enable-shared \
--enable-production=gentoo \
--disable-netcdf \
--disable-netcdf-tools \
$(use_enable fortran) \
$(use_enable static-libs static) \
$(use_with szip szlib) \
CC="$(tc-getCC)"
}
src_install() {
default
if ! use static-libs; then
find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
fi
dodoc release_notes/{RELEASE,HISTORY,bugs_fixed,misc_docs}.txt
# 4.3.x dropped the autotools install rule for the example tree;
# the sources are still shipped under HDF4Examples/. Copy them
# verbatim so users still get them under USE=examples.
if use examples; then
docinto examples
dodoc -r HDF4Examples/.
docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples
fi
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p sci-libs/hdf |
euse -E <flag> -p sci-libs/hdf |
euse -D <flag> -p sci-libs/hdf
virtual/zlib media-libs/libjpeg-turbo:= szip? ( virtual/szip ) test? ( virtual/szip )
virtual/zlib media-libs/libjpeg-turbo:= szip? ( virtual/szip )
| Type | File | Size | Source URLs |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIST | hdf-4.3.1.gh.tar.gz | 9328847 bytes | https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf4/archive/refs/tags/hdf4.3.1.tar.gz |