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 /ChangeLog -text
 /GNUmakefile.orig -text
 /Makefile.am -text
-/Makefile.orig -text
 /NEWS -text
 /README -text
 /autogen.sh -text
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-
-# This is a very rudimentary multiarchitecture makefile
-# You need to uncomment the default block of make variables you need
-# Some key things to watch for are the following defines
-#	-DREGRESSIONTEST : enables a main(){} inside of
-#		the H5Part.cc file that does simple regression testing.
-#	-DPARALLEL_IO : If you want to use parallel HDF5, you have to 
-#		enable this.  Otherwise, you get only the serial 
-#		implementation of the library.  
-
-# MacOS-X Serial
-#CXX = c++
-#CC = cc
-#F90 = xlf
-#H5HOME = /usr/local
-#CFLAGS = -O -g -I$(H5HOME)/include
-#LDFLAGS = -L$(H5HOME)/lib -lhdf5 -lz -lm
-
-# AIX/SP-2 Parallel : Seaborg
-#CXX = mpCC_r
-#CC = mpcc_r
-#F90 = mpxlf
-#H5HOME = /usr/common/usg/hdf5/1.4.4/parallel
-#H4HOME = /usr/common/usg/hdf/default
-#OPT = -qarch=auto -qtune=auto-qcache=auto -O3 -qhot
-#CFLAGS = -g -bmaxdata:800000000  -bmaxstack:256000000 -I$(H5HOME)/include
-#LDFLAGS = -L$(H5HOME)/lib -lhdf5 -L$(H4HOME)/lib -lz -lm
-
-# Linux Serial
-#CXX = g++
-#CC = gcc
-#F90 = g77  # or could be pgif90
-#CFLAGS = -O -g -I$(H5HOME)/include
-#LDFLAGS = -L$(H5HOME)/lib -lhdf5 -lz -lm
-
-# Linux Jacquard
-CC = mpicc
-CXX = mpicxx
-F90 = mpif90
-H5HOME = /usr/common/usg/hdf5/1.6.3/parallel
-CFLAGS = -O2 -DPARALLEL_IO -DH5_HAVE_PARALLEL -I$(H5HOME)/include
-LDFLAGS = -L$(H5HOME)/lib -lhdf5 -lz -lm
-
-# Linux Parallel
-#CC = gcc
-#CXX = g++
-#F90 = g77
-#H5HOME = /usr/local
-# /usr/common/usg/hdf5/1.6.3/parallel
-#MPIHOME = /usr/local
-#CFLAGS = -O -g -DPARALLEL_IO -DH5_HAVE_PARALLEL -I$(H5HOME)/include 
-#LDFLAGS = -L$(H5HOME)/lib -lhdf5 -lmpich -lrt -lz -lm
-
-all: H5PartTest H5PartTest.o H5Part.o
-parallel: H5PartTest H5PartTest.o H5Part.o H5PartTestParallel H5PartAndreasTest # parallel regression tests
-fortran: H5PartF.o # fortran bindings
-
-include rules.make
-