h5core:

- H5_VER_STRING defined from PACKAGE_VERSION as const char*

src/h5core/h5_init.c

@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
+/*
+  Copyright (c) 2006-2015, The Regents of the University of California,
+  through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to receipt of any
+  required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy) and the Paul Scherrer
+  Institut (Switzerland).  All rights reserved.
+
+  License: see file COPYING in top level of source distribution.
+*/
+
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>     /* va_arg - System dependent ?! */
 #include <string.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 
+#include "config.h"
+
 #include "h5core/h5.h"
 #include "h5_hdf5_private.h"
 
@@ -15,7 +26,7 @@
 int h5_initialized = 0;
 h5_dta_types_t h5_dta_types;            // type ids' for base & compound data types
 int h5_myproc = 0;                      // proc id
-
+const char* H5_VER_STRING = PACKAGE_VERSION;
 /*
    create several HDF5 types
  */

src/include/h5core/h5_types.h

@@ -51,9 +51,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #define H5_STRING_T             H5T_NATIVE_CHAR
 #define H5_COMPOUND_T           H5T_COMPOUND
 
-#define H5_VER_STRING           "2.0.0"
-
-extern const char * const H5_O_MODES[];
+extern const char* H5_VER_STRING;
+extern const char* const H5_O_MODES[];
 
 #ifdef   WIN32
 typedef __int64                 int64_t;