[PATCH] gnu: Add hdf5.

[PATCH] gnu: Add hdf5.

[John Darrington]

* gnu/packages/maths.scm (hdf5): New variable.
* gnu/packages/maths.scm (octave): New input hdf5.
---
 gnu/packages/maths.scm |   33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
index f5bd1d1..d91039f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
@@ -236,6 +236,37 @@ plotting engine by third-party applications like Octave.")
     (license (license:fsf-free
 	      "http://gnuplot.cvs.sourceforge.net/gnuplot/gnuplot/Copyright"))))
 
+(define-public hdf5
+  (package
+    (name "hdf5")
+    (version "1.8.12")
+    (source
+     (origin
+      (method url-fetch)
+      (uri (string-append "http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current/src/hdf5-"
+                          version ".tar.bz2"))
+      (sha256
+       (base32 "0f9n0v3p3lwc7564791a39c6cn1d3dbrn7d1j3ikqsi27a8hy23d"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:phases
+        (alist-replace
+         'configure
+         (lambda* (#:key target system outputs #:allow-other-keys #:rest args)
+           (let ((configure (assoc-ref %standard-phases 'configure)))
+             (substitute* "configure"
+                   (("/bin/mv") "mv"))
+             (apply configure args)))
+         %standard-phases)))
+    (outputs '("out" "bin" "lib" "include"))
+    (native-inputs `(("inetutils" ,inetutils))) ;; the configure script calls `hostname'
+    (home-page "http://www.hdfgroup.org")
+    (synopsis "Management suite for  extremely large and complex data")
+    (description "HDF5 is a suite that makes possible the management of
+extremely large and complex data collections.") 
+    (license (license:x11-style "http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current/src/unpacked/COPYING"))))
+
+
 ;; For a fully featured Octave, users  are strongly recommended also to install
 ;; the following packages: texinfo, less, ghostscript, gnuplot.
 (define-public octave
@@ -260,6 +291,8 @@ plotting engine by third-party applications like Octave.")
        ("fltk" ,fltk)
        ("fontconfig" ,fontconfig)
        ("freetype" ,freetype)
+       ("hdf5-lib" ,hdf5 "lib")
+       ("hdf5-include" ,hdf5 "include")
        ("libxft" ,libxft)
        ("mesa" ,mesa)
        ("zlib" ,zlib)))
-- 
1.7.10.4

Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add hdf5.

[Ludovic Courtès]

John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:

> * gnu/packages/maths.scm (hdf5): New variable.
> * gnu/packages/maths.scm (octave): New input hdf5.

Applied, thanks!

> +    (native-inputs `(("inetutils" ,inetutils))) ;; the configure script calls `hostname'

All/most Autoconf-generated do that, but usually it doesn’t matter if
it’s missing.  Is the result actually used?  If yes, that’s an impurity,
so we might be better off patching the invocation.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add hdf5.

[Ludovic Courtès]

ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) skribis:

> John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:

[...]

>> +    (native-inputs `(("inetutils" ,inetutils))) ;; the configure script calls `hostname'
>
> All/most Autoconf-generated do that, but usually it doesn’t matter if
> it’s missing.  Is the result actually used?

I figured the answer is ‘no’, so I removed this line.

Ludo’.