[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #1851: HDF5 won't configure on Fedora

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#1851: HDF5 won't configure on Fedora
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  Reporter:  sbrandt  |       Owner:                     
      Type:  defect   |      Status:  reopened           
  Priority:  unset    |   Milestone:                     
 Component:  Other    |     Version:  development version
Resolution:           |    Keywords:                     
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Changes (by eschnett):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  fixed =>


Comment:

 This patch has an error, there's a missing {{{-a}}} in the {{{if}}}
 statement.

 Also, other external libraries (e.g. {{{Boost}}}) use a different
 condition for setting the {{{INC_DIRS}}}, {{{LIB_DIRS}}}, and {{{LIBS}}}
 variable: Autodetection happens depending on the values of the {{{DIR}}}
 variable (and independent of the three specific variables), and if any of
 the variables is unset, it is set to the autodetected value.

 This has the following advantage: If you set e.g. {{{HDF5_DIR}}} to a
 specific value, then this value is used to set {{{HDF5_INC_DIRS}}},
 {{{HDF5_LIB_DIRS}}}, and {{{HDF5_LIBS}}}. If any of these three values is
 wrong, you can overwrite it, without affecting the values of the other
 variables. This has been like this in Cactus for a long time.

 As is, if you set {{{HDF5_INC_DIRS}}}, then {{{HDF5_LIBS}}} is left empty.

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