#1149607#5
Date:
2026-10-01 14:34:54 UTC
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HDF 4.4.0 has bumped the SONAME requiring a transition.

Most rdeps FTBFS either due to expecting libdf instead of libhdf, or due to "too few arguments to function" errors.

Several of these have been fixed in the mean time.


Bug reports:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=debian-gis@lists.debian.org&tag=hdf-4.4


Transition: hdf4

 libhdf4-0 (4.3.1-3) -> libhdf4-11 (4.4.0-1~exp1)

The status of the most recent rebuilds is as follows.

 coda               (2.25.6-3)        FTBFS (#1146646)
 dx                 (1:4.4.4-19)      OK
 gdal               (3.13.3+dfsg-2)   OK
 gnudatalanguage    (1.1.3-1)         FTBFS (#1146651)
 grads              (3:2.2.1-12)      OK
 h5utils            (1.13.2-2)        OK
 hdf-eos4           (3.0-3)           FTBFS (#1146654)
 libpdl-io-hdf-perl (2.005-1)         OK
 mathgl             (8.0.3+ds.2-2)    OK
 nexus              (4.4.3-11)        FTBFS (#1146658)
 python-hdf4        (0.11.7-3)        OK

 harp               (1.30+ds-2)       OK
 ncl                (6.6.2.dfsg.1-12) FTBFS (#1146671)


Kind Regards,

Bas