[R] segmentation fault using hdf5load() under Unix

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Please check the hdf5 package version numbers are the current one.

Does the file contain text strings?  If so there has been a known problem 
with hdf5 crashes and a recent update of hdf5 (which I do not know for 
sure whether it fixes the problem or not).  This manifested itself as 
crashes on some machines and not others.

On Wed, 4 May 2005 schuurmans at geog.uu.nl wrote:

> I'm experiencing a segmentation fault when using
> hdf5load(file,load=FALSE). Library(hdf5) loads without problems but when
> loading a file, R crashes. I compiled R under Unix (Solaris for Sun).
> There is nothing wrong with the files, as I can run the same script at
> another place where R runs under Linux.
>
> Is it possible it has something to do with the hdf5 libraries where
> package(hdf5) refers to?

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