Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add hdf4

[Leo Famulari]

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 06:42:04PM +0100, Jeremy Robst wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 24 May 2016, Eric Bavier wrote:
> 
> > Could we apply a variation of the hdf5-config-date.patch?
> 
> Ok, I've based a patch on this one, and removed the other unreproduciable
> output, so I've not got a reproduciable build.
> 
> > This description is noticeably more verbose than that of the hdf5
> > package. It seems like the first two sentences are not necessary here.
> > It would also be nice to summarize how hdf4 differs from hdf5.
> 
> I've shortened the description, and added a statement that hdf4 is not
> compatable with hdf5. It's difficult to add more details of the differences
> without becoming verbose again, but let me know if you think it needs to be
> tweaked again.

That sounds perfect, but I still can't apply the patch with `git am`,
although I can't figure out why this is. It *looks* like it should
apply.

Are you able to apply it to the current master branch (b5d08d7c28)?