[MacPorts] #54101: Ports that depend on hdf5-18 should switch to hdf5

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#54101: Ports that depend on hdf5-18 should switch to hdf5
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  Reporter:  mf2k                                |      Owner:
      Type:  enhancement                         |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal                              |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports                               |    Version:
Resolution:                                      |   Keywords:
      Port:  h4h5tools hdfeos5 netcdf octave-    |
  devel py-tables ncarg                          |
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Comment (by aaschwanden):

 I just re-installed macports from scratch, and only the ports I really
 need (e.g. hdf5, hdf5-18, netcdf, py27-netcdf4, gdal, ...) and I'm already
 stuck with the usual hdf5 vs hdf5-18 library mismatch, this time when
 using netCDF4python. So far I have never been able to have a working
 macports installation that has hdf5 and hdf5-18 along side. So far my only
 working solution has been to overwrite all ports that use hdf5-18 and link
 them against hdf5. Not pretty and it only worked because I haven't use py-
 tables in a while. Maybe I have to compile things from scratch again.

 Let's hope that hdf5 gets bumped up to 1.10.1 and we can get rid of
 hdf5-18 (I'd happily re-install macports again after that, well worth the
 trouble.)

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/54101#comment:9>
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