I've determined that the failing tests are for experimental long double support, so I've (hopefully temporarily) disabled them and rebuilt HDF5 in rawhide including ppc64. -- Orion Poplawski Technical Manager 303-415-9701 x222 NWRA/CoRA Division FAX: 303-415-9702 3380 Mitchell Lane orion at cora.nwra.com Boulder, CO 80301 http://www.cora.nwra.com