> Sorry, my mistake. The new Enthought EPD (4.3) has it's own hdf5
> library and it was getting linked before mine (they have 1.8.1, I have
> 1.8.2) so things were breaking, not because of h5py. After removing
> the Enthought libraries, problem is fixed and all tests run fine.
> Should I ignore the DH5_USE_16_API flags?
Yes, this flag is just a compatibility setting for HDF5 1.8. You'll
still have access to all the new 1.8 features.
Glad it works!
Andrew