can't load HDF5 files

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Bug report for Octave 2.1.57 configured for i386-pc-linux-gnu

Description:
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  I am unable to load files in HDF5 format, even sample files from
http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/


Repeat-By:
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  Below is a transcript of the error message, I hope it helps.

octave:38> load nov03.h5m2
HDF5-DIAG: Error detected in HDF5 library version: 1.6.2 thread
1096206784.  Back trace follows.
  #000: ../../../src/H5D.c line 1080 in H5Dopen(): not found
    major(15): Dataset interface
    minor(40): Object not found
  #001: ../../../src/H5G.c line 2164 in H5G_find(): object not found
    major(10): Symbol table layer
    minor(40): Object not found
  #002: ../../../src/H5G.c line 1499 in H5G_namei(): component not found
    major(10): Symbol table layer
    minor(40): Object not found
  #003: ../../../src/H5Gstab.c line 172 in H5G_stab_find(): not found
    major(10): Symbol table layer
    minor(40): Object not found
  #004: ../../../src/H5B.c line 649 in H5B_find(): B-tree key not found
    major(09): B-tree layer
    minor(40): Object not found
HDF5-DIAG: Error detected in HDF5 library version: 1.6.2 thread
1096206784.  Back trace follows.
  #000: ../../../src/H5D.c line 1170 in H5Dget_space(): not a dataset
    major(01): Function arguments
    minor(03): Inappropriate type
HDF5-DIAG: Error detected in HDF5 library version: 1.6.2 thread
1096206784.  Back trace follows.
  #000: ../../../src/H5S.c line 895 in H5Sget_simple_extent_ndims(): not
a data space
    major(01): Function arguments
    minor(03): Inappropriate type
HDF5-DIAG: Error detected in HDF5 library version: 1.6.2 thread
1096206784.  Back trace follows.
  #000: ../../../src/H5D.c line 1122 in H5Dclose(): not a dataset
    major(01): Function arguments
    minor(03): Inappropriate type
error: load: error while reading hdf5 item HDF4_DIMGROUP


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