Just out of curiosity, does Open MPI 1.5.4 build properly?
We've seen problems with the PGI compiler suite before -- it *does* look like a
problem with libtool-building issues; e.g., a switch is too old or is missing
or something. Meaning: it looks like PGI thinks it's trying to build an
appli
Follow-up #1: I tried using the autogen.sh script referenced here
https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/changeset/22274
but that did not resolve the build problem.
Follow-up #2: configuring with --disable-mpi-cxx does allow the compilation to
succeed. Perhaps that's obvious, but I had to check.