The issue is described in the ticket that I cited -- we used a newer version of the GNU Autotools to bootstrap the v1.5 series than the v1.4 series. The RPM macros that ship with RHEL 5 and 6 (and I think SLES 11?) don't seem to be compatible with this version -- so I'm not quite sure what the Right solution is.
To be clear: the v1.4 series will continue to be unaffected by this issue because we pick a set of versions of the GNU autotools for a release series and stick with it for the life of the series. It's only the v1.5 series that is problematic here. One workaround, as indirectly implied by #2611, would be to edit /usr/lib/rpm/macros and edit the "%configure" macro to remove the --program-suffix and --program-prefix clauses from it. Then build the Open MPI RPM, and then restore those clauses in /usr/lib/rpm/macros. This is icky and not a good solution, but it'll work. On Nov 2, 2010, at 3:48 PM, Gus Correa wrote: > Hi Jim > > Please, read what the OpenMPI folks say about the 1.5 release: > > "PLEASE NOTE: According to Open MPI's release methodology, the v1.5 series is > a "feature release" series. This means that it has rich new features that we > think are tested and stable, but they are not as mature as the stable "bug > fix" v1.4 series. If you are looking for ultra stability, you should probably > be using the v1.4 series." > > Given this, rather than going to the cutting edge, > I continue to use 1.4.2 (but should upgrade to 1.4.3). > > You can download the 1.4 series, and the older releases as well. > Just look at the menu on the LHS of their web page under "Download": > > http://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v1.4/ > > The 1.4.2 "configure --help" still shows this (although I only use --prefix): > > Program names: > --program-prefix=PREFIX prepend PREFIX to installed program names > --program-suffix=SUFFIX append SUFFIX to installed program names > --program-transform-name=PROGRAM run sed PROGRAM on installed program names > > > > I hope this helps, > Gus Correa > > > Jim Kusznir wrote: >> Hi all: >> I finally decided to rebuild openmpi on my cluster (last built when >> 1.3.2 was current). I have a ROCKS cluster, so I need to build RPMs >> to install accross the cluster rebuilds. Previously, I did so with >> the following command: >> rpmbuild -bb --define 'install_in_opt 1' --define 'install_modulefile >> 1' --define 'modules_rpm_name environment-modules' --define >> 'build_all_in_one_rpm 0' --define 'configure_options >> --with-tm=/opt/torque' --define '_name openmpi-gcc' --define 'makeopts >> -J8' openmpi-1.3.2.spec >> With 1.5, this fails with: >> configure: WARNING: *** This configure script does not support >> --program-prefix, --program-suffix or --program-transform-name. Users >> are recommended to instead use --prefix with a unique directory and >> make symbolic links as desired for renaming. >> configure: error: *** Cannot continue >> I thought it might have been the --define '_name ...', so I removed >> that, but got the same error. >> For me, the _name is important, as I build for two different compilers >> and need to have the resulting RPMs named accordingly (and have them >> installed in their own /opt/opemmpi-gcc, etc directories). >> Any suggestions how to proceed? (the specific version of openmpi in >> this case is the one available for download on Nov 2 from the main >> website; obtained via the src.rpm download) >> --Jim >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> us...@open-mpi.org >> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users -- Jeff Squyres jsquy...@cisco.com For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/
