I’m not sure there is a way to do it - that’s a pretty old version, and the RTE in it is completely different. So entirely possible that something in the update exposed a problem that no longer works.
Out of curiosity: I’m unaware of any changes in the MPI definitions (there were extensions, but no breakage). So why can’t you just build the old packages against 1.8.4? > On Oct 17, 2015, at 7:29 AM, Ray Sheppard <rshep...@iu.edu> wrote: > > Hi All, > We run a Cray XE/XT-7. For normal (ESM) use, Cray supplies integrated MPI > libraries. However, for cluster compatibility mode, we build OpenMPI to use. > Generally we use 1.8.4 but some old packages, like Jaguar, are tied to an > old version (1.4.5). At the last maint, they all started breaking so I > rebuilt them. Version 1.8.4 rebuilt fine and runs fine. However, even a > simple application, recompiled by the new package, fails in 1.4.5 with the > error below. I have tried a number of different configure options. The > current one follows this note. I am hoping someone could tell what needs to > be done to 1.4.5 to build the way 1.8.4 did (i.e. without the pipe error). > Thanks in advance for any insights. > Ray > > ./configure CXX=g++ CC=gcc FC=gfortran CFLAGS="-O2" F77=gfortran > FCFLAGS="-O2" --enable-shared --enable-static --with-tm=no > --with-threads=posix --without-openib --enable-mca-no-build=btl-openib > --with-gnu-ld --prefix=/N/soft/cle5/openmpi/gnu/1.4.5 > > > :~/testdir> !mpirun > mpirun -np 8 -machinefile test_machine hellompi > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > mpirun was unable to launch the specified application as it encountered an > error: > > Error: pipe function call failed when setting up I/O forwarding subsystem > Node: nid00819 > > while attempting to start process rank 0. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > Subscription: http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users > Link to this post: > http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/users/2015/10/27890.php
