[mpich-discuss] autoconf errors from svn code

[Anthony Chan]

Hi Ashley,

For now, you need to use autoconf 2.63 to build mpich2.
Autoconf has a significant change from 2.63 to 2.64 that
breaks mpich2's f90 macros.

A.Chan

----- "Ashley Pittman" <ashley at pittman.co.uk> wrote:

> All,
> 
> I'm trying to build MPICH2 from subversion but ./maint/updatefiles is
> aborting with the following error.  Is this a known problem and what
> can
> I do to get around it?
> 
> I'm using r5309 on an up-to-date debian machine with autoconf 2.64.
> 
> Found ./src/binding/f90/configure.in; executing make configure target
> (cd . && autoconf -I ../../../confdb )
> configure.in:72: error: AC_LANG_CONFTEST: unknown language: Fortran
> 90
> ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:214: AC_LANG_CONFTEST is expanded from...
> ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2577: _AC_COMPILE_IFELSE is expanded
> from...
> ../../lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:620: AS_IF is expanded from...
> ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2018: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from...
> ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2039: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded
> from...
> ../../../confdb/fortran90.m4:257: AC_PROG_F90 is expanded from...
> ../../../confdb/fortran90.m4:953: PAC_PROG_F90 is expanded from...
> configure.in:72: the top level
> autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
> make: *** [configure] Error 1
> See /mnt/home/debian/ashley/code/mpich2/trunk/src/binding/f90/mf.tmp
> for
> Makefile that failed
> Error! Could not build configure in ./src/binding/f90 with make
> configure
> PANIC: Could not make configure from configure.in
> In directory ./src/binding/f90
> ashley at alpha:~/code/mpich2/trunk$ 
> 
> Ashley,
> 
> -- 
> 
> Ashley Pittman, Bath, UK.
> 
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