[mpich-discuss] autoconf errors from svn code

[Steven Oyanagi]

Hi,

Any idea when MPICH2 will switch from autoconf 2.63 to 2.64?
(i.e. will MPICH2 stay at 2.63 for a while, or is the plan
to move to 2.64 soon)?
	- Steve

On 09/09/2009 10:57 AM, Anthony Chan wrote:
> 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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