[mpich-discuss] autoconf errors from svn code

[Anthony Chan]

Hi Steve,

Most likely MPICH2 will stay with 2.63 for a while unless the
fix of mpich2 f90 macros to use 2.64 is easy.

A.Chan

----- "Steven Oyanagi" <sko at cray.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >>
> >> Padb - A parallel job inspection tool for cluster computing
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