[mpich-discuss] unable to build mpich2 with romio

Ryan Kroiss rrkroiss at lanl.gov
Mon Jan 25 14:08:08 CST 2010


I do have a src/mpl/confdb directory and I'm using svn 1.4.2.  I'll try 
upgrading to the latest version of svn (I believe 1.6.9).

Thanks,
Ryan

Dave Goodell wrote:
> The AX_PREFIX_CONFIG_H macro isn't being expanded for some reason.  
> The macro comes from "src/mpl/confdb/ax_prefix_config_h.m4", and the 
> "src/mpl/confdb" directory is a bit special because it is an SVN 
> external.  Not only is it an SVN external, but it's a "relative" 
> external, which is a feature that was added in SVN 1.5 [1].
>
> Do you have a "src/mpl/confdb" directory?
>
> What version of SVN are you using?  Running "svn --version" should 
> tell you.  Please upgrade to 1.5 or later if you wish to use the SVN 
> version of MPICH2.
>
> -Dave
>
> [1] http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.advanced.externals.html 
> (see the paragraph "As of Subversion 1.5, though, a new format [...]")
>
> On Jan 22, 2010, at 2:58 PM, Ryan Kroiss wrote:
>
>> I'm having trouble building mpich2 with ROMIO enabled.  I need this 
>> so that I can work with IOFSL.  I've followed the instructions found 
>> at <https://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/iofsl/wiki/Building>.  I'm 
>> running automake version 1.11.1, autoconf version 2.63, and libtool 
>> version 2.2.6b.  I believe that I was able to run ./maint/updatefiles 
>> successfully (at least it completed without complaining).  After 
>> running this, I'm trying to run the following command:  ./configure 
>> --enable-romio --with-file-system=ufs+zoidfs.  I get the following 
>> error though:
>>
>> /home/rrkroiss/libs/mpich2/src/mpl/configure: line 11066: syntax 
>> error near unexpected token `include/mplconfig.h,MPL'
>> /home/rrkroiss/libs/mpich2/src/mpl/configure: line 11066: 
>> `AX_PREFIX_CONFIG_H(include/mplconfig.h,MPL)'
>> configure: error: MPL configure failed
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ryan
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