[mpich-discuss] mpich2-1.2.1p1 - cannot create regular file`/index.htm': Permission denied
Pavan Balaji
balaji at mcs.anl.gov
Thu Mar 11 16:01:08 CST 2010
No, the point is the user should not need to use autotools at all if
building from the released tarball.
The problem that was happening was that MPL has some time stamp for
aclocal.m4 that it creates, and then Hydra goes and overwrites it,
creating a dependency mess within the Makefile.
-- Pavan
On 03/11/2010 03:53 PM, Anthony Chan wrote:
> Pavan,
>
> This guy's system is pretty old, he does not seem to have the autotools
> needed to rebuild the configure and Makefile.in involved.
>
> A.Chan
>
> ----- "Pavan Balaji" <balaji at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>
>> Ah, I should have seen this earlier. My guess is that you are running
>> into the autotools ordering issue that we fixed in r6292
>> (http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/mpich2/changeset/6292).
>>
>> Can you try out the latest nightly snapshot to see if the problem
>> still
>> exists?
>>
>> http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpich2/downloads/tarballs/nightly/trunk
>>
>> -- Pavan
>>
>> On 03/11/2010 03:34 PM, Rajeev Thakur wrote:
>>> We build MPICH2 quite routinely following the exact steps in the
>> README
>>> file, so something strange is happening in your specific case.
>>>
>>> Rajeev
>>>
>>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> *From:* mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov
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>> *Preeti
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:26 PM
>>> *To:* mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>>> *Subject:* Re: [mpich-discuss] mpich2-1.2.1p1 - cannot create
>>> regular file`/index.htm': Permission denied
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Thanks for the replies, but I get following errors.
>>>
>>> 1. If I do only build in /tmp
>>> cannot create regular file `/index.htm': Permission denied
>>>
>>> 2. if I do everything in /tmp, then the following error.
>>> " Making all in mpl
>>> /bin/sh: line 17: cd: mpl: No such file or directory
>>> make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1"
>>>
>>> I have sent both log files earlier.
>>> Yes, the /home/vss is network file system. I have no root access
>> to
>>> the system.
>>>
>>> Is there any way out of this?
>>> Please help.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Preeti
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Rajeev Thakur
>> <thakur at mcs.anl.gov
>>> <mailto:thakur at mcs.anl.gov>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Just untar and build it again on a local disk. The install
>> directory
>>> (--prefix option to configure) can be on NFS.
>>>
>>> Rajeev
>>>
>>> > -----Original Message-----
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>>> > To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>> <mailto:mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov>
>>> > Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] mpich2-1.2.1p1 - cannot
>> create
>>> > regular file `/index.htm': Permission denied
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Is your /home/vss a local filesystem or some type
>>> > network file system ? If /home/vss is a network
>>> > filesystem, the problem could be incorrect clock
>>> > on the filesystem. If so, could you copy
>>> > everything to a local filesystem like /tmp(assuming
>>> > it is big enough) and try again ?
>>> >
>>> > ----- "Preeti" <preeti at csa.iisc.ernet.in
>>> <mailto:preeti at csa.iisc.ernet.in>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Hello
>>> > >
>>> > > I have rebuilt everything without setting the flags
>> also
>>> > >
>>> > > /home/vss/preeti/bin/mpich2-1.2.1p1/configure
>>> > > --prefix=/home/vss/preeti/bin/2-1.2.1build --enable-f90
>> 2>&1
>>> | tee
>>> > > c.log
>>> > >
>>> > > make 2>&1 | tee m.log
>>> > > make install 2>&1 | tee mi.log
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > and this time I get the following error
>>> > >
>>> > > /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 index.htm /index.htm
>>> > > /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file
>> `/index.htm':
>>> > Permission
>>> > > denied
>>> > > mkdir: cannot create directory `/www1': Permission
>> denied
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > The log files are attached.
>>> > > What am I missing?
>>> > >
>>> > > Appreciate your help.
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > Thanks
>>> > > Preeti
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Preeti
>>> <preeti at csa.iisc.ernet.in
>> <mailto:preeti at csa.iisc.ernet.in>>
>>> > > wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > > Hello
>>> > > >
>>> > > > I have rebuilt everything from scratch and did vpath
>> build.
>>> > > > I set the following
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > export F90=gfortran
>>> > > > export F77=gfortran
>>> > > > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64:/lib:/usr/lib
>>> > > > export LD_RUN_PATH=/usr/lib64:/lib:/usr/lib
>>> > > >
>>> > > > /home/vss/preeti/bin/mpich2-1.2.1p1/configure
>>> > > > --prefix=/home/vss/preeti/bin/2-1.2.1p1 --enable-f90
>> 2>&1
>>> | tee
>>> > > c.log
>>> > > >
>>> > > > make 2>&1 | tee m.log
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Then I get the error
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Making all in mpl
>>> > > > /bin/sh: line 17: cd: mpl: No such file or directory
>>> > > >
>>> > > > make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>>> > > >
>>> > > > The files are attached.
>>> > > > Please help.
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Thanks
>>> > > > Preeti
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:53 AM, <chan at mcs.anl.gov
>>> <mailto:chan at mcs.anl.gov>> wrote:
>>> > > >
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> I don't think setting F77 and F90 causes the problem
>> that
>>> > > >> you are seeing. The directories or subpackges that
>> have
>>> > > >> problems use a different build system than the
>> majority of
>>> > > >> mpich2 base, so it could be that there is bugs in
>> the
>>> > build system
>>> > > >> in those subpackage.
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> Since you didn't do "make distclean" before you
>>> reconfigure, so
>>> > > >> the m.log(.old) do not tell me much. Can you rebuild
>>> everything
>>> > > >> from scratch ? i.e. untar the mpich2 tarball in a
>> different
>>> > > location.
>>> > > >> Instead of doing an inpath build (i.e. cd
>> mpich2-1.2.1p1/ ;
>>> > > >> ./configure....),
>>> > > >> could you do a VPATH build as documented in the
>> README
>>> > (search for
>>> > > the
>>> > > >> word VPATH)? Send us the configure and make outputs
>> again
>>> > > >> (be sure to add 2>&1 in creating the output files).
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> A.Chan
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> ----- "Preeti" <preeti at csa.iisc.ernet.in
>>> <mailto:preeti at csa.iisc.ernet.in>> wrote:
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> > Hello
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> > Thank you for the quick response.
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> > I forgot to mention that I had set two flags
>> earlier.
>>> > > >> > export F90=gfortran
>>> > > >> > export F77=gfortran
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> > The earlier problem is gone when I compiled without
>> setting
>>> > > these. I
>>> > > >> > am
>>> > > >> > attaching all log files, the earlier ones and the
>> new ones.
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> > Now I am facing another error which is from "make
>>> install 2>& |
>>> > > tee
>>> > > >> > mi.log"
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> > /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file
>> `/index.htm':
>>> > > Permission
>>> > > >> > denied
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> > Probably some variable is not set. I tried setting
>>> docdir too.
>>> > > >> > mi.log is also attached.
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> > Please help.
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> > Thanks
>>> > > >> > Preeti
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 9:33 PM, <chan at mcs.anl.gov
>>> <mailto:chan at mcs.anl.gov>> wrote:
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> > >
>>> > > >> > > It is unclear what went wrong based on what
>> you've
>>> > provided so
>>> > > far.
>>> > > >> > > Can you send us the configure and make outputs
>> as
>>> stated in
>>> > > the
>>> > > >> > > README (be sure to include the stderr in the
>> output
>>> file) ?
>>> > > >> > >
>>> > > >> > > ----- "Preeti" <preeti at csa.iisc.ernet.in
>>> <mailto:preeti at csa.iisc.ernet.in>> wrote:
>>> > > >> > >
>>> > > >> > > > Hello
>>> > > >> > > >
>>> > > >> > > > I am trying to install mpich2-1.2.1p1 on a
>> 64-bit Linux
>>> > > system.
>>> > > >> > > >
>>> > > >> > > > Configuration was successful.
>>> > > >> > > > ./configure --prefix=$HOME/local/mpich2-1.2.1
>>> > --enable-f90 |
>>> > > tee
>>> > > >> > > > c.log
>>> > > >> > >
>>> > > >> > > BTW, you didn't include stderr in c.log. Depends
>> on
>>> > the shell
>>> > > you
>>> > > >> > > use, you need to either add "&" or "2>&1". See
>>> README for
>>> > > >> > details..
>>> > > >> > >
>>> > > >> > > A.Chan
>>> > > >> > >
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