0.9.3 installation problems on GNU/Linux with lam-mpi

[Rob Ross]

Ugh.  I've only fixed the first instance in that patch, and I see that 
there are many others.  I'm working on it...should have another patch in a 
bit.

Rob

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Rob Ross wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This is a bug in our code; we should not be using a switch statement 
> there.  I've attached a patch that I *think* will fix the problem (I'm 
> having some issues building right this second myself).
> 
> Thanks for the report.
> 
> Rob
> 
> On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Raimondo Giammanco wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I tried to install 0.9.3 on a GNU/Linux PC with lam-mpi-7.0.2,
> > and I am having the following problem:
> > 
> > 1) autoconf
> > 
> > 2) ./configure --prefix=SOME_PATH --with-mpi=/usr
> > 
> > 3) make all
> > 
> > It returns in src/lib
> > 
> > ################
> > mpinetcdf.c: In function `length_of_mpitype':
> > mpinetcdf.c:382: switch quantity not an integer
> > mpinetcdf.c:383: pointers are not permitted as case values
> > mpinetcdf.c:383: case label does not reduce to an integer constant
> > mpinetcdf.c:384: pointers are not permitted as case values
> > mpinetcdf.c:384: case label does not reduce to an integer constant
> > mpinetcdf.c:386: pointers are not permitted as case values
> > mpinetcdf.c:386: case label does not reduce to an integer constant
> > mpinetcdf.c:388: pointers are not permitted as case values
> > mpinetcdf.c:388: case label does not reduce to an integer constant
> > mpinetcdf.c:390: pointers are not permitted as case values
> > mpinetcdf.c:390: case label does not reduce to an integer constant
> > mpinetcdf.c:392: pointers are not permitted as case values
> > mpinetcdf.c:392: case label does not reduce to an integer constant
> > mpinetcdf.c:394: pointers are not permitted as case values
> > mpinetcdf.c:394: case label does not reduce to an integer constant
> > ###############
> > etc. etc. where there is the swith(datatype) command.
> > 
> > I looked a little in /usr/include mpi.h of lam, and
> > I tried to substitute the switches with a series of ifs.
> > 
> > I was able to compile, but I received a series of errors
> > in make testing.
> > 
> > Before submitting the details, I was wondering if this
> > is an implementation problem of lam, or there is some
> > other reason behind this strange behavior.
> > 
> > Is there anybody using lam-mpi and that can give me some pointers?
> > 
> > Best Regards
> > -- 
> > Raimondo Giammanco <rongten at member.fsf.org>
> > 
> > 
> 
>