[Pvfs2-users] Build issue with pvfs-2.7.0, GM, and x86_64

[Craig Tierney]

Pete Wyckoff wrote:
> Craig.Tierney at noaa.gov wrote on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:54 -0700:
>> Pete Wyckoff wrote:
>>> Craig.Tierney at noaa.gov wrote on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:48 -0700:
>>>> I found a problem building pvfs-2.7.0, GM, on an
>>>> x86_64 platform.  The file Makefile.in assumes that
>>>> the libraries for GM are found in -L at GM_HOME@/lib,
>>>> but since the system is 64-bit, they are in -L at GM_HOME@/lib64.
>>>> I have never used MX, but I suspect it has the same problem.
>>>>
>>>> Changing the Makefile.in file allowed me to build the
>>>> code, but I suspect this should be automated.
>>> I don't use GM or MX, so can't really test this.  But I did the IB
>>> configure rules a while back and it is still fresh enough in my mind
>>> for me to do similar for these.  Here's a first stab at a patch.  If
>>> you are willing to test the GM part and make it work for you, we can
>>> check it in and cross fingers there are no typos.
>> I will test it out and send it back for inclusion.
> 
> Craig, did you get a chance to look at this?
> 
> Scott, I think it's a worthwhile cleanup regardless.  Can you glance
> over the MX bits and see if I made any obvious mistakes?  Some
> differences:
> 
>     -I @MX_HOME@/include only affects mx.c now, not entire tree.
> 
>     Removed the "-g -O0" global CFLAGS, hoping mx will work for
>     whatever CFLAGS one might choose.
> 
>     Addition of --with-mx-includes and --with-mx-libs with defaults
>     as @MX_HOME@/include; and @MX_HOME@/lib64 or @MX_HOME@/lib,
>     whichever exists, in that order.
> 
>     Check for existence of libmyriexpress.so or .a in libdir.
> 
> I think it will be more robust in case you run into vendor-installed
> RPMs or such where you don't have the handy lib soft link into the
> right place.  We must fix it on GM at least to address Craig's
> 64-bit machine config problem, but the MX bit is your call.
> 

Pete,

I thought I sent the patch the following day.  I got a response from
someone Scott Atchley who said that MX did not have the same issue.

Here is the patch again:

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