[mvapich-discuss] MVAPICH2-1.4.1: shared library build error

[Jonathan Perkins]

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 03:49:08PM -0700, Adam Moody wrote:
> Hello MVAPICH team,
> I was trying to build shared libraries for MVAPICH2-1.4.1 using the
> tarball downloaded from the MVAPICH webpage.  I am using the
> following configure command:
> 
>           ./configure \
>             --prefix=/usr/local/tools/mvapich2-intel-debug-1.4.1 \
>             --enable-sharedlibs=gcc \
>             --enable-f77 --enable-f90 --enable-cxx \
>              --enable-fast=O0 --enable-g=dbg
> --enable-error-checking=runtime --enable-error-messages=all
> --enable-nmpi-as-mpi \
>             --enable-debuginfo \
>             --with-pmi=slurm --with-pm=no \
>             --with-rdma=gen2 --with-ib-include=/usr/include
> --with-ib-lib=/usr/lib64 \
>             --enable-registration-cache \
>             --enable-romio --with-file-system=lustre+nfs+ufs \
>             --disable-mpe --without-mpe && \
> 
> The build seems to complete, but the shared objects are missing from
> the lib directory.  When I trace back through the build output, I
> see the following error.
> 
> make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/dpkg-mkdeb.trTLU12767/src/build-mvapich-long-path-hack-enabled-ofa-intel-debug'
> (cd lib && /tmp/dpkg-mkdeb.trTLU12767/src/build-mvapich-long-path-hack-enabled-ofa-intel-debug/src/util/createshlib
> --mode=link -version-info "1:1" -o libmpich.la  -rpath
> /usr/local/tools/mvapich2-intel-debug-1.4.1/lib  -lpmi  -lpthread
> -lrdmacm -libverbs -libumad    -lrt   -ldflags "" -lpmi  -lpthread
> -lrdmacm -libverbs -libumad    -lrt )
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ldflags
> 
> It seems that createshlib should be stripping the -ldflags as an
> input parameter, but instead it must be passing it on to the linker,
> which then fails to build the shared object.

Thanks for the note Adam.  We've reproduced this and will let you know
when we find a resolution.

-- 
Jonathan Perkins
http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~perkinjo
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