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Brian Barrett
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On Jul 24, 2008, at 2:23, George Bosilca <bosilca_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> I tend to agree with Brian's comments, I would like to see this  
> pushed into the 1.3 branch asap. However, I'm concerned with the  
> impact on the code base of the required modifications as described  
> on the TRAC ticket and on the email thread.
>
> I wonder if we cannot use the same technique that we use for  
> improving the build time, i.e. getting information from the  
> Makefile.am in the subdirs and adding it in the upper level  
> Makefile.am. As an example for the F77 build tree:
> - if we create the following directories structure:
>  -> ompi
>     -> mpi
>        -> f77
>           -> global (this is new and will contain the 5 files  
> actually in the f77 base)
>           -> profiling
> - then we include in the ompi/Makefile.am: include mpi/f77/global/ 
> Makefile.am
> - and in the mpi/f77/global/Makefile.am we add the 5 C files in the  
> SOURCES.
> - the compiling of the f77 bindings and profiling information will  
> then depend on the libmpi, as long as we enforce the buildinf of the  
> f77 library after the libmpi.so.
>
> With this approach, all files related to f77 will stay in the f77  
> directory (and the same will apply for cxx and f90), and the  
> required modifications to the makefiles are minimal.
>
> Auto* gurus would such a solution works ?
>
>  Thanks,
>    george.
>
> On Jul 23, 2008, at 6:52 PM, Brian Barrett wrote:
>
>> First, sorry about the previous message - I'm incapable of using my  
>> e-mail apparently.
>>
>> Based on discusions with people when this came up for LAM, it  
>> sounds like this will become common for the next set of major  
>> releases from the distros.  The feature is fairly new to GNU ld,  
>> but has some nice features for the OS, which I don't totally  
>> understand.
>>
>> Because this problem will only become more common during the  
>> lifespan of 1.3.x , it makes sense to put this in v1.3, in my  
>> opinion.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> -- 
>> Brian Barrett
>>
>> There is an art . . . to flying. The knack lies in learning how to
>> throw yourself at the ground and miss.
>>
>> On Jul 23, 2008, at 9:32, Jeff Squyres <jsquyres_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>>> Release managers: I have created ticket 1409 for this issue.  I  
>>> need a ruling: do you want this fixed for v1.3?
>>>
>>>  https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/ticket/1409
>>>
>>> PRO: It's not too heinous to fix, but it does require moving some  
>>> code around.
>>> CON: This is the first time anyone has ever run into this issue.
>>> ???: I don't know if this is a trend where distros will start  
>>> wanting to compile with -Wl,--no-undefined.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 23, 2008, at 10:15 AM, Jeff Squyres wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Jul 23, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Is the attached patch what you're talking about?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If so, I'll commit to trunk, v1.2, and v1.3.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you verify that it work with a pristine build?  The  
>>>>> dependencies as
>>>>> such look sane to me, also the cruft removal, but I fail to see  
>>>>> how
>>>>> your directory ordering can work:
>>>>
>>>> You're right; I tested only in an already-built tree.  I also  
>>>> didn't run "make install" to an empty tree, which also shows the  
>>>> problem.
>>>>
>>>> Let me twonk around with this a bit...
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Jeff Squyres
>>>> Cisco Systems
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