Bug#807666: nmu: mpich_3.1-6

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

Control: reassign -1 src:mpich
Control: severity -1 serious
Control: retitle -1 mpich: overly restrictive GCC check

On 11/12/15 14:50, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org at packages.debian.org
> Usertags: binnmu
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Compiling c++ programs against mpich currently fails in sid:
> 
> In file included from /usr/include/mpich/mpi.h:2175:0,
>                  from test.c:1:
> /usr/include/mpich/mpicxx.h:22:4: error: #error 'Please use the same version of GCC and g++ for compiling MPICH and user MPI programs'
>  #  error 'Please use the same version of GCC and g++ for compiling MPICH and user MPI programs'
> 
> Apparently mpich got built with 5.2, and sid currently has 5.3, thus the
> failure.  Rebuilding mpich with current gcc 5.3 should be fixing it.
> 
> Samuel
> 
> nmu mpich_3.1-6 . ANY . unstable . -m "Rebuild against g++ 5.3"

This sounds like a too restrictive check, especially now that a 5.2 -> 5.3 GCC
bump is similar to a 4.9.2 -> 4.9.3 one (i.e. a "micro" or bugfix update). I'm
reassigning so this gets fixed in mpich.

Cheers,
Emilio