[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#604714: libhdf5-mpi-dev: Wrong MPI dependency on LAM platforms

[Adam C Powell IV]

Hello again,

Please discard the last patch, a better one is attached.

-Adam

On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 13:57 -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> Package: libhdf5-mpi-dev
> Version: 1.8.4-patch1-2
> Severity: important
> Tags: patch
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> The libhdf5-mpi-dev package depends on libopenmpi-dev whether the
> platform defaults to openmpi or lam.  This is because it checks
> the /etc/alternatives symlink to mpi, which will always point to openmpi
> for hdf5, because it build-depends on all of the MPI implementations,
> and OpenMPI has the highest priority.
> 
> (This was my mistake in copying the old PETSc MPI rule; PETSc's build
> process installs only the arch's default MPI so there's only
> one /etc/alternatives candidate.)
> 
> The attached patch vs. current SVN checks the dependency of the
> mpi-default-dev package instead, so it is always consistent with
> mpi-defaults.
> 
> Thanks,
> Adam
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