Per this thread: http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/users/2009/03/8402.php
It took a *loooong* time to figure out that an outdated Autoconf install was the culprit of the "restrict" mess. The issue is that somewhere between v2.61 and v2.63, Autoconf changed the order of looking for "restrict"-like keywords -- AC 2.63 has the "good" order; AC 2.61 has the "bad" order (hence, PGI worked for me with AC 2.63, but barfed for Mostyn with AC 2.61).
Should we have our autogen.sh force the use of AC 2.63 and above? (currently, it forces 2.59 and above)
-- Jeff Squyres Cisco Systems