Re: [OMPI devel] RFC: Multiple duplicate MCA param generates error

2014-09-09 Thread Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)
On Sep 9, 2014, at 1:42 PM, Mike Dubman wrote: > maybe we should have another MCA parameter to specify desired policy? > LAST,CONCAT,FIRST and let user select it? > > basically, it is to mimic "setenv(var,val,overwrite)" behavior which is easy > to explain and good to have. Is there a use cas

Re: [OMPI devel] RFC: Multiple duplicate MCA param generates error

2014-09-09 Thread Ralph Castain
I can't see how a user would know how to use such a thing - which mca params can absorb a concatenated value? Why would you take the last vs the first instead of just providing a value only once? On Sep 9, 2014, at 10:42 AM, Mike Dubman wrote: > maybe we should have another MCA parameter to s

Re: [OMPI devel] RFC: Multiple duplicate MCA param generates error

2014-09-09 Thread Mike Dubman
maybe we should have another MCA parameter to specify desired policy? LAST,CONCAT,FIRST and let user select it? basically, it is to mimic "setenv(var,val,overwrite)" behavior which is easy to explain and good to have. On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 7:31 PM, Ralph Castain wrote: > WHAT: Generate an