On May 24, 2012, at 6:07 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote: >>> I should add the caveat that they are need when linking statically, but >>> not when using shared libraries. >> >> And therein lies the problem. We have a number of users who build Open >> MPI statically and even some who build both static and shared libraries in >> the same build. We've never been able to figure out a reasonable way to >> guess if we need to add -lhwloc or -ldl, so we add them. It's better to >> list them and have some redundant dependencies (since you have to have the >> library anyways) than to not list them and have odd link errors. > > Could you not add them if --enable-static is not passed to configure? That > would at least help with building the Fedora packages.
I have a dim recollection that we specifically chose not to do this (i.e., that there was some hidden "gotcha" with that approach), but I confess to not remembering why. Brian -- do you remember? -- Jeff Squyres jsquy...@cisco.com For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/
