[mpich-devel] autogen.sh libtool version mismatch

[Jeff Hammond]

Thanks. I'd just bump if were you. Patching for such a stupid thing doesn't make sense. 

Jeff 

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> On Nov 10, 2015, at 9:29 AM, Kenneth Raffenetti <raffenet at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> 
> Looks to be specific to the 2.4.3 tarball, which has an unexpected LT_PACKAGE_VERSION (2.4.2.458.26-92994) in m4/ltversion.m4. We can either put in a workaround or just bump the requirement in the next release.
> 
> Thanks for reporting.
> 
> Ken
> 
>> On 11/10/2015 08:54 AM, Jeff Hammond wrote:
>> autogen.sh fails because it says I need "version 2.4.3 or higher
>> required", but I have version 2.4.3 (see below).  i upgraded to 2.4.6
>> and the problem went away.
>> 
>> Anyways, this isn't a blocker but it seems to be weird logic that it
>> happens.
>> 
>> Jeff
>> 
>> [jrhammo at bowman-rps git]$ ./autogen.sh
>> 
>> 
>> ####################################
>> 
>> ## Replicating confdb (and similar)
>> 
>> ####################################
>> 
>> 
>> syncing 'src/mpl' --> 'src/pm/hydra/mpl'
>> 
>> syncing 'confdb' --> 'src/mpi/romio/confdb'
>> 
>> syncing 'confdb' --> 'src/mpl/confdb'
>> 
>> syncing 'confdb' --> 'src/pm/hydra/confdb'
>> 
>> syncing 'confdb' --> 'src/pm/hydra/mpl/confdb'
>> 
>> syncing 'confdb' --> 'test/mpi/confdb'
>> 
>> 
>> ####################################
>> 
>> ## Checking user environment
>> 
>> ####################################
>> 
>> 
>> Verifying the location of autogen.sh... done
>> 
>> Checking if autotools are in the same location... yes, all in
>> /storage/home_intel/jrhammo/TOOLS
>> 
>> Checking for autoconf version... >= 2.67
>> 
>> Checking for automake version... >= 1.15
>> 
>> Checking for libtool version... bad libtool installation
>> 
>> You either do not have libtool in your path or it is too old
>> 
>> (version 2.4.3 or higher required). You may be able to use
>> 
>> 
>>      libtool --version
>> 
>> 
>> Unfortunately, there is no standard format for the version output and
>> 
>> it changes between autotools versions.  In addition, some versions of
>> 
>> autoconf choose among many versions and provide incorrect output).
>> 
>> [jrhammo at bowman-rps git]$ libtool --version
>> 
>> libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.3
>> 
>> Written by Gordon Matzigkeit, 1996
>> 
>> 
>> Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> 
>> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
>> 
>> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Jeff Hammond
>> jeff.science at gmail.com <mailto:jeff.science at gmail.com>
>> http://jeffhammond.github.io/
>> 
>> 
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