[mpich-devel] autogen.sh libtool version mismatch

[Rob Latham]

On 11/10/2015 11:29 AM, Kenneth Raffenetti 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.

can you make 2.4.2.458.26-92994 the lowest working number or is that 
string too goofy to easily parse?

==rob
>
> 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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Rob Latham
Mathematics and Computer Science Division
Argonne National Lab, IL USA