[mpich-devel] autogen.sh libtool version mismatch

[Kenneth Raffenetti]

On 11/10/2015 11:46 AM, Rob Latham wrote:
>
>
> 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?

This was my thought as a workaround. Local tests indicate it will work. 
Either way, we'll jam in a fix after the release.

Ken

>
> ==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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