[mpich-discuss] /lib/cpp fails sanity check

[Balaji, Pavan]

Laura,

You are using an ancient version of mpich.  Can you try the latest version from our download page:

	http://www.mpich.org

  -- Pavan

> On Dec 30, 2014, at 3:04 PM, Laura Fowler <ldfowler58 at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello:
> 
> I am trying to compile mpich2-1.5 using OS X 10.10.1 on my laptop. I installed gfortran-5.0 and gcc-5.0. I used the following configurations:
> 
>   export FC=/usr/local/bin/gfortran 
>   export F77=/usr/local/bin/gfortran
>   export CC=/usr/local/bin/gcc
>   export CXX=/usr/local/bin/g++
>   export CPP=/usr/local/bin/cpp 
>   export CXXCPP=/usr/local/bin/cpp
> 
> I ran sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mpich2-1.5-gfortran-5.0/ 2>&1 | sudo tee c.txt to install mpich2 in my /usr/local directory.
> 
> I got the following error message at the bottom of the c.txt file:
> 
> checking whether to build shared libraries... no
> checking whether to build static libraries... yes
> checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes
> checking for c++... c++
> checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no
> checking whether c++ accepts -g... no
> checking dependency style of c++... none
> checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp
> configure: error: in `/usr/local/src/mpich2/mpich2-1.5':
> configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
> See `config.log' for more details
> 
> Also see attached config.log file. I do not understand where the error comes from and I need help figuring it out. Note that using the same configuration, I was able to completely install mpich-3.1.3, so I do not undertand where the configure crashes in this case. I hope that somebody can help me figure this out as I really need to use mpich2 and not mpich.
> 
> Thanks,
> Laura
> 
> !=====================================================
> !  Laura D. Fowler
> !  e-mail:  ldfowler58 at icloud.com
> !  Phone:  970-215-0516
> !=====================================================
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Pavan Balaji  ✉️
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