[mpich-discuss] Problems building mpich-3.2.1 with PGI 18.4 Community Edition

[Jeff Layton]

On 07/20/2018 11:46 AM, Reuti wrote:
>> Am 20.07.2018 um 17:24 schrieb Jeff Layton <laytonjb at att.net>:
>>
>> I fixed this problem and I get the exact same error. Again, I grepped config.log and found the following.
>>
>>
>> $ grep -i error config.log
>> pgcc-Error-Unknown switch: -qversion
>> PGC/x86-64 Linux 18.4-0: compilation completed with severe errors
>> PGC-S-0035-Syntax error: Recovery attempted by replacing identifier error by ';' (conftest.c: 14)
>> PGC/x86-64 Linux 18.4-0: compilation completed with severe errors
>> |                    Syntax error
>> PGC-S-0035-Syntax error: Recovery attempted by replacing identifier error by ';' (conftest.c: 14)
>> PGC/x86-64 Linux 18.4-0: compilation completed with severe errors
>> |                    Syntax error
>> configure:5951: error: in `/home/laytonjb/src/mpich-3.2.1':
>> configure:5953: error: C preprocessor "/opt/pgi/linux86-64/18.4/bin/pgcc" fails sanity check
>> HAVE_ERROR_CHECKING=''
>> MPI_MAX_ERROR_STRING=''
> Please don't set CPP, this is the preprocessor and not the C compiler itself. The GNU cpp should be installed though.
>
> NB: Usually it's sufficient to name the compilers without paths:
>
> $ ./configure --prefix=/home/laytonjb/bin/pgi-18.4-mpich-3.2.1 CC=pgcc CXX=pgc++ FC=pgf90 F77=pgf77
>
> -- Reuti

I'm actually using an Lmod module for the compilers. They are not part 
of the standard path.

I don't set cpp (I think - I will check).

Thanks for the help!

Jeff

>
>
>> I'm not an expert but it looks like configure sends an unknown option to pgcc (-qversion). Then there appear to be some problems in mpich when built with pgcc.
>>
>> Any comments or thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>>> Dooh. Thanks - I'll try this and see what happens.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>>>> Am 19.07.2018 um 01:19 schrieb Jeff Layton <laytonjb at att.net>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to build mpich-3.2.1 with the PGI 18.4 Community Edition compilers. However, I get an error when running configure. The configure line is,
>>>>>
>>>>> ./configure --prefix=/home/laytonjb/bin/pgi-18.4-mpich-3.2.1
>>>>>
>>>>> The error I get is,
>>>>>
>>>>> [laytonjb at laytonjb-Lenovo-G50-45 mpich-3.2.1]$ ./conf.jeff
>>>>> Configuring MPICH version 3.2.1 with  '--prefix=/home/laytonjb/bin/pgi-18.4-mpich-3.2.1' 'CC=/opt/pgi/linux86-64/18.4/bin/pgcc' 'CPP=/opt/pgi/linux86-64/18.4/bin/pgcc' 'CXX=/opt/pgi/linux86-64/18.4/bin/pgg++' 'FC=/opt/pgi/linux86-64/18.4/bin/pgfortran'
>>>> pgg++ seems to be typo, duno whether this is related.
>>>>
>>>> -- Reuti
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 'F77=/opt/pgi/linux86-64/18.4/bin/pgf77'
>>>>> Running on system: Linux laytonjb-Lenovo-G50-45 3.10.0-693.17.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jan 25 20:13:58 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>>> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
>>>>> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
>>>>> checking for suffix of executables...
>>>>> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
>>>>> checking for suffix of object files... o
>>>>> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... no
>>>>> checking whether /opt/pgi/linux86-64/18.4/bin/pgcc accepts -g... yes
>>>>> checking for /opt/pgi/linux86-64/18.4/bin/pgcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
>>>>> checking whether /opt/pgi/linux86-64/18.4/bin/pgcc understands -c and -o together... yes
>>>>> checking how to run the C preprocessor... /opt/pgi/linux86-64/18.4/bin/pgcc
>>>>> configure: error: in `/home/laytonjb/src/mpich-3.2.1':
>>>>> configure: error: C preprocessor "/opt/pgi/linux86-64/18.4/bin/pgcc" fails sanity check
>>>>> See `config.log' for more details
>>>>>
>>>>> I've briefly looked through the config.log and this is all that stands out:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> $ grep -i error config.log
>>>>> pgcc-Error-Unknown switch: -qversion
>>>>> PGC/x86-64 Linux 18.4-0: compilation completed with severe errors
>>>>> PGC-S-0035-Syntax error: Recovery attempted by replacing identifier error by ';' (conftest.c: 14)
>>>>> PGC/x86-64 Linux 18.4-0: compilation completed with severe errors
>>>>> |                    Syntax error
>>>>> PGC-S-0035-Syntax error: Recovery attempted by replacing identifier error by ';' (conftest.c: 14)
>>>>> PGC/x86-64 Linux 18.4-0: compilation completed with severe errors
>>>>> |                    Syntax error
>>>>> configure:5951: error: in `/home/laytonjb/src/mpich-3.2.1':
>>>>> configure:5953: error: C preprocessor "/opt/pgi/linux86-64/18.4/bin/pgcc" fails sanity check
>>>>> HAVE_ERROR_CHECKING=''
>>>>> MPI_MAX_ERROR_STRING=''
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure how to fix this error. I've attached the config.log file in case this helps.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for any and all help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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