[buildd-tools-devel] running mpi in sbuild (petsc testing)

[Johannes Ring]

Yes, I also get the deprecation warning and OMPI_MCA_plm_orte_agent does
not work for me either. However, OMPI_MCA_orte_rsh_agent works like a charm.

Johannes

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 11:55 AM Drew Parsons <dparsons at debian.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 2015-10-09 at 07:01 +0000, Johannes Ring wrote:
> > I guess this is the same problem I have when building DOLFIN in
> > pbuilder, which I solve by adding "export
> > OMPI_MCA_plm_rsh_agent=/bin/false" in debian/rules.
>
>
> Thanks Johannes, that more or less gets it running.  It gives a warning
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> A deprecated MCA parameter value was specified in the environment or
> on the command line.  Deprecated MCA parameters should be avoided;
> they may disappear in future releases.
>
>   Deprecated parameter: plm_rsh_agent
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> but otherwise the test runs fine.
>
> There's a suggestion at
>  http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-science-commits/2014-J
> anuary/024112.html
> <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-science-commits/2014-January/024112.html>
> that we should use OMPI_MCA_plm_orte_agent instead.  But when I use
> that, I get the same test error that I got without the variable.
>
> Drew
>
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 5:24 AM Drew Parsons <dparsons at debian.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > p.s. an example of the test failure is:
> > >
> > > [schumann:13424] [[INVALID],INVALID] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Not found in
> > > file ess_hnp_module.c at line 170
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > > ---------
> > > It looks like orte_init failed for some reason; your parallel
> > > process is
> > > likely to abort.  There are many reasons that a parallel process
> > > can
> > > fail during orte_init; some of which are due to configuration or
> > > environment problems.  This failure appears to be an internal
> > > failure;
> > > here's some additional information (which may only be relevant to
> > > an
> > > Open MPI developer):
> > >
> > >   orte_plm_base_select failed
> > >   --> Returned value Not found (-13) instead of ORTE_SUCCESS
>
>
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