[Pkg-openmpi-maintainers] Bug#459642: Bug#459642: libopenmpi-dev: Please add libmpi++.so alternatives symlink

[Adam C Powell IV]

On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 15:24 -0600, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> On 7 January 2008 at 15:14, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> | Package: libopenmpi-dev
> | Version: 1.2.4-5
> | Severity: wishlist
> | Tags: patch
> | 
> | Greetings,
> | 
> | The attached patch adds an alternavites symlink linking libmpi++.so to
> | OpenMPI's libmpi_cxx.so.0, matching the C++ library links in mpich and
> | lam.  It works in the one case I've tried.  Please apply it.
> 
> Sure thing, that looks like oversight on our part. Thanks for spotting it.
> 
> BTW saw your post on the ompi list. I also had to use some swicthes / extern
> "C" headers or what have you to prevent clashes between C++ code and MPI
> libraries that I wanted to call 'C style' rather than C++. It's been a while
> so I would have to dig up the details.

Thanks.  I fixed it by a proposed patch to libhdf5-dev, which is in bug
457080.

Cheers,
-Adam
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