[Pkg-scicomp-devel] Bug#487969: Bug#487969: Bug#487969: Can't reproduce this

[Ondrej Certik]

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson
<ojsbug at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 05:29:27PM +0200, Ondrej Certik wrote:
>> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson
>> <ojsbug at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 04:47:04PM +0200, Ondrej Certik wrote:
>> >> Yes, I hit this problem too, it's because of upgrading from lam to
>> >> openmpi. Purge lam, openmpi and all other mpi packages (mpich).
>> >> Then delete all links and alternatives, even by hand if necessary.
>> >> Install openmpi and make sure the links point to openmpi.
>> >>
>> >> Or change it by hand. Please report back if it works. See also this
>> >> bug for more background:
>> >>
>> >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=457088
>> >
>> > Ok, just by changing the symbolic link in /etc/alternatives/mpi to
>> > point to /usr/lib/openmpi/include fixed my problem and now it compiles
>> > fine.
>>
>> Ok, I am closing the bug.
>
> Isn't it possible to force the alternative to point to openmpi? Issue
> update-alternatives --set mpi /usr/lib/openmpi/include in the
> pre-install or something like that? And of course make a note of it in
> the README.

Please read the bug I sent the link to, it was discussed in there.
It's an openmpi's problem.

Ondrej