Re: How is mpi-default-dev supposed to work?
On 23/03/10 at 12:14 +0100, Thibaut Paumard wrote:
> >Yes, it's probably better to just conflict in mpi-defaults with the
> >other providers of mpicc.
>
> Which unfortunately forbids to both build with the default
> implementation and with each available implementation. Agreed, this
> is not recommended anyway. Just wondering if any package does this
> already.
It doesn't make much sense to do that. If you want to do that, you
should depend on libopenmpi-dev and libmpich2-dev directly.
> >Note that help is usually welcomed. It might be better to invest
> >time to
> >solve that problem with a distribution-wide solution, rather than just
> >for your own package.
>
> Which is why I am here discussing with you :-) I would be happy to
> prepare a patch once the best solution is agreed.
I'm not the mpi-defaults maintainer :-) Manuel? Adam?
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