Please enable shared hdf5 with USE=mpi. I think this patch will suffice: --- /usr/portage/sci-libs/hdf5/hdf5-1.8.3-r1.ebuild 2009-09-17 19:08:26.000000000 -0400 +++ /usr/local/portage/sci-libs/hdf5/hdf5-1.8.3-r1.ebuild 2009-09-30 10:00:55.000000000 -0400 @@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ --enable-production \ --enable-strict-format-checks \ --enable-deprecated-symbols \ + --enable-shared \ $(use_enable fortran) \ $(use_enable mpi parallel) \ $(use_with szip szlib) \ As discussed at http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf5-quest.html#par-shared: "For Parallel HDF5, configure disables shared libraries unless the user explicitly enables them with the --enable-shared option. Shared parallel libraries are not tested, so please use this option with caution. In other words, please make sure that all of the tests passed before using the library." And then as reported on the hdf5 mailing list (thread: [Hdf-forum] Parallel HDF5 vs shared libraries): "All tests pass on Linux, for 1.8.3 on 64-bit x86 and 32-bit PPC (the machines I have immediate access to). It also looks like the default Debian/Ubuntu package for libhdf5-openmpi (HDF5 1.6.6) ships with shared libraries. Presumably the package managers have done their own testing, although I don't know what patchset they've applied." I tested on ~amd64, and the tests do pass (although I had to run them manually, as the test suite complained that it could not find mpd.conf when I tried to test via portage) Reproducible: Always
So I added a forced --enabled-shared in cvs . Concerning the make check, the tests failed on me with mpi enabled on ~amd64 , however not with a missing mpd.conf but with MPIO
did you start any mpds ahead of the build?
The shared libs are built now. So closing this bug. Please open another one for the test failures if you still experience them.
