On 12/05/21 at 12:47 +0300, Vassilis Virvilis wrote: > > > However in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pmix2/include/pmix_common.h the > list > > > goes further ending in PMIX_COMPRESSED_BYTE_OBJECT 59 with 56 being > > > PMIX_TOPO > > > > I tried to ensure that pmix_common.h (inside the sources) was unused > > during build, and added an #error inside it. The build succeeded, which > > seems to confirm that it is not used... > > Ok I don't get it. > > mca_pmix_ext3x.so is in > ./debian/build-gfortran/opal/mca/pmix/ext3x/.libs/mca_pmix_ext3x.so in the > local build. > > So I guess this must be either > a) the internal pmix library - or - > b) a client wrapper that utilizes the pmix library > > It links dynamically to pmix.so as you said so it must be option b). > > But then against does not have support for value types more than 46. > > So I am confused. If you could elaborate this I would be grateful.
I don't think I get it more than you do :-) My wild guess would be: the PMIX server emits a message with a code that the client implementation in ext3x.c is not able to handle. So it's a problem of backward compatibility. But that's just a wild guess... Lucas
