When you update to r10118 (or beyond), you may see the following SVN
error:

svn: Failed to add file 'ompi/include/mpif-common.h': object of the same
name already exists

Short version: 
--------------

This is harmless -- just "rm ompi/include/mpif-common.h" and "svn up"
again (or do the "rm" before updating).

Longer version:
---------------

What is happening is that SVN is saying, "Hey, I'm trying to put in a
new file somewhere, but there's already a file by that name!  I don't
know what you want me to do, so I'm going to quit."

This is actually not a problem.  As specified above, just remove the
file and "svn up" again.

But why is it happening?

We used to generate a file named mpif-common.h from configure (and
therefore SVN had no knowledge of this file).  r10118 introduced a file
in svn named mpif-common.h that is not generated via configure.  Hence,
when you update, you may have an old generated version of mpif-common.h
where SVN is trying to put the new mpif-common.h, so SVN takes the
conservative route and says "Help!". 

Sorry for any confusion!

-- 
Jeff Squyres
Server Virtualization Business Unit
Cisco Systems

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