When: Thurs, Jul 12, 5 PM MDT
Why: Useful feature. Enabling source may cut down on the maintenance required
to keep platform files up to date.
How: Change directories to the platform file's directory before sourcing it
(not after).
diff --git a/config/ompi_load_platform.m4 b/config/ompi_load_platform.m4
index 7231f83..250e7d8 100644
--- a/config/ompi_load_platform.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_load_platform.m4
@@ -50,7 +50,18 @@ AC_DEFUN([OMPI_LOAD_PLATFORM], [
# eval into environment
OPAL_LOG_MSG([Loading environment file $with_platform, with contents
below])
OPAL_LOG_FILE([$with_platform])
- . "$with_platform"
+
+ # setup by getting full pathname for the platform directories
+ platform_base="`dirname $with_platform`"
+ platform_file="`basename $with_platform`"
+ # get full pathname of where we are so we can return
+ platform_savedir="`pwd`"
+ # go to where the platform file is located
+ cd "$platform_base"
+ # get the full path to this location
+ platform_file_dir=`pwd`
+
+ . "$platform_file"
# see if they left us a name
if test "$OMPI_PLATFORM_LOADED" != "" ; then
@@ -63,14 +74,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([OMPI_LOAD_PLATFORM], [
# look for default mca param file
- # setup by getting full pathname for the platform directories
- platform_base="`dirname $with_platform`"
- # get full pathname of where we are so we can return
- platform_savedir="`pwd`"
- # go to where the platform file is located
- cd "$platform_base"
- # get the full path to this location
- platform_file_dir=`pwd`
# return to where we started
cd "$platform_savedir"
-Nathan
