it seems autotools related: it tries to create link in "hooks" subfolder which does not present.
linux:/var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/openmpi-1.8.2rc2/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/tools/vtunify/mpi # ls -al total 248 drwxr-xr-x 1 hpcuser mtl 474 Jul 24 15:32 . drwxr-xr-x 1 hpcuser mtl 1058 Jul 24 15:16 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 93739 Jul 24 15:16 Makefile -rw-r--r-- 1 hpcuser mtl 1191 Jul 24 08:49 Makefile.am -rw-r--r-- 1 hpcuser mtl 105110 Jul 24 08:53 Makefile.in lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 88 Jul 24 15:20 vt_unify.cc -> /var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/openmpi-1.8.2rc2/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/tools/vtunify/vt_unify.cc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 93 Jul 24 15:20 vt_unify_defs.cc -> /var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/openmpi-1.8.2rc2/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/tools/vtunify/vt_unify_defs.cc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 98 Jul 24 15:20 vt_unify_defs_recs.cc -> /var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/openmpi-1.8.2rc2/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/tools/vtunify/vt_unify_defs_recs.cc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 101 Jul 24 15:20 vt_unify_events_stats.cc -> /var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/openmpi-1.8.2rc2/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/tools/vtunify/vt_unify_events_stats.cc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 97 Jul 24 15:20 vt_unify_handlers.cc -> /var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/openmpi-1.8.2rc2/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/tools/vtunify/vt_unify_handlers.cc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 94 Jul 24 15:20 vt_unify_hooks.cc -> /var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/openmpi-1.8.2rc2/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/tools/vtunify/vt_unify_hooks.cc -rw-r--r-- 1 hpcuser mtl 574 Jul 24 08:49 vt_unify_lib.h lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 96 Jul 24 15:20 vt_unify_markers.cc -> /var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/openmpi-1.8.2rc2/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/tools/vtunify/vt_unify_markers.cc -rw-r--r-- 1 hpcuser mtl 1104 Jul 24 08:49 vt_unify_mpi.h lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 93 Jul 24 15:20 vt_unify_sync.cc -> /var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/openmpi-1.8.2rc2/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/tools/vtunify/vt_unify_sync.cc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 94 Jul 24 15:20 vt_unify_tkfac.cc -> /var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/openmpi-1.8.2rc2/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/tools/vtunify/vt_unify_tkfac.cc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 95 Jul 24 15:20 vt_unify_usrcom.cc -> /var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/openmpi-1.8.2rc2/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/tools/vtunify/vt_unify_usrcom.cc linux:/var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/openmpi-1.8.2rc2/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/tools/vtunify/mpi # make CXX libvt_mpi_unify_la-vt_unify.lo CXX libvt_mpi_unify_la-vt_unify_defs.lo CXX libvt_mpi_unify_la-vt_unify_defs_recs.lo CXX libvt_mpi_unify_la-vt_unify_events_stats.lo CXX libvt_mpi_unify_la-vt_unify_handlers.lo CXX libvt_mpi_unify_la-vt_unify_hooks.lo CXX libvt_mpi_unify_la-vt_unify_markers.lo CXX libvt_mpi_unify_la-vt_unify_sync.lo CXX libvt_mpi_unify_la-vt_unify_tkfac.lo CXX libvt_mpi_unify_la-vt_unify_usrcom.lo ln -s /var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/openmpi-1.8.2rc2/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/tools/vtunify/hooks/vt_unify_hooks_base.cc hooks/vt_unify_hooks_base.cc ln: failed to create symbolic link 'hooks/vt_unify_hooks_base.cc': No such file or directory Makefile:1593: recipe for target 'hooks/vt_unify_hooks_base.cc' failed make: *** [hooks/vt_unify_hooks_base.cc] Error 1 linux:/var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/openmpi-1.8.2rc2/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/tools/vtunify/mpi # make V=1 On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) <jsquy...@cisco.com > wrote: > I just tried it myself -- "make distcheck" succeeds for both a nightly > tarball (openmpi-1.8.2rc2r32302) and in a git or svn checkout on RHEL 6.5. > > I do not have easy access to RHEL 7 or SLES 12 beta. > > Can someone analyze this and figure out what the difference is? > > > > On Jul 24, 2014, at 6:21 AM, Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) <jsquy...@cisco.com> > wrote: > > > I am getting reports of similar failures from Cisco QA. They have > clean/fresh checkouts of the OMPI tree. > > > > It does not seem to happen on RHEL 6.5, but does happen on RHEL 7 and > SLES 12 (beta). > > > > What's the difference? > > > > > > On Jul 24, 2014, at 6:12 AM, Mike Dubman <mi...@dev.mellanox.co.il> > wrote: > > > >> this is a command line we use: > >> > >> cd ./contrib/dist/linux > >> ./contrib/dist/make_tarball -greekonly > >> rpmbuild --rebuild --define '_topdir /var/tmp//OFED_topdir' --define > 'dist %{nil}' --target x86_64 --define '_name openmpi' --define > 'mpi_selector /usr/bin/mpi-selector' --define 'use_mpi_selector 1' --define > 'install_shell_scripts 1' --define 'shell_scripts_basename mpivars' > --define '_usr /usr' --define 'ofed 0' --define '_prefix > /usr/mpi/gcc/openmpi-1.8.2rc2' --define '_defaultdocdir > /usr/mpi/gcc/openmpi-1.8.2rc2' --define '_mandir %{_prefix}/share/man' > --define '_datadir %{_prefix}/share' --define 'mflags -j 4' --define > 'configure_options --with-fca=/opt/mellanox/fca > --with-hcoll=/opt/mellanox/hcoll --with-mxm=/opt/mellanox/mxm > --with-knem=/opt/knem-1.1.1.90mlnx > --with-platform=contrib/platform/mellanox/optimized ' --define > 'use_default_rpm_opt_flags 1' openmpi-1.8.2rc2-1.src.rpm > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Bert Wesarg < > bert.wes...@tu-dresden.de> wrote: > >> On 07/24/2014 10:15 AM, Mike Dubman wrote: > >> the problem occurs when build is started from src.rpm (and probably from > >> tarball as well): > >> > >> try make distcheck and use src tree from tarball. > >> > >> I did now make distcheck from the rc2 tarball, and it all worked. I > don't know what the srpm does differently than an ./configure && make > though. > >> > >> Bert > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Bert Wesarg < > bert.wes...@tu-dresden.de> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Dipl.-Inf. Bert Wesarg > >> wiss. Mitarbeiter > >> > >> Technische Universität Dresden > >> Zentrum für Informationsdienste und Hochleistungsrechnen (ZIH) > >> 01062 Dresden > >> Tel.: +49 (351) 463-42451 > >> Fax: +49 (351) 463-37773 > >> E-Mail: bert.wes...@tu-dresden.de > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> devel mailing list > >> de...@open-mpi.org > >> Subscription: http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel > >> Link to this post: > http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2014/07/15238.php > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> devel mailing list > >> de...@open-mpi.org > >> Subscription: http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel > >> Link to this post: > http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2014/07/15239.php > > > > > > -- > > Jeff Squyres > > jsquy...@cisco.com > > For corporate legal information go to: > http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list > > de...@open-mpi.org > > Subscription: http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel > > Link to this post: > http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2014/07/15240.php > > > -- > Jeff Squyres > jsquy...@cisco.com > For corporate legal information go to: > http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/ > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > de...@open-mpi.org > Subscription: http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel > Link to this post: > http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2014/07/15242.php >