Bug#968559: libhdf5-openmpi-dev: hdf5-mpi.pc alternative sometimes goes missing

2021-12-23 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, I have just migrated from Buster to Bullseye. The package libhdf5-mpi-dev was and is not installed on my box. However `update-alternatives --display hdf5.pc` outputs hdf5.pc - auto mode link best version is /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/hdf5-mpi.pc link currently points to

Bug#968559: libhdf5-openmpi-dev: hdf5-mpi.pc alternative sometimes goes missing

2020-11-08 Thread Gilles Filippini
Drew Parsons a écrit le 08/11/2020 à 05:17 : > Probably we should check with the update-alternatives developers first, > they may have some ideas. Certainly they should be able to explain > exactly why installing openmpi-bin or mpich causes the hdf5-mpi > alternative to disappear. Would you mind

Bug#968559: libhdf5-openmpi-dev: hdf5-mpi.pc alternative sometimes goes missing

2020-11-07 Thread Drew Parsons
On 2020-11-08 03:08, Gilles Filippini wrote: After a test into a clean chroot I can now confirm this hypothesis. The loss of the alternative is easily triggered by the reinstallation of openmpi-bin ... It happens when reinstalling mpich as well, if the mpi alternative was previously set

Bug#968559: libhdf5-openmpi-dev: hdf5-mpi.pc alternative sometimes goes missing

2020-11-07 Thread Gilles Filippini
Gilles Filippini a écrit le 07/11/2020 à 19:36 : > Drew Parsons a écrit le 06/11/2020 à 04:02 : >> On 2020-11-06 02:09, Gilles Filippini wrote: But we should document (or fix if possible) that this alternatives mechanism is a little fragile, and sometimes the link needs to be

Bug#968559: libhdf5-openmpi-dev: hdf5-mpi.pc alternative sometimes goes missing

2020-11-07 Thread Gilles Filippini
Drew Parsons a écrit le 06/11/2020 à 04:02 : > On 2020-11-06 02:09, Gilles Filippini wrote: >>> >>> But we should document (or fix if possible) that this alternatives >>> mechanism is a little fragile, and sometimes the link needs to be >>> refresh with >>>   sudo dpkg-reconfigure

Bug#968559: libhdf5-openmpi-dev: hdf5-mpi.pc alternative sometimes goes missing

2020-11-05 Thread Drew Parsons
On 2020-11-06 02:09, Gilles Filippini wrote: But we should document (or fix if possible) that this alternatives mechanism is a little fragile, and sometimes the link needs to be refresh with sudo dpkg-reconfigure libhdf5-openmpi-dev What I mean is that sometimes the link seem to just

Bug#968559: libhdf5-openmpi-dev: hdf5-mpi.pc alternative sometimes goes missing

2020-11-05 Thread Gilles Filippini
Control: tag -1 moreinfo Hi Drew, On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:23:05 +0800 Drew Parsons wrote: > Package: libhdf5-openmpi-dev > Version: 1.10.6+repack-2 > Severity: normal > > We've set up libhdf5-openmpi-dev (and libhdf5-mpich-dev) to use the > alternatives mechanism to configure a symlink

Bug#968559: libhdf5-openmpi-dev: hdf5-mpi.pc alternative sometimes goes missing

2020-08-17 Thread Drew Parsons
Package: libhdf5-openmpi-dev Version: 1.10.6+repack-2 Severity: normal We've set up libhdf5-openmpi-dev (and libhdf5-mpich-dev) to use the alternatives mechanism to configure a symlink from a generic pkgconfig file hdf5-mpi.pc to the specific hdf5-openmpi.pc (or hdf5-mpich.pc). This allows client