Re: [OMPI devel] [1.8.2rc3] build failure on OpenBSD (libevent)

2014-08-02 Thread Paul Hargrove
Ralph, I understand that I am likely the only one in a position to test. I have already completed initial testing of the approach in the bug report you fount at sourceforge: excise the sole *unused* routine that calls arc4random_addrandom(). Assuming the remainder of my testing is successful, I

Re: [OMPI devel] [1.8.2rc3] build failure on OpenBSD (libevent)

2014-08-02 Thread Ralph Castain
To be clear, I fully support what you say. Ordinarily, I would just do the port, but sadly (a) I am totally buried at work right now, and (b) I have no way to verify that the patches actually work. If/when you have time, do let me know the results and I'll be happy to proceed. Thanks Ralph On

Re: [OMPI devel] [1.8.2rc3] build failure on OpenBSD (libevent)

2014-08-02 Thread Paul Hargrove
Ralph, My position on support for OpenBSD is the same as the numerous other operating systems, cpu architectures and compilers I help test on. I feel that every additional platform for which one can maintain support improves the chance of catching bugs in ones code and reduces the effort to port

Re: [OMPI devel] [1.8.2rc3] build failure on OpenBSD (libevent)

2014-08-02 Thread Ralph Castain
This was apparently somewhat recent - here is the OpenBSD ticket regarding it: http://sourceforge.net/p/levent/bugs/320/ If someone feels it important that we continue supporting OpenBSD, one might explore the solution recommended in that ticket. It's also possible that the libevent guys are wo

[OMPI devel] [1.8.2rc3] build failure on OpenBSD (libevent)

2014-08-01 Thread Paul Hargrove
I am seeing the following on OpenBSD/amd64 with "make V=1": Making all in tools/wrappers /bin/sh ../../../libtool --tag=CC--mode=link gcc -std=gnu99 -g -finline-functions -fno-strict-aliasing -pthread -export-dynamic -o opal_wrapper opal_wrapper.o ../../../opal/libopen-pal.la -lutil -lm