It isn't our intention either - still looking at this to see what is going on.
On Jun 14, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Terry Frankcombe wrote: > On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 00:13 +0200, Reuti wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Am 13.06.2010 um 09:02 schrieb Zhang Linbo: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm new to OpenMPI and have encountered a problem with mpiexec. >>> >>> Since I need to set up the execution environment for OpenMPI programs >>> on the execution nodes, I use the following command line to launch an >>> OMPI program: >>> >>> mpiexec -launch-agent /some_path/myscript .... >>> >>> The problem is: the above command works fine if I invoke 'mpiexec' >>> without an absolute path just like above (assuming the PATH variable >>> is properly set), but if I prepend an absolute path to 'mpiexec', >>> e.g.: >>> >>> /OMPI_dir/bin/mpiexec -launch-agent /some_path/myscript .... >> >> using an absolute path is equivalent to use the --prefix option to >> `mpiexec`. Both ways lead obviously to the erroneous behavior you >> encounter. > > Hi folks > > Speaking as no more than an uneducated user, having the behaviour change > depending on invoking by an absolute path or invoking by some > unspecified (potentially shell-dependent) path magic seems like a bad > idea. > > As a long-time *nix user, this just rubs me the wrong way. > > Ciao > Terry > > > -- > Dr. Terry Frankcombe > Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University > Ph: (+61) 0417 163 509 Skype: terry.frankcombe > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users