Note: I had the same failure with OMPI 1.4.2
libtool: link: f90 -G .libs/mpi.o .libs/mpi_sizeof.o .libs/mpi_comm_spawn_multiple_f90.o .libs/mpi_testall_f90.o .libs/mpi_testsome_f90.o .libs/mpi_waitall_f90.o .libs/mpi_waitsome_f90.o .libs/mpi_wtick_f90.o .libs/mpi_wtime_f90.o -rpath /afs/cad/u/g/w/gwolosh/ftp/linux/openmpi-1.4.3/ompi/.libs -rpath /afs/cad/u/g/w/gwolosh/ftp/linux/openmpi-1.4.3/orte/.libs -rpath /afs/cad/u/g/w/gwolosh/ftp/linux/openmpi-1.4.3/opal/.libs -rpath /afs/cad/u/g/w/gwolosh/local/lib -L/afs/cad/u/g/w/gwolosh/ftp/linux/openmpi-1.4.3/or te/.libs -L/afs/cad/u/g/w/gwolosh/ftp/linux/openmpi-1.4.3/opal/.libs ../../../ompi/.libs/libmpi.so /afs/cad/u/g/w/gwolosh/ftp/linu x/openmpi-1.4.3/orte/.libs/libopen-rte.so /afs/cad/u/g/w/gwolosh/ftp/linux/openmpi-1.4.3/opal/.libs/libopen-pal.so -ldl -lnsl -lut il -lm -mt -soname libmpi_f90.so.0 -o .libs/libmpi_f90.so.0.0.1 f90: Warning: Option -path passed to ld, if ld is invoked, ignored otherwise f90: Warning: Option -path passed to ld, if ld is invoked, ignored otherwise f90: Warning: Option -path passed to ld, if ld is invoked, ignored otherwise f90: Warning: Option -path passed to ld, if ld is invoked, ignored otherwise f90: Warning: Option -soname passed to ld, if ld is invoked, ignored otherwise /usr/bin/ld: unrecognized option '-path' /usr/bin/ld: use the --help option for usage information Help?? Gedaliah Wolosh University Computing Systems - IST New Jersey Institute of Technology