I'm glad that worked. I understand the confusion. The configure output could be better. It shouldn't be too difficult to cleanup. I filed a ticket so we don't forget about this issue. The ticket is linked below if you are interested: https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/ticket/2807
Next time I cycle back to the C/R functionality I'll try to address it, but if someone else beats me to it then that should be reflected in the ticket. -- Josh On May 27, 2011, at 3:54 PM, Bill Johnstone wrote: > Hello, > > > Thank you very much for this. I've replied further below: > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Joshua Hursey <jjhur...@open-mpi.org> > [...] >> What other configure options are you passing to Open MPI? Specifically the >> configure test will always fail if '--with-ft=cr' is not specified - by >> default Open MPI will only build the BLCR component if C/R FT is requested >> by >> the user. > > This was it! Now the BLCR supports builds in just fine. > > If I may offer some feedback: > > When I think "Checkpoint/Restart", I don't immediately think "Fault > Tolerance"; rather, I'm interested in it for a better alternative to > suspend/resume. So I had *no* idea turning on the "ft" configure option this > was a prerequisite for BLCR support to compile from just reading the > configure help, configure output, docs, etc. > > I'd like to request that this be made easier to spot. At a minimum, the > configure -help output could mention this when it gets to talking about BLCR, > or C/R in general. > > Additionally, in general when configuring components, it would be nice in the > config logs if there was a way to get more details about the tests (and why > they failed) than just "can compile...no". This may require more invasive > changes - not being super-knowledgeable about configure, I don't know how > much work this would be. > > Lastly, the standard Open MPI documentation (particularly the FAQ) could be > updated in the C/R or BLCR sections to reflect the need for the > "--with-ft=cr" argument. > > Again, I really appreciate the assistance. > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >
