Re: compiling hdf5 with openmpi support?

[Jay Nietling <jay.nietling%unlv.edu@localhost>]

Thanks Thomas,

the build almost completes on pkgsrc-2025Q4 on a debian 12 amd64 linux system
i’m using, failing right near the end.

-- Installing: /local/pkgsrc-2025Q4-src/devel/hdf5/work/.destdir/local/pkgsrc-2025Q4/lib/libhdf5.settings
=> Substituting "unwrap" in /local/pkgsrc-2025Q4-src/devel/hdf5/work/.destdir/local/pkgsrc-2025Q4/bin/h5cc /local/pkgsrc-2025Q4-src/devel/hdf5/work/.destdir/local/pkgsrc-2025Q4/bin/h5hlcc
WARNING: [subst.mk:unwrap] Nothing changed in "/local/pkgsrc-2025Q4-src/devel/hdf5/work/.destdir/local/pkgsrc-2025Q4/bin/h5cc".
WARNING: [subst.mk:unwrap] Nothing changed in "/local/pkgsrc-2025Q4-src/devel/hdf5/work/.destdir/local/pkgsrc-2025Q4/bin/h5hlcc".
ERROR: [subst.mk:unwrap] The filename patterns "/local/pkgsrc-2025Q4-src/devel/hdf5/work/.destdir/local/pkgsrc-2025Q4/bin/h5cc /local/pkgsrc-2025Q4-src/devel/hdf5/work/.destdir/local/pkgsrc-2025Q4/bin/h5hlcc" have no effect.
*** Error code 1

Stop.
bmake[1]: stopped making "install" in /local/pkgsrc-2025Q4-src/devel/hdf5
*** Error code 1

Stop.


without the mpi option, the build completes without error.

-jay



> On Apr 9, 2026, at 12:12 AM, Thomas Klausner <wiz%gatalith.at@localhost> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Apr 08, 2026 at 02:14:55PM +0100, Jay Nietling wrote:
>> hdf5 supports being compiled with openmpi using —enable-parallel and —enable-shared.
>> 
>> wonder if there is a “clean” way to enable such a compile within pkgsrc?  figure i can 
>> adjust options.mk but i don’t know if that’s the recommended/supported method.
> 
> I've just added an 'mpi' option to the package - it builds and
> packages fine for me, but I haven't tested if it works. Please try it
> out.
> 
> Thanks,
> Thomas