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From: Jeff Squyres (jsquyres_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-13 16:33:53


On Oct 13, 2008, at 2:52 PM, Gustavo Seabra wrote:

> I am just wondering why does that hapen. I *do* have libtool
> installed:
>
> $which libtool
> /usr/bin/libtool
> $ libtool --version
> ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.5.27a (1.1220.2.498 2008/02/27 20:30:24)
>
> Still, when I try to compile LAM (7.1.3) it keeps creating it's own
> version of libtool in the installation root directory. Is there a
> reason for this?

Yes; it generated a customized Libtool for your compiler suite that
you'll use to build LAM/MPI.

This behavior is nothing special; it's actually How Libtool
Works(tm). That is, you'll see this kind of behavior from any package
that uses Libtool to build itself.

-- 
Jeff Squyres
Cisco Systems