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From: Brian W. Barrett (brbarret_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-12 10:17:26


On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Bernhard Knapp wrote:

> i am trying to install lam/mpi version 7.1.4 (also tried 7.1.3) on a suse
> 11.0 system. unfortunately already in the ./configure step it stops with:
>
> configure: WARNING: *** Your C++ compiler does not support the bool data
> type.
> configure: WARNING: *** LAM requires a C++ compiler with support for the bool
> configure: WARNING: *** data type.
> configure: error: cannot continue
>
> but in fact this is not true. if i build my own small main.cpp which only
> allocates a bool and prints it to the terminal it works fine. i also used the
> -CC and -CXX option to specify the compiler but i does not help it still says
> that my compiler does not support bool data type. where is my problem?

This is a known issue. The only solution is to use the 7.1.5b1 beta
release available here:

   http://www.lam-mpi.org/beta/

Brian

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