Re: [Boost-cmake] How to have Boost.MPI use OpenMPI (rather than MPICH2)

Subject: Re: [Boost-cmake] How to have Boost.MPI use OpenMPI (rather than MPICH2)
From: troy (troy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-15 11:59:59

Denis Arnaud <denis.arnaud_boost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hello!
>
> When building Boost (with CMake), the Boost.MPI library is built with a
> dependency on the MPICH2 library, rather than OpenMPI. How can we change that
> behaviour in the CMake configuration?
>

alt.boost.cmake uses cmake's standard detection of MPI... our docs are
very terse:

http://sodium.resophonic.com/boost-cmake/current-docs/externals/mpi.html

See the cmake docs for FindMPI.  I assume the best way is to tweak some
cache variables post-installation.

-t