Bug#953021: libhdf5-mpi-dev: provide links to default mpi (hdf5-mpi.pc)

[Gilles Filippini]

Gilles Filippini a écrit le 16/03/2020 à 17:56 :
> Hi Drew,
> 
> Drew Parsons a écrit le 03/03/2020 à 19:43 :
>> Thinking about it, if possible it would be best to have hdf5-mpi.pc
>> managed by update-alternatives, but tracking the mpi alternative.
>>
>> i.e. set up as a slave alternative depending on mpi, that updates if the
>> local system switches mpi from openmpi to mpich.
>>
>> I'm not sure if this can be done cross-package, but good if it can.
>>
>> If it can be done, then the control logic would go in the postinst/prerm
>> of libhdf5-openmpi-dev and libhdf5-mpich-dev rather than libhdf5-mpi-dev.
> 
> I'm not sure what you have in mind here. I've just uploaded a new
> release to experimental which should fix #953020. It may covers #953021
> as well. Please let me know...

As I understand it now, this is do-able if and only if there is a way to
add a slave to an existing alternative. But I can't find such a way. Any
idea?

Thanks,

_g.

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