Re: gcc-c++ on an x86_64 bit platform

[John Haxby <jch scalix com>]

P Spencer Davis wrote:
> I'm trying to make a 64 bit build of openmpi-1.2.3 on a x86_64 bit 
> machine running RHEL 4 with a 2.6.9-55.0.2.ELsmp I have the following 
> gcc-c++ packages installed
> compat-gcc-32-c++.x86_64                 3.2.3-47.3
> libstdc++.i386                           3.4.6-8
> libstdc++.x86_64                         3.4.6-8
> gcc-c++.x86_64                           3.4.6-8
> gcc4-c++.x86_64                          4.1.1-53.EL4
>
> I am getting the following errors when I run the configure script 
> bundled with openmpi:
> In file included from conftest.cc:99:
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.6/../../../../include/c++/3.4.6/string:45:28: 
> bits/c++config.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from 
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.6/../../../../include/c++/3.4.6/bits/stl_algobase.h:70, 
>
>                  from 
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.6/../../../../include/c++/3.4.6/bits/char_traits.h:46, 
>
>                  from 
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.6/../../../../include/c++/3.4.6/string:47, 
>
>                  from conftest.cc:99:
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.6/../../../../include/c++/3.4.6/iosfwd:46:29: 
> bits/c++locale.h: No such file or directory <snipped>

You're missing some -devel rpms -- those particular missing files seem 
to come from libstdc++-devel.   You probably only want the x86_64 version.

jch