unable to configure mpich2 in xterm - worked fine in non-X cygwin terminal

[Phil Betts]

Anderson, Carl wrote on Monday, May 05, 2008 5:46 PM::

> I recently tried to configure and make mpich2 for a parallel
> programming class.  I was working from an xterm window running bash. 
> The configure script would hang on certain checks.  Another student
> had the exact same problem on his machine too.   
> 
> We discovered that we could configure and build the exact same
> sources from the standard non-X11 cygwin terminal. 

This almost certainly has nothing to do with X, so it's really OT
here.

My WAG is that your makefile invokes a native windows program at
some point, and that program doesn't understand cygwin's ptys.
I suggest searching the archives for the main cygwin list where 
you'll find similar questions have been asked (and answered) many 
times before.

Phil
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