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+# Copyright 2013-2019 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class Mpt(Package):
+    """HPE MPI is HPE's implementation of
+    the Message Passing Interface (MPI) standard.
+
+    Note: HPE MPI is proprietry software. Spack will search your
+    current directory for the download file. Alternatively, add this file to a
+    mirror so that Spack can find it. For instructions on how to set up a
+    mirror, see http://spack.readthedocs.io/en/latest/mirrors.html"""
+
+    homepage = "https://buy.hpe.com/us/en/software/high-performance-computing-software/hpe-message-passing-interface-mpi/p/1010144155"
+
+    provides('mpi')
+    provides('mpi@:3.1', when='@3:')
+    provides('mpi@:1.3', when='@1:')
+
+    filter_compiler_wrappers(
+        'mpicc', 'mpicxx', 'mpif77', 'mpif90', 'mpif77', 'mpif08',
+        relative_root='bin'
+    )
+
+    @property
+    def libs(self):
+        query_parameters = self.spec.last_query.extra_parameters
+        libraries = ['libmpi']
+
+        if 'cxx' in query_parameters:
+            libraries = ['libmpicxx'] + libraries
+
+        return find_libraries(
+            libraries, root=self.prefix, shared=True, recursive=True
+        )
+
+    def setup_dependent_build_environment(self, env, dependent_spec):
+        env.set('MPICC',  self.prefix.bin.mpicc)
+        env.set('MPICXX', self.prefix.bin.mpicxx)
+        env.set('MPIF77', self.prefix.bin.mpif77)
+        env.set('MPIF90', self.prefix.bin.mpifc)
+        env.set('MPICC_CC', spack_cc)
+        env.set('MPICXX_CXX', spack_cxx)
+        env.set('MPIF90_F90', spack_fc)
+
+    def setup_dependent_package(self, module, dependent_spec):
+        if 'platform=cray' in self.spec:
+            self.spec.mpicc = spack_cc
+            self.spec.mpicxx = spack_cxx
+            self.spec.mpifc = spack_fc
+            self.spec.mpif77 = spack_f77
+        else:
+            self.spec.mpicc = self.prefix.bin.mpicc
+            self.spec.mpicxx = self.prefix.bin.mpicxx
+            self.spec.mpifc = self.prefix.bin.mpifc
+            self.spec.mpif77 = self.prefix.bin.mpif77
+
+    @property
+    def fetcher(self):
+        msg = """This package is a placeholder for HPE MPI, a
+        system-provided, proprietary MPI implementation.
+
+        Add to your packages.yaml (changing the /opt/ path to match
+        where HPE MPI is actually installed):
+
+        packages:
+          mpt:
+            paths:
+              mpt@2.20: /opt/
+            buildable: False
+
+        """
+        raise InstallError(msg)