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+#!/bin/sh
+# Open MPI sit class file
+#
+# Christoph Niethammer <niethammer@hlrs.de> (C) 2011
+#
+ 
+CATEGORY="mpi"
+PACKAGE="openmpi"
+VERSION="1.5.3"
+URL="http://www.open-mpi.org"
+INSTALLER="Christoph Niethammer <niethammer@hlrs.de>"
+
+# Archive A and package name P
+A=${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}.tar.bz2
+P=${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}
+ 
+
+# Other interesting configure options:
+# --enable-mpi-threads
+# --enable-progress-threads
+# --with-fca=DIR
+CONFIGURE_OPTS="
+        --with-devel-headers \
+        --enable-contrib-no-build=vt
+        --enable-shared \
+        --enable-static \
+        "
+if [[ -d /opt/voltaire/fca ]]; then 
+    echo "Voltair FCA found"
+    CONFIGURE_OPTS+=" --with-fca=/opt/voltaire/fca"
+fi