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+#!/bin/sh
+# sit class file
+#
+# Christoph Niethammer <niethammer@hlrs.de> (C) 2013
+#
+
+CATEGORY="mpi"
+PACKAGE="openmpi"
+VERSION="1.7"
+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
+CONFIGURE_OPTS="
+        --with-devel-headers \
+        --enable-contrib-no-build=vt
+        --enable-shared \
+        --enable-static \
+        "
+
+if [[ -d /opt/voltaire/fca ]]; then
+    echo "Voltaire FCA found"
+    sit_info "Enabling Voltaire FCA (/opt/voltaire/fca)"
+    CONFIGURE_OPTS+=" --with-fca=/opt/voltaire/fca"
+fi
+
+src_pretest() {
+    make check
+}