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+#!/bin/sh
+# MVAPICH2 sit class file
+#
+# Christoph Niethammer <niethammer@hlrs.de> (C) 2011
+#
+ 
+CATEGORY="mpi"
+PACKAGE="mvapich2"
+VERSION="1.6"
+URL="http://mvapich.cse.ohio-state.edu/overview/mvapich2/"
+INSTALLER="Christoph Niethammer <niethammer@hlrs.de>"
+
+# Archive A and package name P
+A=${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}.tgz
+P=${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}
+ 
+# Circumvent problems with parallel build
+MAKEOPTS="-j1"
+
+
+# Other interesting configure options:
+#--with-file-system=lustre
+CONFIGURE_OPTS="\
+        --enable-sharedlibs=gcc \
+		"