On 12/22/2010 06:40 PM, Carsten Heinrici wrote: > If a project requires a specialized tool chain, I would consider it wrong to just silently fall back to something different as required. Well, the point is that our project doesn't require MPI, but it profits from it. If MPI is not available, you can still compile the software, but it will not run in parallel. Therefore, using the standard C compiler as a fallback is completely OK. Olaf -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf