Static build is broken

[rhc54]

Something has broken static builds on the trunk - libopen-pal errors out with unresolved variables as do some of the OPAL MCA components.

[rhc54]

Done some investigating and have found the problem, though I am unsure how to fix it. The problem is that the common components are creating their noinst.la version plus the symlink of that to the corresponding .la version, just as they should. However, the .o's are not being created on the trunk.

Easiest way to see it is to compare the common directories of 1.8 vs trunk after doing the build --enable-static --disable-shared:

Trunk:
git-trunk/opal$ find . -name common_verbs -print
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/common_verbs_basics.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/common_verbs_port.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/libmca_common_verbs_la-common_verbs_port.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/common_verbs_find_max_inline.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/libmca_common_verbs_la-common_verbs_find_ports.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/libmca_common_verbs_la-common_verbs_basics.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/common_verbs_find_ports.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/libmca_common_verbs_la-common_verbs_qp_type.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/libmca_common_verbs_la-common_verbs_find_max_inline.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/libmca_common_verbs_la-common_verbs_mca.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/common_verbs_devlist.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/common_verbs_qp_type.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/common_verbs_mca.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/libmca_common_verbs_la-common_verbs_devlist.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_mca.c
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_basics.c
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_find_ports.c
./mca/common/verbs/.libs/libmca_common_verbs_noinst.a
./mca/common/verbs/.libs/libmca_common_verbs_noinst.la
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_find_max_inline.c
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs.h
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_qp_type.c
./mca/common/verbs/libmca_common_verbs_noinst.la
./mca/common/verbs/libmca_common_verbs.la
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_devlist.c
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_port.c

v1.8:
ompi-release/ompi$ find . -name common_verbs -print
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_devlist.lo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/common_verbs_basics.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/common_verbs_port.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/libmca_common_verbs_la-common_verbs_port.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/common_verbs_find_max_inline.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/libmca_common_verbs_la-common_verbs_find_ports.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/libmca_common_verbs_la-common_verbs_basics.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/common_verbs_find_ports.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/libmca_common_verbs_la-common_verbs_qp_type.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/libmca_common_verbs_la-common_verbs_find_max_inline.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/libmca_common_verbs_la-common_verbs_mca.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/common_verbs_devlist.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/common_verbs_qp_type.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/common_verbs_mca.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/.deps/libmca_common_verbs_la-common_verbs_devlist.Plo
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_mca.c
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_basics.o
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_find_max_inline.o
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_basics.c
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_find_ports.c
./mca/common/verbs/.libs/libmca_common_verbs_noinst.a
./mca/common/verbs/.libs/libmca_common_verbs_noinst.la
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_find_max_inline.lo
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_find_max_inline.c
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_port.lo
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_qp_type.o
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_port.o
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_find_ports.lo
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_mca.lo
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs.h
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_qp_type.c
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_basics.lo
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_qp_type.lo
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_mca.o
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_find_ports.o
./mca/common/verbs/libmca_common_verbs_noinst.la
./mca/common/verbs/libmca_common_verbs.la
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_devlist.o
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_devlist.c
./mca/common/verbs/common_verbs_port.c

And indeed, the trunk library is empty:
git-trunk/opal$ ar -vt ./mca/common/verbs/.libs/libmca_common_verbs_noinst.a
git-trunk/opal$

Whereas the 1.8 library is not:
ompi-release/ompi$ ar -vt ./mca/common/verbs/.libs/libmca_common_verbs_noinst.a
rw-rw-r-- 500/500 1696 Oct 24 12:27 2014 common_verbs_basics.o
rw-rw-r-- 500/500 1376 Oct 24 12:27 2014 common_verbs_devlist.o
rw-rw-r-- 500/500 2608 Oct 24 12:27 2014 common_verbs_find_max_inline.o
rw-rw-r-- 500/500 14024 Oct 24 12:27 2014 common_verbs_find_ports.o
rw-rw-r-- 500/500 2448 Oct 24 12:27 2014 common_verbs_mca.o
rw-rw-r-- 500/500 2656 Oct 24 12:27 2014 common_verbs_port.o
rw-rw-r-- 500/500 2368 Oct 24 12:27 2014 common_verbs_qp_type.o
ompi-release/ompi$

[jsquyres]

Note: I have reported this problem upstream to Automake to see if it really is a bug: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-automake/2014-10/msg00010.html