[MacPorts] #46140: h5utils 1.12.1_7 fails install due to missing MPI libraries

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#46140: h5utils 1.12.1_7 fails install due to missing MPI libraries
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  Reporter:  jason.b.roberts@…  |      Owner:  higginja@…
      Type:  defect             |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal             |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports              |    Version:  2.3.3
Resolution:                     |   Keywords:
      Port:  h5utils            |
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Comment (by sean@…):

 Replying to [comment:9 jason.b.roberts@…]:
 > I tried to install again but this is still a problem. Because of the
 nature of dependencies on hdf5 for several scientific applications (e.g.
 gdal) , the ability to get h5utils to work with the MPI compiler would be
 great.

 I am sorry about that. My time is fairly constrained now with a new job
 but I am trying this week to fix these tickets.

 > Out of curiosity, is there a specific difference between a portgroup and
 a "variant" of a port ? For instance, it would seem that if there were a
 variant (let's say, +openmpi ) for h5utils, it seems like adding that
 variant itself could be used to tell the port configure during install
 where the openmpi libraries are located.

 They are very different. A portgroup could define a variant. A variant is
 similar to a function, whereas the portgroup is a header file (using C
 conventions here). A header file could define a function, for example.

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