boost +openmpi trouble & possible solution

[richard.katz@…]

I tried to run

sudo port install boost +openmpi

but got this error:

:info:configure error: unrecognized option: --with-mpi=/opt/local

so I did

sudo port edit boost

and made the following changes

configure.args --with-libraries=mpi \

#--without-libraries=python \ #--with-mpi=${prefix} \ #--with-toolset=darwin \

--with-icu=${prefix}

The installation seems to have worked after this.