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+%global name_version %{name}-%{version}
+
+Name:           pmix
+Version:        3.1.6
+Release:        %{?dist}
+Summary:        Process Management Interface Exascale (PMIx)
+License:        BSD
+URL:            https://pmix.org/
+Source0:        https://github.com/pmix/%{name}/releases/download/v%{version}/%{name_version}.tar.bz2
+
+BuildRequires:  autoconf
+BuildRequires:  automake
+BuildRequires:  flex
+BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  hwloc-devel
+BuildRequires:  libevent-devel
+BuildRequires:  libtool
+BuildRequires:  munge-devel
+BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter
+
+%description
+The Process Management Interface (PMI) has been used for quite some time as
+a means of exchanging wireup information needed for interprocess
+communication. Two versions (PMI-1 and PMI-2) have been released as part of
+the MPICH effort. While PMI-2 demonstrates better scaling properties than its
+PMI-1 predecessor, attaining rapid launch and wireup of the roughly 1M
+processes executing across 100k nodes expected for exascale operations remains
+challenging.
+
+PMI Exascale (PMIx) represents an attempt to resolve these questions by
+providing an extended version of the PMI standard specifically designed to
+support clusters up to and including exascale sizes. The overall objective of
+the project is not to branch the existing pseudo-standard definitions - in
+fact, PMIx fully supports both of the existing PMI-1 and PMI-2 APIs - but
+rather to (a) augment and extend those APIs to eliminate some current
+restrictions that impact scalability, and (b) provide a reference
+implementation of the PMI-server that demonstrates the desired level of
+scalability.
+
+%package        devel
+Summary:        Development files for %{name}
+Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+%description    devel
+The %{name}-devel package contains libraries and header files for
+developing applications that use %{name}.
+
+%package        pmi
+Summary:        The %{name} implementation of libpmi and libpmi2
+Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+Conflicts:      slurm-pmi
+%description    pmi
+The %{name}-pmi package contains the %{name} implementation of
+the libpmi and libpmi2 backward-compatibility libraries.
+
+%package        pmi-devel
+Summary:        Development files for %{name}-pmi
+Requires:       %{name}-pmi%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+Conflicts:      slurm-pmi-devel
+%description    pmi-devel
+The %{name}-pmi-devel package contains the development files for
+the libpmi and libpmi2 backward-compatibility libraries.
+
+%package        tools
+Summary:        Tools for %{name}
+Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+%description    tools
+The %{name}-tools package contains for use with PMIx-based RMs and language-
+based starters (e.g., mpirun).
+
+* pinfo - show MCA params, build info, etc.
+* pps - get list of active nspaces, retrieve status of jobs/nodes/procs
+* pevent - inject an event into the system
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n %{name_version}
+
+# touch lexer sources to recompile them
+find src -name \*.l -print -exec touch --no-create {} \;
+
+%build
+%{_builddir}/%{name_version}/autogen.pl
+%configure \
+    --prefix=%{_prefix} \
+    --sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir}/%{name} \
+    --disable-static \
+    --disable-silent-rules \
+    --enable-shared \
+    --enable-pmi-backward-compatibility \
+    --with-munge
+
+%make_build
+
+%check
+%make_build check
+
+%install
+%make_install
+
+# remove libtool archives
+find %{buildroot} -name '*.la' | xargs rm -f
+
+%ldconfig_scriptlets
+%ldconfig_scriptlets devel
+
+%files
+%license LICENSE
+%doc README
+%dir %{_datadir}/%{name}
+%dir %{_libdir}/%{name}
+%dir %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/*.conf
+%{_datadir}/%{name}/*.txt
+%{_libdir}/libmca_common_dstore.so.1*
+%{_libdir}/libpmix.so.2*
+%{_libdir}/%{name}/*.so
+
+%files devel
+%{_datadir}/%{name}/*.supp
+%{_includedir}/pmix*.h
+%{_libdir}/libmca_common_dstore.so
+%{_libdir}/libpmix.so
+
+%files pmi
+%{_libdir}/libpmi.so.1*
+%{_libdir}/libpmi2.so.1*
+
+%files pmi-devel
+%{_includedir}/{pmi,pmi2}.h
+%{_libdir}/libpmi.so
+%{_libdir}/libpmi2.so
+
+%files tools
+%{_bindir}/*
+
+%changelog
+* Mon Feb 01 2021 Antonio J. Russo <antonio.russo@epfl.ch> - 3.1.6
+- Initial version