[petsc-users] Configure/make with "--download-hdf5" or "--with-hdf5-dir=" crashes

[Satish Balay]

On Tue, 9 Sep 2014, Satish Balay wrote:
> > > > This works for me with examples..
> > > >
> > > > --download-hdf5=http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/prev-releases/hdf5-1.8.13/src/hdf5-1.8.13.tar.gz
> > > 
> > > Sounds good, will you upgrade hdf5.py?
> > 
> > pushed and merged to next
> > 
> > https://bitbucket.org/petsc/petsc/commits/72dba1de4d91de2998c7fb909813c856df9b7209
> 
> http://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/nightlylogs/archive/2014/09/09/configure_next_arch-c-exodus-dbg-builder_bb-proxy.log
> 
> > ../liblib/.libs/libnetcdf.so: undefined reference to `H5Pset_fapl_mpiposix'
> 
> Ok there is an issue with hdf5-1.8.13 with current netcdf. Looks like its fixed in netcdf.git
> 
> http://hdf-forum.184993.n3.nabble.com/Re-undefined-reference-to-H5Pset-fapl-mpiposix-td4027216.html
> 
> Revert or use netcdf.git? [there can be a cascading effect of dependencies?]

Another hdf5 failure in nightlybuilds..

http://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/nightlylogs/archive/2014/09/09/build_next_arch-freebsd-cxx-cmplx-pkgs-dbg_wii.log

>>>>>>>>
Warning: Possible change of value in conversion from INTEGER(8) to INTEGER(4) at (1)
  FC       fortranlib_test-tH5R.o
  FC       fortranlib_test-tH5S.o
  FC       fortranlib_test-tH5T.o
  FC       fortranlib_test-tH5VL.o
  FC       fortranlib_test-tH5Z.o
  FC       fortranlib_test-tH5Sselect.o
  FC       fortranlib_test-tH5P.o
  FC       fortranlib_test-tH5A.o
  FC       fortranlib_test-tH5I.o
  FC       fortranlib_test-tH5G.o
  FC       fortranlib_test-tH5E.o
FC       fortranlib_test-tHDF5.o
tHDF5.f90:34.10:
  USE TH5E
          1
Fatal Error: Can't open module file 'th5e.mod' for reading at (1): No such file or directory
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Reinvoking 'make' in the build dir get the build going. [and its not even a parallel build on this
machine]. Wierd.. 

Satish