[petsc-dev] configuration crash

[Satish Balay]

Note:

'--with-shared --with-dynamic' are now '--with-shared-libraries --with-dynamic-loading'

And most folks don't need --with-dynamic-loading.

Satish

On Wed, 28 Jul 2010, Wesley Smith wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm trying to build petsc-dev.  I've just downloaded it form the repo
> a couple of days ago.  When I run:
> 
> 
> ./configure --with-cc=gcc --with-clanguage=cxx --download-boost
> --with-fc=0 --download-parmetis --with-shared --with-dynamic
> --download-mpich --with-sieve --with-cuda=0
> 
> 
> I get:
> 
> 
> ===============================================================================
>              Configuring PETSc to compile on your system
> ===============================================================================
> TESTING: checkCUDAPreprocessor from
> config.setCompilers(config/BuildSystem/config/setCompilers.py:531)
> 
> *******************************************************************************
>         CONFIGURATION CRASH  (Please send configure.log to
> petsc-maint at mcs.anl.gov)
> *******************************************************************************
> 
> 
> This is what the bottom of the log says
> 
> 
> *******************************************************************************
>         CONFIGURATION CRASH  (Please send configure.log to
> petsc-maint at mcs.anl.gov)
> *******************************************************************************
> 'Configure' object has no attribute 'CUDACC'  File "./configure", line
> 270, in petsc_configure
>     framework.configure(out = sys.stdout)
>   File "/Users/wesleysmith/Documents/projects/toposynth/PetSc/petsc-dev/config/BuildSystem/config/framework.py",
> line 946, in configure
>     child.configure()
>   File "/Users/wesleysmith/Documents/projects/toposynth/PetSc/petsc-dev/config/BuildSystem/config/setCompilers.py",
> line 1384, in configure
>     self.executeTest(self.checkCUDAPreprocessor)
>   File "/Users/wesleysmith/Documents/projects/toposynth/PetSc/petsc-dev/config/BuildSystem/config/base.py",
> line 97, in executeTest
>     ret = apply(test, args,kargs)
>   File "/Users/wesleysmith/Documents/projects/toposynth/PetSc/petsc-dev/config/BuildSystem/config/setCompilers.py",
> line 533, in checkCUDAPreprocessor
>     for compiler in self.generateCUDAPreprocessorGuesses():
>   File "/Users/wesleysmith/Documents/projects/toposynth/PetSc/petsc-dev/config/BuildSystem/config/setCompilers.py",
> line 528, in generateCUDAPreprocessorGuesses
>     yield self.CUDACC+' -E'
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I was hoping --with-cuda=0 would prevent it from checking CUDA.  I
> don't have CUDA on my system, so I can't give a value for CUDACC that
> would make sense and if I provide something random it still crashes.
> How  can I circumvent this check to continue with the build process?
> 
> thanks,
> wes
>