[petsc-dev] [petsc-maint #53305] configuring petsc with parmetis

[Barry Smith]

   There is a problem with our design. 

   If the user has used --download-xxxx and then later deletes everything in $PETSC_ARCH/lib then the next use of --download-xxx will fail because it will find the file
in $PETSC_ARCH/conf/xxxx that indicates the last download succeeded but the libraries won't exist so the check for the packages libraries fails with a not particularlly useful error message.

   How can we fix this? Not just check for $PETSC_ARCH/conf/xxxx but also check for $PETSC_ARCH/lib/libs associated with xxxx before deciding to rebuild? Shoot the user who deletes everything in $PETSC_ARCH/lib?

   Barry


On Sep 22, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Verena Kuhlemann wrote:

> Here is the configure.log that I got when
> --download-parmetis=/home/vkuhlem/research/ParMetis-3.1.1.tar.gz
> was used.
> 
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> 
>> 
>>  It would be helpful if you mailed us the configure.log file from the case
>> where you tried --download-parmetis and it failed.
>> 
>> Barry
>> 
>> 
>> On Sep 22, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Verena Kuhlemann wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> I am trying to configure petsc with parmetis. I was able to configure it
>> on
>>> a laptop without any problems.
>>> Now I am trying to install it on a cluster.
>>> 
>>> I tried using --download-parmetis=1 and
>>> --download-parmetis=whereIsavedparmetis/parmetis.tar.gz
>>> but both didn't work.
>>> 
>>> Then I installed parmetis and tried:
>> --with-parmetis-dir=whereIsavedparmetis
>>> 
>>> --with-parmetis-includer=whereIsavedparmetis and
>>> --with-parmetis-lib=whereIsavedparmetis/libparmetis.a
>>> 
>>> Here I got the error message:
>>> 
>> *******************************************************************************
>>>        UNABLE to CONFIGURE with GIVEN OPTIONS    (see configure.log for
>>> details):
>>> 
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> --with-parmetis-dir=/home/vkuhlem/research/ParMetis-3.1.1/ did not work
>>> 
>> *******************************************************************************
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From what I've read I may have compiled parmetis with a different
>> compiler
>>> than the one I use in petsc. How can I check which one
>>> I used in petsc?
>>> 
>>> I attached configure.log and hope someone can give me any tips.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Verena
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> I am trying to configure petsc with parmetis. I was able to configure it
>> on a laptop without any problems.
>>> Now I am trying to install it on a cluster.
>>> 
>>> I tried using --download-parmetis=1 and
>> --download-parmetis=whereIsavedparmetis/parmetis.tar.gz
>>> but both didn't work.
>>> 
>>> Then I installed parmetis and tried:
>> --with-parmetis-dir=whereIsavedparmetis
>>> 
>> --with-parmetis-includer=whereIsavedparmetis and
>> --with-parmetis-lib=whereIsavedparmetis/libparmetis.a
>>> 
>>> Here I got the error message:
>>> 
>> *******************************************************************************
>>>         UNABLE to CONFIGURE with GIVEN OPTIONS    (see configure.log for
>> details):
>>> 
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> --with-parmetis-dir=/home/vkuhlem/research/ParMetis-3.1.1/ did not work
>>> 
>> *******************************************************************************
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From what I've read I may have compiled parmetis with a different
>> compiler than the one I use in petsc. How can I check which one
>>> I used in petsc?
>>> 
>>> I attached configure.log and hope someone can give me any tips.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Verena
>>> 
>>> <configure.log>
>> 
>> 
> 
> Here is the configure.log that I got when --download-parmetis=/home/vkuhlem/research/ParMetis-3.1.1.tar.gz
> was used.
> 
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> 
>   It would be helpful if you mailed us the configure.log file from the case where you tried --download-parmetis and it failed.
> 
>  Barry
> 
> 
> On Sep 22, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Verena Kuhlemann wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to configure petsc with parmetis. I was able to configure it on
> > a laptop without any problems.
> > Now I am trying to install it on a cluster.
> >
> > I tried using --download-parmetis=1 and
> > --download-parmetis=whereIsavedparmetis/parmetis.tar.gz
> > but both didn't work.
> >
> > Then I installed parmetis and tried: --with-parmetis-dir=whereIsavedparmetis
> >
> > --with-parmetis-includer=whereIsavedparmetis and
> > --with-parmetis-lib=whereIsavedparmetis/libparmetis.a
> >
> > Here I got the error message:
> > *******************************************************************************
> >         UNABLE to CONFIGURE with GIVEN OPTIONS    (see configure.log for
> > details):
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --with-parmetis-dir=/home/vkuhlem/research/ParMetis-3.1.1/ did not work
> > *******************************************************************************
> >
> >
> > From what I've read I may have compiled parmetis with a different compiler
> > than the one I use in petsc. How can I check which one
> > I used in petsc?
> >
> > I attached configure.log and hope someone can give me any tips.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Verena
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to configure petsc with parmetis. I was able to configure it on a laptop without any problems.
> > Now I am trying to install it on a cluster.
> >
> > I tried using --download-parmetis=1 and --download-parmetis=whereIsavedparmetis/parmetis.tar.gz
> > but both didn't work.
> >
> > Then I installed parmetis and tried: --with-parmetis-dir=whereIsavedparmetis
> >                                                    --with-parmetis-includer=whereIsavedparmetis and --with-parmetis-lib=whereIsavedparmetis/libparmetis.a
> >
> > Here I got the error message:
> > *******************************************************************************
> >          UNABLE to CONFIGURE with GIVEN OPTIONS    (see configure.log for details):
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --with-parmetis-dir=/home/vkuhlem/research/ParMetis-3.1.1/ did not work
> > *******************************************************************************
> >
> >
> > From what I've read I may have compiled parmetis with a different compiler than the one I use in petsc. How can I check which one
> > I used in petsc?
> >
> > I attached configure.log and hope someone can give me any tips.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Verena
> >
> > <configure.log>
> 
> 
> <configure.log>