[petsc-dev] configure fails

[Barry Smith]

    Sean and Satish,

   If metis/parmetis depends on a particular version of gnumake then Parmetis.py Metis.py NEED to check the gnumake version before running and give the appropriate error message to the user. 

   The current model of Satish telling each individual person to upgrade gnumake in email is wrong.

    So add the check, or better yet remove metis/parmetis dependence on gnumake    ASAP.

    Barry


On Jan 11, 2012, at 3:06 AM, Thomas Witkowski wrote:

> Satish Balay wrote:
>> Most common issues with metis/parmetis:
>> - latest cmake is not in PATH [check 'which cmake; cmake --version']
>> - latest gnumake is not in PATH [check 'make --version']
>>  
> Thanks, this was exactly the problem. When I updated gnumake from 3.80 to 3.82, configure and compilation of petsc-dev worked fine!
> 
> Thomas