[petsc-dev] configure failed after update of OSX

[Mark Adams]

I managed to get macports to rebuild.  It was not that hard as it turns
out, I was just confused about exactly what to do.  GDB broke but I was
able to install it after macports updated outdated packages.  PETSc still
seem to fail in MPICH, however.



On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Jed Brown <jed at jedbrown.org> wrote:
>
>> Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> writes:
>> > I agree a better package management system [aka macports/homebrew]
>> > should be preferable. But with all the wierd issues that keep comping
>> > up with users using macports on petsc lists - I can't convince myself
>> > that it is a better recommendation.
>>
>> People either need a reliable way to upgrade or the stack will get out
>> of date.  Also, system upgrades will be stop-the-world events with
>> unknown system changes and the only safe thing is to reinstall the
>> entire stack.  Very few people can remember all the installation quirks
>> they have gone through, and even then, it takes time to reinstall
>> everything.
>
>
> This is largely ideology. Some of us have used OSX for development for
> years
> with little productivity impact.
>
>   Matt
>
>
>>  > I would aswell recommend virtualbox with linux as a superior choice.
>>
>> I recommend
>>
>>   # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk0
>>
>> and install a decent operating system with a package manager on your
>> now-impeccably-clean disk.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
> experiments lead.
> -- Norbert Wiener
>
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