[petsc-dev] make test after make install is not right

[Barry Smith]

  Satish,

    Ok why don’t you fix the textual output (how to run the test) in maint.

   Barry

It is annoying that setting the right environmental variables doesn’t work but …


On Jul 28, 2014, at 11:38 AM, Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Jul 2014, Dominic Meiser wrote:
> 
>>> $ make PETSC_DIR=/home/balay/petsc PETSC_ARCH=arch-mpich install
>>> *** Using PETSC_DIR=/home/balay/petsc PETSC_ARCH=arch-mpich ***
>>> *** Installing PETSc at prefix location: /home/balay/tmp/petsc-install  ***
>>> ====================================
>>> Install complete. It is useable with PETSC_DIR=/home/balay/tmp/petsc-install
>>> [and no more PETSC_ARCH].
>>> Now to check if the libraries are working do (in current directory):
>>> make PETSC_DIR=/home/balay/tmp/petsc-install test
> 
>> Should the above line then be changed to the following:
>> 
>> make PETSC_DIR=/home/balay/tmp/petsc-install PETSC_ARCH= test
>> 
>> Or are you saying that this is not always the right line?
> 
> It will always work - so the instructions need updating. something like:
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> diff --git a/config/install.py b/config/install.py
> index ab52e77..b7560eb 100755
> --- a/config/install.py
> +++ b/config/install.py
> @@ -264,11 +264,11 @@ for src, dst in copies:
>   def outputInstallDone(self):
>     print '''\
> ====================================
> -Install complete. It is useable with PETSC_DIR=%s [and no more PETSC_ARCH].
> +Install complete.
> Now to check if the libraries are working do (in current directory):
> -make PETSC_DIR=%s test
> +make PETSC_DIR=%s PETSC_ARCH="" test
> ====================================\
> -''' % (self.installDir,self.installDir)
> +''' % (self.installDir)
>     return
> 
>   def outputDestDirDone(self):
> <<<<<<<<<<
> 
> 
> 
> balay at asterix /home/balay/petsc (maint)
> $ make PETSC_DIR=/home/balay/petsc PETSC_ARCH=arch-mpich install
> *** Using PETSC_DIR=/home/balay/petsc PETSC_ARCH=arch-mpich ***
> *** Installing PETSc at prefix location: /home/balay/tmp/petsc-install  ***
> ====================================
> Install complete.
> Now to check if the libraries are working do (in current directory):
> make PETSC_DIR=/home/balay/tmp/petsc-install PETSC_ARCH="" test
> ====================================
> balay at asterix /home/balay/petsc (maint)
> $ make PETSC_DIR=/home/balay/tmp/petsc-install PETSC_ARCH="" test
> Running test examples to verify correct installation
> Using PETSC_DIR=/home/balay/tmp/petsc-install and PETSC_ARCH=
> C/C++ example src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex19 run successfully with 1 MPI process
> C/C++ example src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex19 run successfully with 2 MPI processes
> Fortran example src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex5f run successfully with 1 MPI process
> Completed test examples
> =========================================
> Now to evaluate the computer systems you plan use - do:
> make PETSC_DIR=/home/balay/tmp/petsc-install PETSC_ARCH= streams NPMAX=<number of MPI processes you intend to use>
> balay at asterix /home/balay/petsc (maint)
> $ 
> 
> 
> Note: I remove the text 'It is useable with PETSC_DIR=/home/balay/tmp/petsc-install [and no more PETSC_ARCH].' as it
> would be inconsistant at that point. I'm not sure if it can be added somewhere else.
> 
> 
> Satish
>