[petsc-dev] Titan error

Mark Adams mfadams at lbl.gov
Fri Jun 5 08:58:53 CDT 2015


I also get this message with a fresh clone of master:

env003/petsc> ../arch-titan-opt64idx-pgi.py PETSC_DIR=$PWD
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The version of PETSc you are using is out-of-date, we recommend updating to
the new release
 Available Version: 3.5.4   Installed Version: 3.5.3
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/download/index.html
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Mark Adams <mfadams at lbl.gov> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:53 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>
>>
>>   Hmm,
>>
>> You do not have write permissions to the --prefix directory
>> /autofs/na3_home1/adams/petsc_master_opt64idx_pgi
>>                           You will be prompted for the sudo password for
>> any external package installs
>>
>> ===============================================================================
>>
>> Do you have write permission for this directory?
>>
>> To test if you have write permission it does the following code:
>>
>> def setInstallDir(self):
>>     ''' setup installDir to either prefix or if that is not set to
>> PETSC_DIR/PETSC_ARCH'''
>>     self.installSudo        = ''
>>     self.installSudoMessage = ''
>>     if self.framework.argDB['prefix']:
>>       self.dir = self.framework.argDB['prefix']
>>       try:
>>         os.makedirs(os.path.join(self.dir,'PETScTestDirectory'))
>>         os.rmdir(os.path.join(self.dir,'PETScTestDirectory'))
>>       except:
>>         self.installSudoMessage = 'You do not have write permissions to
>> the --prefix directory '+self.dir+'\nYou will be prompted for the sudo
>> password for any external package installs'
>>
>>
>> Can you make a directory in /autofs/na3_home1/adams/ ?
>>
>
> This is my home directory:
>
> env003/petsc> ll -a /autofs/na3_home1/adams/
> total 20544
> drwxr-xr-x   39 adams users    12288 May 16 07:21 .
> drwxr-xr-x 5027 root  root    163840 May 22 16:05 ..
> drwxr-xr-x    6 adams adams     4096 Jan  9 07:26 .allinea
>
> THis script worked a few months ago.  I will try to build with a prefix,
> just to see if that is the only problem.
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>   Barry
>>
>> > On Jun 4, 2015, at 9:43 PM, Mark Adams <mfadams at lbl.gov> wrote:
>> >
>> > Yet again, this one does have a slightly amusing and slightly baffling
>> error message though.
>> > Mark
>> > <configure.log>
>>
>>
>
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