[petsc-dev] Debugging a Doc Error

Barry Smith bsmith at petsc.dev
Fri May 15 17:34:11 CDT 2026


   I found it by looking for corrupt entries in manualpages.cit 

> On May 15, 2026, at 6:28 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at petsc.dev> wrote:
> 
>    You were sloppy when you did something illegal in PETSc :-)
> 
> /*PetscCheck(depth == dim,
> 
>    Leaving commented out code in an MR and not ensuring a space after /* for all comments
> 
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>> On May 15, 2026, at 5:12 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Does anyone know how to find out which file is causing this?
>> 
>>   https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://gitlab.com/petsc/petsc/-/jobs/14396278578__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YyLPlBL4WTL4n8PtOkPAQNkEOIpfrLE0JLDxer0g9XGIyMz7VZKUqhfwbbwxQMSZgobPzZYUFKThLF00UCmvqw$  <https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://gitlab.com/petsc/petsc/-/jobs/14396278578__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!cti40YuOePJaP0duRMM0I0iSShI4Ss4Tc97ZeH8JefuyPQ6aNa6MwNfdQfBakHHkIZD4ZOdj2Br2b3qD8X8u$>
>> 
>> I cannot for the life of me decode this error message.
>> 
>>   Thanks,
>> 
>>       Matt
>> 
>> --
>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead.
>> -- Norbert Wiener
>> 
>> https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/*knepley/__;fg!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YyLPlBL4WTL4n8PtOkPAQNkEOIpfrLE0JLDxer0g9XGIyMz7VZKUqhfwbbwxQMSZgobPzZYUFKThLF0ui_aMHw$  <https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/*knepley/__;fg!!G_uCfscf7eWS!cti40YuOePJaP0duRMM0I0iSShI4Ss4Tc97ZeH8JefuyPQ6aNa6MwNfdQfBakHHkIZD4ZOdj2Br2b0FOXKFW$>
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