c++ bindings, intel compiler, petsc.h conflict, petsc install?

[Sean Dettrick]

Hi,

I have a C++ MPI code that uses the C++ MPI bindings and uses PETSc as
a kind of plug-in.  This was compiling and running nicely before on
linux with petsc-2.3.0, GCC compilers and LAM MPI.  But now I can't
get my code to compile on linux with petsc-2.3.3-p4, 64 bit Intel
compilers, and Intel MPI.

If petsc.h is included before mpi.h, then there are compile time
errors: the MPI namespace is not available, due to MPICH_SKIP_MPICXX
in petsc.h (not present in 2.3.0).

If mpi.h is included before petsc.h, then there are link time errors:
undefined referenced to Petsc functions.

Am I doing something wrong, or is this a well known thing?

I wonder if it could be a configuration error?  Because the intel mpi
installation uses non-standard directory names for the 64 bit version
- bin64, include64 etc, the configuration looks a little hairy:

    config/configure.py \
    --with-petsc-arch=intel_MPI_64_static \
    --with-fortran=0 \
    --with-mpi-include=/opt/intel/mpi/3.0/include64 \
    --with-mpi-lib=/opt/intel/mpi/3.0/lib64/libmpi.a \
    --with-mpiexec=/opt/intel/mpi-rt/3.0/bin64/mpiexec \
    --with-x=no \
    --with-matlab=0 \
    --with-shared=0 \
    --with-cc=/opt/intel/mpi/3.0/bin64/mpiicc \
    --with-cxx=/opt/intel/mpi/3.0/bin64/mpiicpc \
    --CXXFLAGS=-I/opt/intel/mpi/3.0/include64 \
    --CFLAGS=-I/opt/intel/mpi/3.0/include64 \
    --LDFLAGS=-L/opt/intel/mpi/3.0/lib64 \
    --download-c-blas-lapack=1

"make all test" indicated that the tests were passed.

Any suggestions  greatly appreciated!

Thanks
Sean Dettrick