[petsc-users] minor error message compiling

[Nachiket Gokhale]

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Aug 2012, Nachiket Gokhale wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>> > On Wed, 8 Aug 2012, Nachiket Gokhale wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>> >> > On Wed, 8 Aug 2012, Nachiket Gokhale wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> I just upgraded to 3.3 and while compiling I get the following error:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> >> >>   File "/opt/petsc/petsc-3.3-p2/bin/petscnagupgrade.py", line 54, in <module>
>> >> >>     petscdir = os.environ['PETSC_DIR']
>> >> >>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/UserDict.py", line 23, in __getitem__
>> >> >>     raise KeyError(key)
>> >> >> KeyError: 'PETSC_DIR'
>> >> >> make: [petscnagupgrade] Error 1 (ignored)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Seems to occur only when the env variable PETSC_DIR is not defined;
>> >> >> the program seems to compile properly inspite of this error.
>> >> >
>> >> > Hm petscnagupgrade.py is primarily invoked by make - and when using
>> >> > PETSc makefiles - PETSC_DIR is always set - so I'm not sure why you
>> >> > get this error.
>> >> >
>> >> > Are you using PETSc makefiles? What make are you using? [gnu/ bsd/solaris?]
>> >> >
>> >> > Does the attached patch fix it?
>> >> >
>> >> > patch -Np1 < petscnag.patch
>> >> >
>> >> > Satish
>> >>
>> >> Yes your attached patch fixes it. Thanks!
>> >>
>> >> I should have been more clear. The problem occured not while compiling
>> >> PETSc but a small SlepC application. I am including
>> >>
>> >> include    ${SLEPC_DIR}/conf/slepc_common
>> >>
>> >> in my Makefile and relying on it to include PETSC variables.
>> >>
>> >> I have a standard Redhat Enterprise Linux system.
>> >
>> > Ok. Its still not clear to me whats causing this error. Without
>> > PETSC_DIR set - how was your make able to get all the way to running
>> > '/opt/petsc/petsc-3.3-p2/bin/petscnagupgrade.py' [because PETSC_DIR
>> > was used to locate petscnagupgrade.py at the above path].
>> >
>> > Satish
>>
>>
>> Well,  PETSC_DIR was always set in the Makefile (attached), but not in
>> the environment variables in the shell.  Setting or unsetting in the
>> bash shell seemed to trigger that error.
>
> ok. Perhaps you can try using the attached alternate patch.
>
> Satish

This seems to work too.

-Nachiket