[petsc-users] Expecting Explanation

[Smith, Barry F.]

> On Nov 17, 2018, at 3:51 PM, Fazlul Huq via petsc-users <petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the answer.
> 
> So, when I run the code with "mpiexec -n 2 ./ex6" or "mpiexec -n 4 ./ex6" shouldn't it spit out 
> the error "This is a uniprocessor example only!"? 
> But it didn't do that rather run the code 2/4 times.

   This can happen if you use the "wrong" mpiexec; that is a different mpiexec than the one associated with the mpi you built PETSc with. For example if some mpiexec is in your path and you used ./configure --download-mpich

   Barry


> 
> Thanks.
> Sincerely,
> Huq
> 
> On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 1:12 PM Fazlul Huq <huq2090 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello PETSc developers,
> 
> In example 6 or vec section I don't understand this line:
> if (size != 1) SETERRQ(PETSC_COMM_SELF,1,"This is a uniprocessor example only!");
> 
> I tried to run the code with "mpiexec -n 2 ./ex6" or "mpiexec -n 4 ./ex6" or even "mpiexec -n 1 ./ex6" it the code runs properly.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Huq
> 
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> Fazlul Huq
> Graduate Research Assistant
> Department of Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological Engineering (NPRE)
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
> E-mail: huq2090 at gmail.com
> 
> 
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> Fazlul Huq
> Graduate Research Assistant
> Department of Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological Engineering (NPRE)
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
> E-mail: huq2090 at gmail.com