[petsc-users] Cmake problem on an old cluster

[Danyang Su]

Hi Satish,

That's a bit strange since I have already use export 
PETSC_DIR=/home/danyangs/soft/petsc/petsc-3.18.3.

Yes, I have petsc 3.13.6 installed and has PETSC_DIR set in the bashrc 
file. After changing PETSC_DIR in the bashrc file, PETSc can be compiled 
now.

Thanks,

Danyang

On 2023-01-19 3:58 p.m., Satish Balay wrote:
>> /home/danyangs/soft/petsc/petsc-3.13.6/src/sys/makefile contains a directory not on the filesystem: ['\\']
>
> Its strange that its complaining about petsc-3.13.6. Do you have this location set in your .bashrc or similar file - that's getting sourced during the build?
>
> Perhaps you could start with a fresh copy of petsc and retry?
>
> Also suggest using 'arch-' prefix for PETSC_ARCH i.e 'arch-intel-14.0.2-openmpi-1.6.5' - just in case there are some bugs lurking with skipping build files in this location
>
> Satish
>
>
> On Thu, 19 Jan 2023, Danyang Su wrote:
>
>> Hi Barry and Satish,
>>
>> I guess there is compatibility problem with some external package. The latest
>> CMake complains about the compiler, so I remove superlu_dist option since I
>> rarely use it. Then the HYPRE package shows "Error: Hypre requires C++
>> compiler. None specified", which is a bit tricky since c++ compiler is
>> specified in the configuration so I comment the related error code in hypre.py
>> during configuration. After doing this, there is no error during PETSc
>> configuration but new error occurs during make process.
>>
>> **************************ERROR*************************************
>>    Error during compile, check
>> intel-14.0.2-openmpi-1.6.5/lib/petsc/conf/make.log
>>    Send it and intel-14.0.2-openmpi-1.6.5/lib/petsc/conf/configure.log to
>> petsc-maint at mcs.anl.gov
>> ********************************************************************
>>
>> It might be not worth checking this problem since most of the users do not
>> work on such old cluster. Both log files are attached in case any developer
>> wants to check. Please let me know if there is any suggestions and I am
>> willing to make a test.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Danyang
>>
>> On 2023-01-19 11:18 a.m., Satish Balay wrote:
>>> BTW: cmake is required by superlu-dist not petsc.
>>>
>>> And its possible that petsc might not build with this old version of openmpi
>>> - [and/or the externalpackages that you are installing - might not build
>>> with this old version of intel compilers].
>>>
>>> Satish
>>>
>>> On Thu, 19 Jan 2023, Barry Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>>     Remove
>>>>     --download-cmake=/home/danyangs/soft/petsc/petsc-3.18.3/packages/cmake-3.25.1.tar.gz
>>>>     and install CMake yourself. Then configure PETSc with
>>>>     --with-cmake=directory you installed it in.
>>>>
>>>>     Barry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 19, 2023, at 1:46 PM, Danyang Su <danyang.su at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to install the latest PETSc on an old cluster but always get
>>>>> some error information at the step of cmake. The system installed cmake is
>>>>> V3.2.3, which is out-of-date for PETSc. I tried to use --download-cmake
>>>>> first, it does not work. Then I tried to clean everything (delete the
>>>>> petsc_arch folder), download the latest cmake myself and pass the path to
>>>>> the configuration, the error is still there.
>>>>>
>>>>> The compiler there is a bit old, intel-14.0.2 and openmpi-1.6.5. I have no
>>>>> problem to install PETSc-3.13.6 there. The latest version cannot pass
>>>>> configuration, unfortunately. Attached is the last configuration I have
>>>>> tried.
>>>>>
>>>>> --with-cc=mpicc --with-cxx=mpicxx --with-fc=mpif90
>>>>> --download-cmake=/home/danyangs/soft/petsc/petsc-3.18.3/packages/cmake-3.25.1.tar.gz
>>>>> --download-mumps --download-scalapack --download-parmetis --download-metis
>>>>> --download-ptscotch --download-fblaslapack --download-hypre
>>>>> --download-superlu_dist --download-hdf5=yes --with-hdf5-fortran-bindings
>>>>> --with-debugging=0 COPTFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -mtune=native"
>>>>> CXXOPTFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -mtune=native" FOPTFLAGS="-O2 -march=native
>>>>> -mtune=native"
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any solution for this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Danyang
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <configure.log>