[petsc-users] PETSc build asks for network connections

[Amneet Bhalla]

This helped only during the configure stage, and not during the check stage
and during executing the application built on PETSc. Do you think it is
because I built mpich locally and not with PETSc?

On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 3:51 PM Barry Smith <bsmith at petsc.dev> wrote:

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>   ./configure option with-macos-firewall-rules
>
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> On Mar 19, 2023, at 5:25 PM, Amneet Bhalla <mail2amneet at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, this is MPI that is triggering the apple firewall. If I allow it it
> gets added to the allowed list (see the screenshot) and it does not trigger
> the firewall again. However, this needs to be done for all executables
> (there will be several main2d's in the list). Any way to suppress it
> for all executables linked to mpi in the first place?
>
> <Screenshot 2023-03-19 at 2.19.53 PM.png>
>
> On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 11:01 AM Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 1:59 PM Amneet Bhalla <mail2amneet at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm building PETSc without mpi (I built mpich v 4.1.1 locally). Here is
>>> the configure command line that I used:
>>>
>>> ./configure --CC=mpicc --CXX=mpicxx --FC=mpif90 --PETSC_ARCH=darwin-dbg
>>> --with-debugging=1 --download-hypre=1 --with-x=0
>>>
>>>
>> No, this uses MPI, it just does not built it. Configuring with
>> --with-mpi=0 will shut off any use of MPI, which is what Satish thinks is
>> bugging the firewall.
>>
>>   Thanks,
>>
>>     Matt
>>
>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 10:56 AM Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think its due to some of the system calls from MPI.
>>>>
>>>> You can verify this with a '--with-mpi=0' build.
>>>>
>>>> I wonder if there is a way to build mpich or openmpi - that doesn't
>>>> trigger Apple's firewall..
>>>>
>>>> Satish
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 19 Mar 2023, Amneet Bhalla wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Hi Folks,
>>>> >
>>>> > I'm trying to build PETSc on MacOS Ventura (Apple M2) with hypre. I'm
>>>> using
>>>> > the latest version (v3.18.5). During the configure and make check
>>>> stage I
>>>> > get a request about accepting network connections. The configure and
>>>> check
>>>> > proceeds without my input but the dialog box stays in place. Please
>>>> see the
>>>> > screenshot. I'm wondering if it is benign or something to be concerned
>>>> > about? Do I need to accept any network certificate to not see this
>>>> dialog
>>>> > box?
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks,
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> --Amneet
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
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>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
>> experiments lead.
>> -- Norbert Wiener
>>
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> --
> --Amneet
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--Amneet
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