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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for checking this out. I've updated configure in the hg
repository so see if it works. configarch is no longer needed.
The check is now only for $PETSC_DIR/bmake/common/base.

/Anders


On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 08:55:40PM +0800, LUK ShunTim wrote:
> LUK ShunTim wrote:
> > Anders Logg wrote:
> >> On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 05:38:11PM +0800, LUK ShunTim wrote:
> >>> Mandus wrote:
> >>>
> >>> [snipped]
> >>>
> >>>> The ./configure in  dolfin needs the makefiles from PETSc to execute
> >>>> things like"
> >>>> 'make -s -C $PETSC_DIR getincludedirs....'
> >>>>
> >>>> So, unfortunately the debian package of petsc and dolfin from source
> >>>> does not work very well together!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Yes, it (still) seems so. :-(
> >>>
> >>> Please don't bother any further and again thanks very much,
> >>> ST
> >> If you're interested in making it work, you can check what the Debian
> >> package provides instead. Otherwise I'll put it on the TODO list and
> >> get back to it when I get a chance. It should be fairly easy to fix,
> >> it's just a matter of someone wanting to spend the 15 minutes on
> >> fixing it.
> >>
> >> DOLFIN needs to get the include and link variables somehow from
> >> PETSc. Does it provide something like pkg-config?
> >>
> >> /Anders
> >>
> > 
> > OK, I'll have a go at it and report back.
> > 
> > ST
> > --
> 
> 1. Copying petscarch to configarch in /usr/lib/petsc/bin
> 2. Applying the attached patch to configure. It now eliminates the need
> to use petsc's main makefile.
> 3. Run configure with PETSC_DIR set to /usr/lib/petsc
> 
> As I know very little about the autoconf stuff, I just patch configure.
> Please let me know if I make any mistakes. I hope to learn more.
> 
> Regards,
> ST

> --- configure	2006-05-11 20:40:15.000000000 +0800
> +++ configure.patched	2006-05-11 20:39:59.000000000 +0800
> @@ -20083,13 +20083,13 @@
>    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
>  echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
>  fi
> -
>  if test $petsc_found = yes; then
>      # Extract PETSc variables from PETSC_DIR/bmake/common/variables
> -    PETSC_CFLAGS=`make -s -C $PETSC_DIR getincludedirs PETSC_DIR=$PETSC_DIR`
> -    PETSC_LIBS=`make -s -C $PETSC_DIR getlinklibs PETSC_DIR=$PETSC_DIR`
> +    MKFILE=$PETSC_DIR/bmake/common/base
> +    PETSC_CFLAGS=`make -f $MKFILE getincludedirs PETSC_DIR=$PETSC_DIR`
> +    PETSC_LIBS=`make -f $MKFILE getlinklibs PETSC_DIR=$PETSC_DIR`
>  else
> -    echo "*** Unable to find PETSc 2.3.0 on your system."
> +    echo "*** Unable to find PETSc 2.3.1 on your system."
>      echo "*** Use --with-petsc-dir=<path> to specify the correct path for PETSc,"
>      echo "*** or set the environment variable PETSC_DIR to the correct path."
>      echo "*** PETSc is available at http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-2/";

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