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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 05:31:25PM +0200, Martin Sandve Alnæs wrote:
> I've just set up a fresh install of Kubuntu Hardy with FEniCS software
> on my new home laptop.
> 
> Good news:
> - A minimal dolfin build only requires dependencies from apt in Ubuntu Hardy.
> 
> Bad news:
> - The petsc version installed by apt isn't seen by scons.
> - I got a lot of errors (crashes) when running the tests. These seem
> related to MPI.
> 
> Good news:
> - Compiling dolfin with "enableMpi=no" resulted in tests passing.
> 
> Is there a reason to build with mpi when PETSc and Scotch are
> missing?

Only in principle, not in practice...

But I'm wondering if we should do this just because the Debian/Ubuntu
package of MPI is broken (and always (?) has been).

-- 
Anders


> Maybe the build system could disable mpi based on some criteria?