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Re: DOLFIN not picking up SCOTCH

 

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Harish Narayanan
<harish.mlists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm running into the following while compiling DOLFIN.
>
> -- The following optional packages could not be found:
> -- ---------------------------------------------------
> -- (**) SCOTCH
>
> I think I have installed SCOTCH correctly and that lib{pt}scotch files
> live in the DOLFIN-aware standard places. Here is what I get in
> CMakeError.log:
>
> Performing C++ SOURCE FILE Test SCOTCH_TEST_RUNS failed with the
> following output:
> Change Dir: /dev/src/dolfin/dorsal_build_dir/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
>
> Run Build Command:/usr/bin/make "cmTryCompileExec/fast"
> /usr/bin/make -f CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/build.make
> CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/build
> /opt/local/bin/cmake -E cmake_progress_report
> /dev/src/dolfin/dorsal_build_dir/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CMakeFiles 1
> Building CXX object CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/src.cxx.o
> /opt/local/bin/c++    -DSCOTCH_TEST_RUNS  -D_REENTRANT -I/dev/include
> -o CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/src.cxx.o -c
> /dev/src/dolfin/dorsal_build_dir/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/src.cxx
> Linking CXX executable cmTryCompileExec
> /opt/local/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script
> CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/link.txt --verbose=1
> /opt/local/bin/c++      -DSCOTCH_TEST_RUNS  -D_REENTRANT
> -Wl,-search_paths_first -headerpad_max_install_names
> CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/src.cxx.o  -o cmTryCompileExec
> /dev/lib/libptscotch.a /dev/lib/libptscotcherr.a
> /usr/lib/libmpi_cxx.dylib /usr/lib/libmpi.dylib
> /usr/lib/libopen-rte.dylib /usr/lib/libopen-pal.dylib
>
> Return value: 1
> Source file was:
>
> #include <sys/types.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <mpi.h>
> #include <ptscotch.h>
> #include <iostream>
>
> int main() {
>  int provided, ret;
>  SCOTCH_Dgraph dgrafdat;
>
>  MPI_Init_thread(0, 0, MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE, &provided);
>
>  if (SCOTCH_dgraphInit(&dgrafdat, MPI_COMM_WORLD) != 0) {
>    if (MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE > provided) {
>      // MPI implementation is not thread-safe:
>      // SCOTCH should be compiled without SCOTCH_PTHREAD
>      ret = 1;
>    }
>    else {
>      // libptscotch linked to libscotch or other unknown error
>      ret = 2;
>    }
>  } else {
>    SCOTCH_dgraphExit(&dgrafdat);
>    ret = 0;
>  }
>
>  MPI_Finalize();
>
>  return ret;
> }
>
> Performing C++ SOURCE FILE Test SCOTCH_ZLIB_TEST_RUNS failed with the
> following output:
> Change Dir: /dev/src/dolfin/dorsal_build_dir/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
>
> Run Build Command:/usr/bin/make "cmTryCompileExec/fast"
> /usr/bin/make -f CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/build.make
> CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/build
> /opt/local/bin/cmake -E cmake_progress_report
> /dev/src/dolfin/dorsal_build_dir/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CMakeFiles 1
> Building CXX object CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/src.cxx.o
> /opt/local/bin/c++    -DSCOTCH_ZLIB_TEST_RUNS  -D_REENTRANT
> -I/dev/include   -o CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/src.cxx.o -c
> /dev/src/dolfin/dorsal_build_dir/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/src.cxx
> Linking CXX executable cmTryCompileExec
> /opt/local/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script
> CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/link.txt --verbose=1
> /opt/local/bin/c++      -DSCOTCH_ZLIB_TEST_RUNS  -D_REENTRANT
> -Wl,-search_paths_first -headerpad_max_install_names
> CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/src.cxx.o  -o cmTryCompileExec
> /dev/lib/libptscotch.a /dev/lib/libptscotcherr.a
> /usr/lib/libmpi_cxx.dylib /usr/lib/libmpi.dylib
> /usr/lib/libopen-rte.dylib /usr/lib/libopen-pal.dylib /usr/lib/libz.dylib
>
> Return value: 1
> Source file was:
>
> #include <sys/types.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <mpi.h>
> #include <ptscotch.h>
> #include <iostream>
>
> int main() {
>  int provided, ret;
>  SCOTCH_Dgraph dgrafdat;
>
>  MPI_Init_thread(0, 0, MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE, &provided);
>
>  if (SCOTCH_dgraphInit(&dgrafdat, MPI_COMM_WORLD) != 0) {
>    if (MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE > provided) {
>      // MPI implementation is not thread-safe:
>      // SCOTCH should be compiled without SCOTCH_PTHREAD
>      ret = 1;
>    }
>    else {
>      // libptscotch linked to libscotch or other unknown error
>      ret = 2;
>    }
>  } else {
>    SCOTCH_dgraphExit(&dgrafdat);
>    ret = 0;
>  }
>
>  MPI_Finalize();
>
>  return ret;
> }
>
> Can anyone see what is going on? There really doesn't seem to be much of
> an error message.

Try to recompile SCOTCH but first remove the flag -DSCOTCH_PTHREAD
under CFLAGS in src/Makefile.inc.

It is hard to get a good error message when using the CMake
check_cxx_source_runs command. Sometimes it is probably better to use
the try_run command.

Johannes



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