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[Harish Narayanan <harish.mlists@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/9/10 12:14 PM, Johannes Ring wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 08:29:01PM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 08/09/10 20:10, Anders Logg wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 08:00:17PM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 08/09/10 19:58, Anders Logg wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 02:49:01PM -0400, Paul Barbone wrote:
>>>>>>>  On 9/7/10 2:15 AM, Anders Logg wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 07:14:21PM -0400, Paul Barbone wrote:
>>>>>>>>>  On 9/6/10 6:32 PM, Anders Logg wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Did you install PETSc and SLEPc yourself or did you let Dorsal build
>>>>>>>>>> them?
>>>>>>>>> I let dorsal build them.
>>>>>>>>>> Did you have any old versions of any of the libraries on your system?
>>>>>>>>> Yes, but these were in different directories, and incidentally
>>>>>>>>> installed from an older dorsal build.   I tried to keep things
>>>>>>>>> separate, but there is some overlap between the installations.
>>>>>>>>> They use the same python, for example, but the PETSc and SLEPc are
>>>>>>>>> distinct.
>>>>>>>> Could you try locating all those libraries and (at least temporarily)
>>>>>>>> rename or move them to a location where they can't be found?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Then clean out the Dorsal build and start with a clean installation.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Our scripts should be able to find the correct versions but the
>>>>>>>> configure scripts need some more work.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ok.  I reinstalled python, etc, via macports, deleted the old FEniCS
>>>>>>> directory, and installed completely new.  I eventually got precisely
>>>>>>> the same behavior.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Very strange. It works fine on my Snow Leopard (including SCOTCH). I
>>>>>> haven't done anything special. Your hope is that either someone else
>>>>>> has the same problem and knows how to fix it, or you find out what the
>>>>>> problem is yourself.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is not that difficult to add some debugging to the DOLFIN CMake
>>>>>> configure scripts. They are located in the cmake/modules/ directory
>>>>>> and named FindPETSc.cmake etc. Let us what you find out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone at Simula have a Leopard machine lying that could be
>>>>> tested on? I'm an Apple-free zone.
>>>>>
>>>>> Garth
>>>>
>>>> Did I miss something? Is it "Leopard" and not "Snow Leopard"?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Leopard (but using snowleopard.platform).
>>
>> ok. I don't know anyone still using Leopard. Perhaps Johannes knows someone?
> 
> No, sorry. Maybe it is possible to run Leopard in a virtual machine on
> the Mac buildbot?

Ah, but that will probably be against some Apple licensing terms!

Harish