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[Harish Narayanan <harish@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/31/11 11:55 AM, Fredrik Heffer Valdmanis wrote:
> 2011/10/31 Harish Narayanan <harish@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:harish@xxxxxxxxx>>
> 
>     On 10/31/11 11:36 AM, Fredrik Heffer Valdmanis wrote:
>     > OK, thanks!
>     >
>     > Another quick question: For small patches and improvements, should I
>     > file a bug report, make a merge proposal or just mail the list?
>     The case
>     > right now is that the package "ptscotch" must be added to the list of
>     > packages in petsc.package in order for PETSc to compile on my machine.
>     > In addition, the old slepc.patch must be remade in a version for SLEPc
>     > 3.2, in order for repeated builds with Dorsal to succeed.
>     >
>     > These are rather small changes, so I figured either a bug report and
>     > merge proposal was a bit over the top.
> 
>     cc: The mailing list so that others may chime in.
> 
>     Do you want me to replace scotch with ptscotch, or add ptscotch to the
>     list?
> 
>  
> ptscotch must be added to the list, before scotch. Else, PETSc fails
> during configure. Am I the only one having this problem? I'm on Ubuntu
> 11.04.
>  
> 
>     And I removed the patch for slepc 3.2 because I don't think it is
>     necessary any more. Also, what platform are you on?
> 
>  
> SLEPc still complains that files from an existing install is present if
> you rerun Dorsal on top of a previous install without patching.
> Shouldn't the patch still be there? I have made a new slepc.patch for
> 3.2, it is included in the attached patchfile together with the ptscotch
> fix. 
> 
> 
>     For the future, either of those avenues are useful:
> 
>      * If you know how to fix the problem, mailing a patch to the list or
>     merge proposal is the easiest for me to deal with.
>      * If you don't, file a bug report. As tiny as it may seem, it better
>     ensures that your problem not to be overlooked.
> 
>  
> All right :) 

I have incorporated your patch. And I still cannot see why your e-mails
are not making it through to the list. There are no obvious buttons on
launchpad that I can push. (Perhaps try from a different e-mail address?)

Thanks,
Harish