[CIG-LONG] problem with gale on a cluster

[Walter Landry]

js at cp.dias.ie wrote:
> Hello Walter,
> thank you for the input file.
> 
> Unfortunately I am unable to compile mumps with petsc-2.3.2.
> 
> Currently I have mpich2-1.0.4p1 installed which was
> compiled with gcc/g77/gfortran for mpicc/mpif77/mpif90
> respectively.
> 
> the problem I encounter is as follows,
> 
> compiling petsc with blacs requires mpif77. By default
> petsc chooses mpif90 and this will not compile blacs.

That is odd.  What is the error?

> This I can change with a flag, however then mumps will
> not compile as it wants mpif90.
> 
> I can compile mumps independently with mpif90 and build
> petsc with mpif77, but then I get complaints about unknown
> functions beginning with _gfortran_ and build fails.
> 
> I was considering using the intel compiler, but I am unsure
> if that will have any unwelcome side-effects.

I have built it with the intel compiler, so it should work.  You may
have to recompile mpich with it, but otherwise everything should work.

Cheers,
Walter Landry
walter at geodynamics.org