OK. I'll mail the configure.log to petsc-maint. But this did not start out as a configure problem - I was just asking for a recommendation on usage. And the response you cite below was to Aron before I received your response.
Matthew Knepley writes: > On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Dave Nystrom <Dave.Nystrom at > tachyonlogic.com> wrote: > > > I have cmake on my system but configure.log does not document that > > approach. > > > > We did not find it. This is a configure question, and should be mailed to > petsc-maint, not the dev list. > > > > What is your build command to build petsc with cmake? > > > > make > > Matt > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dave > > > > Aron Ahmadia writes: > > > I use the CMake build because it's the fastest, though it requires you > > to > > > have CMake installed on your system. > > > > > > A > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Dave Nystrom <Dave.Nystrom at > > tachyonlogic.com> wrote: > > > > > > > At the end of configure.log, there are two possible ways to build > > petsc-dev > > > > that are specified. Which is the recommended way to build - using > > make or > > > > using python? I have been using make. > > > > > > > > Also, one is labeled as legacy and one is labeled as experimental. > > That > > > > gives the impression of having a choice between an old, archaic > > method or a > > > > new, experimental approach. Should one just be labeled as production? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > -- > What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their > experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their > experiments lead. > -- Norbert Wiener