[petsc-dev] testing code which use partitioners

[Smith, Barry F. via petsc-dev]

   It really irks me that we can't use the various partitioners in our nightly 
tests because they use rand() and produce different results on 
different machines.

   Here is what I propose

1) add ./configure flag --with-petsc-rand

2) if the flag is set then provide our own rand() and srand() (by crudely 
wrapping PetscRandom()) in pinit.c which is compiled if the flag is set

3) add the --with-petsc-rand to all the nightlybuilds

  Problems with this plan?

    Barry