METIS version constraint

[ivan-pi]

Are there any constraints on which versions of METIS are supported, i.e. 4.0.3 or 5.1.0?

[sfilippone]

If by metis 4.0.3 you mean the version of (serial) metis contained in ParMETIS 4.0.3, then yes, it works.
There should be no other constraints, given that the METIS code has had a very stable interface for quite some time by now.

[ivan-pi]

That's odd, since the configure script indicates a missing function:

checking for metis.h... yes
checking for METIS integer size... unknown
checking for METIS real size... unknown
checking for METIS_PartGraphKway in -lmetis ... yes
checking for METIS_SetDefaultOptions in -lmetis  -lm  ... no. Unusable METIS version, sorry.
checking Compatibility between metis and LPK... no

(also not sure how -lm creeped into that check...)

For more background, I am trying to use Spack to build and install PSBLAS.

The specification (dependency graph) is

psblas@3.8.0%gcc@11.2.0~amd+metis~serial arch=linux-sles15-haswell
    ^intel-mkl@2020.4.304%gcc@11.2.0~ilp64+shared threads=none arch=linux-sles15-haswell
        ^cpio@2.12.3%gcc@11.2.0 patches=d22633c368b8aedf4c08b23b6fbaa81a52404c8943ab04926404083ac10f1a4b arch=linux-sles15-haswell
    ^intel-mpi@2019.12.320%gcc@11.2.0 arch=linux-sles15-haswell
        ^patchelf@0.13%gcc@11.2.0 arch=linux-sles15-haswell
    ^metis@4.0.3%gcc@11.2.0~gdb~int64~real64+shared build_type=Release arch=linux-sles15-haswell

The METIS_SetDefaultOptions appears to be available in both parmetis-4.0.3.tar.gz and metis-5.1.0.tar.gz, so it may be something else is wrong.

Is the plan to keep the current build tools or switch to CMake eventually (#12)?

[sfilippone]

Can you send me config.log please? I'll take a look asap

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On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 11:48 AM Ivan Pribec ***@***.***> wrote: That's odd, since the configure script indicates a missing function: checking for metis.h... yes checking for METIS integer size... unknown checking for METIS real size... unknown checking for METIS_PartGraphKway in -lmetis ... yes checking for METIS_SetDefaultOptions in -lmetis -lm ... no. Unusable METIS version, sorry. checking Compatibility between metis and LPK... no (also not sure how -lm creeped into that check...) For more background, I am trying to use Spack <https://spack.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html> to build and install PSBLAS. The specification (dependency graph) is ***@***.******@***.***~amd+metis~serial arch=linux-sles15-haswell ***@***.******@***.***~ilp64+shared threads=none arch=linux-sles15-haswell ***@***.******@***.*** patches=d22633c368b8aedf4c08b23b6fbaa81a52404c8943ab04926404083ac10f1a4b arch=linux-sles15-haswell ***@***.******@***.*** arch=linux-sles15-haswell ***@***.******@***.*** arch=linux-sles15-haswell ***@***.******@***.***~gdb~int64~real64+shared build_type=Release arch=linux-sles15-haswell The METIS_SetDefaultOptions appears to be available in both parmetis-4.0.3.tar.gz <http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/fetch/sw/parmetis/parmetis-4.0.3.tar.gz> and metis-5.1.0.tar.gz <http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/fetch/sw/metis/metis-5.1.0.tar.gz>, so it may be something else is wrong. Is the plan to keep the current build tools or switch to CMake eventually ( #12 <#12>)? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#20 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AD274TYPSNJ4XPFOH457WLTVLXZQHANCNFSM5W2WKG7Q> . You are receiving this because you modified the open/close state.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[sfilippone]

checking for METIS integer size... unknown
checking for METIS real size... unknown

I have a feeling the problem is in these two lines

S.

[ivan-pi]

You are indeed correct. The Spack provided Metis library used 32-bit integers by default. I've adjusted and I now get:

checking metis.h usability... yes
checking metis.h presence... yes
checking for metis.h... yes
checking for METIS integer size... 64
checking for METIS real size... 32
checking for METIS_PartGraphKway in -lmetis ... yes
checking for METIS_SetDefaultOptions in -lmetis  -lm  ... yes