#1902: PETSc does not build on Ubuntu 16.04 ----------------------+----------------------------------------------------- Reporter: hinder | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: critical | Milestone: ET_2016_05 Component: Other | Version: development version Keywords: | ----------------------+----------------------------------------------------- When building the ET on Ubuntu 16.04, the PETSc external library fails during configuration. The error, from configure.log, is {{{ Possible ERROR while running archiver: stderr: /usr/bin/ar: `u' modifier ignored since `D' is the default (see `U') Archiver is not functional ******************************************************************************* UNABLE to CONFIGURE with GIVEN OPTIONS (see configure.log for details): ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You set a value for --with-ar=ar", but ar cannot be used ******************************************************************************* }}} Setting this as critical for the upcoming release, since people will likely want to build the ET on their Ubuntu 16.04 machines.