> Are these warnings ignorable? Yes - you can saftely ignore these 'DeprecationWarning:' messages. It means : "the functionality works now - but it won't with newer versions".
Python changed considerably between python-2 and the new python-3. Python-2.6 is supporsed to be a bridge that enables easier transition to python-3. We need to eventually get configure working with both python3 and python2 Satish On Thu, 9 Apr 2009, Hiroshi Katsurayama wrote: > Hello, > > I try to use PETSC-3.0.0-p4 on Ubuntu 9.04 linux (present beta version) > whose python version is 2.6.1. > > When ./config/configure.py, the following there "DeprecationWarning"s appear > before "TESTING:". > > ================================================================================= > Configuring PETSc to compile on your system > > ================================================================================= > /home/hiroshi/local/petsc/petsc-3.0.0-p4/config/BuildSystem/config/compilers.py:7: > DeprecationWarning: the sets module is deprecated > import sets > /home/hiroshi/local/petsc/petsc-3.0.0-p4/config/PETSc/package.py:7: > DeprecationWarning: the md5 module is deprecated; use hashlib instead > import md5 > /home/hiroshi/local/petsc/petsc-3.0.0-p4/config/BuildSystem/script.py:101: > DeprecationWarning: The popen2 module is deprecated. Use the subprocess > module. > import popen2 > > TESTING: > > The configure process after TESTING seems to finish successfully, > and next "make all" and "make test" also seem to finish normally. > > Are these warnings ignorable? > > I attache the detailed log file of my configure (my_linux_gnu_intel.log). > But these warnings also appear in > simply > > "./config/configure.py" > > irrespective of compiler or blas. > > When I tried the configure on Ubuntu 8.10 whose python version is 2.5.2, > these warning did not appear. > > Hence the latest python (version 2.6.1) on Ubuntu 9.04 BETA maybe cause these > warnings. > > Thank you. > > Sincerely, > Hiroshi Katsurayama >
