I think its due to some of the system calls from MPI. You can verify this with a '--with-mpi=0' build.
I wonder if there is a way to build mpich or openmpi - that doesn't trigger Apple's firewall.. Satish On Sun, 19 Mar 2023, Amneet Bhalla wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I'm trying to build PETSc on MacOS Ventura (Apple M2) with hypre. I'm using > the latest version (v3.18.5). During the configure and make check stage I > get a request about accepting network connections. The configure and check > proceeds without my input but the dialog box stays in place. Please see the > screenshot. I'm wondering if it is benign or something to be concerned > about? Do I need to accept any network certificate to not see this dialog > box? > > Thanks, > >