Problems with versions newer than 0.87.7 from github and intel compiler

[ingutheil]

There are some strange problems with the github version newer than the release version 0.87.7, but I need those versions because only there the bug with range for HermitianEig is fixed.
When I install the 0.87.7 release version with Intel compiler 2017.2.174 everything works and I get a running version but unfortunately with the bug that does not allow to set range I and il and iu for HermitianEig. When I try to compile the version that works with gcc - the one I got in March where the bug with range I is fixed - and with the version I can get today, I always get something like

In file included from /dev/shm/mathprod/Elemental/0.87.7/intel-para-2017a-devel/Elemental_20042017/src/core/DistMatrix/Block/VC_STAR.cpp(15):
/dev/shm/mathprod/Elemental/0.87.7/intel-para-2017a-devel/Elemental_20042017/src/core/DistMatrix/Block/./setup.hpp(168): error: declaration is incompatible with "El::DistMatrix<Ring, El::DistNS::VC, El::DistNS::STAR, El::DistWrapNS::BLOCK>::diagType *El::DistMatrix<Ring, El::DistNS::VC, El::DistNS::STAR, El::DistWrapNS::BLOCK>::ConstructDiagonal(const El::Grid &, int) const" (declared at line 68 of
"/dev/shm/mathprod/Elemental/0.87.7/intel-para-2017a-devel/Elemental_20042017/include/El/core/DistMatrix/Block/VC_STAR.hpp")
BDM::ConstructDiagonal
^

compilation aborted for /dev/shm/mathprod/Elemental/0.87.7/intel-para-2017a-devel/Elemental_20042017/src/core/DistMatrix/Block/CIRC_CIRC.cpp (code 2)
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/El.dir/src/core/DistMatrix/Block/CIRC_CIRC.cpp.o] Error 2

and more of that kind.
I'd really like to get a version compiled with Intel compiler and linked with MKL (which for an unknown reason is not working together with gcc) and with the chance of using range I.

Regards
Inge Gutheil

[jeffhammond]

Is this different from #215?

You might try (1) Intel 18 beta compilers or (2) git cherry-pick the bug fixes you need into the version that builds.

[ingutheil]

thanks, I did not notice #215, sorry, yes it is the same. Well, I can't get Intel 18 beta compilers for now. Unfortunately I don't know which are the bug-fixes for the range I problem of HermitianEig. I only know that they must have been added on March 10th and 11th by Jack Poulson. How can I find them?

[jeffhammond]

@ingutheil Have you looked at https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-parallel-studio-xe-2018-beta? You can look for the patches by perusing the output of git log. I think Jack does a pretty good job of explaining his commits, so it shouldn't be hard to find the fixes.

[ingutheil]

thanks a lot, I now got a version where I only patched the routines that were patched by Jack Poulson in that days in March, the rest is just the release version of Elemental-0.87.7 and it works and I can test HermitianEig with subsets of eigenvalues/eigenvectors.

[jeffhammond]

I just tested the latest version with the Intel 18.0 release and all the tests passed. Please try that.