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METIS is a set of serial programs for partitioning graphs, partitioning finite element meshes, and producing fill reducing orderings for sparse matrices. The algorithms implemented in METIS are based on the multilevel recursive-bisection, multilevel k-way, and multi-constraint partitioning schemes.
I give a patch for metis-4.0 software, compilation fails with gcc 4.4.x
nsoualem@gold: -> cd metis-4.0
nsoualem@gold: -> make
(cd Lib ; make )
make[1]: Entering directory <span class="base64" title="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"></span>/home/nsoualem/test/lib_ext/lib_ext/metis-4.0/Lib'
make: *** [default] Error 2
This error is due to the duplication of __log2 /usr/include/bits/mathcalls.h:145
Here is the patch
to get compilation successful
nsoualem@gold: -> cd metis-4.0
nsoualem@gold: -> patch -p1 < metis-4.0.patch