just pulled from master (I'm using python 2.7.8) =============================================================================== Configuring PETSc to compile on your system =============================================================================== ******************************************************************************* CONFIGURATION CRASH (Please send configure.log to [email protected]) ******************************************************************************* global name 'PETSc' is not defined File "/fermi/home/userinternal/szampini/petsc/config/configure.py", line 269, in petsc_configure framework = config.framework.Framework(['--configModules=PETSc.Configure','--optionsModule=config.compilerOptions']+sys.argv[1:], loadArgDB = 0) File "/fermi/home/userinternal/szampini/petsc/config/BuildSystem/config/framework.py", line 110, in __init__ self.createChildren() File "/fermi/home/userinternal/szampini/petsc/config/BuildSystem/config/framework.py", line 319, in createChildren self.getChild(moduleName) File "/fermi/home/userinternal/szampini/petsc/config/BuildSystem/config/framework.py", line 304, in getChild config.setupDependencies(self) File "/fermi/home/userinternal/szampini/petsc/config/PETSc/Configure.py", line 89, in setupDependencies utilityObj = self.framework.require('config.packages.'+utilityName, self) File "/fermi/home/userinternal/szampini/petsc/config/BuildSystem/config/framework.py", line 324, in require config = self.getChild(moduleName, keywordArgs) File "/fermi/home/userinternal/szampini/petsc/config/BuildSystem/config/framework.py", line 298, in getChild config = type(self, *keywordArgs) File "/fermi/home/userinternal/szampini/petsc/config/BuildSystem/config/packages/sowing.py", line 6, in __init__ PETSc.package.NewPackage.__init__(self, framework) -- Stefano