The METIS interface from Scotch may segfault if passed NULL to indicate a default parameter, so use the older calling style. --- a/SRC/get_perm_c.c 2014-05-16 23:38:30.070835316 -0500 +++ b/SRC/get_perm_c.c 2014-05-16 23:39:04.582836211 -0500 @@ -70,11 +70,13 @@ #else /* Earlier version 3.x.x */ - /* METIS_NodeND(&nm, b_colptr, b_rowind, &numflag, metis_options, - perm, iperm);*/ + METIS_NodeND(&nm, b_colptr, b_rowind, &numflag, metis_options, + perm, iperm); /* Latest version 4.x.x */ +#if 0 METIS_NodeND(&nm, b_colptr, b_rowind, NULL, NULL, perm, iperm); +#endif /*check_perm_dist("metis perm", n, perm);*/ #endif