Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/toolkits/petsc/patches/NewVec.cpp
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/toolkits/petsc/patches/NewVec.cpp	(revision 17661)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/toolkits/petsc/patches/NewVec.cpp	(revision 17662)
@@ -33,11 +33,7 @@
 
 	VecCreate(comm,&vector); 
-
 	VecSetSizes(vector,local_size,PETSC_DECIDE); 
 	VecSetFromOptions(vector); 
 
-	/*fill with 0: */
-	VecSet(vector,0.0);
-
 	return vector;
 }