Do we really want the full path to all compilers? We discussed this before and did not do it. Satish, do you remember why?
Matt On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Lisandro Dalcin <dalcinl at gmail.com> wrote: > On 14 September 2010 22:26, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote: > > > > On Sep 14, 2010, at 8:24 PM, Lisandro Dalcin wrote: > > > >> On 14 September 2010 21:55, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote: > >>> > >>> On Sep 14, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Lisandro Dalcin wrote: > >>> > >>>> 1) If mpicc is in $PATH, then petscvariables will get PCC=mpicc. > >>>> Perhaps it should get the full path instead? > >>>> > >>>> 2) I think CXX and FC variables should be renames to PCXX and PFC. The > >>>> former names can easily conflict with CXX and FC defined in user > >>>> makefiles for use with non-MPI sources. > >>> > >>> Then we should also get rid of CC > >>> > >>> Essentially you are saying we should remove all "traditional" use of > these variables from our makefiles? I agree doing that might be a good idea. > But doesn't it contradict your attempt to try hard to conform to standard > usage for things? > >>> > >> > >> Sorry, I need a clarification: Could you tell me why PETSc makefiles > >> uses PCC instead of the "traditional" CC? Is it just because PCC > >> could be CC or CXX depending on --with-c-language? > > > > Yes that is one reason and may be the only reason. > > > > In such case, forget my comments, except for the part of setting > PCC=/path/to/mpicc (and perhaps the same for CC, CXX, FC if they point > to MPI compiler wrappers). What do you think about this? Please note > I'm not objecting the current status, just asking about the full path > alternative. > > > -- > Lisandro Dalcin > --------------- > CIMEC (INTEC/CONICET-UNL) > Predio CONICET-Santa Fe > Colectora RN 168 Km 472, Paraje El Pozo > Tel: +54-342-4511594 (ext 1011) > Tel/Fax: +54-342-4511169 > -- What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead. -- Norbert Wiener -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/petsc-dev/attachments/20100914/c81e4996/attachment.html>
