This is very vague concerning the structure of exernalpackages. I cannot tell where libraries are supposed to end up, and how/when/why they might be moved. It seems that the directory information coming from PETSc/package.py has also changed.
Matt On 6/8/07, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote: > > PETSc-dev users, > > After picking Satish's brain, I have made a set of changes to > petsc-dev related to compiling and linking programs. > > Goal: Support the GNU; config/configure.py; make; make install model > including all external packages PETSc builds for you. After "make install" > PETSC_ARCH should not be needed. > > Constraints: > * Allow skipping the "make install" step and yet having everything > fully functional even with shared and dynamic libraries > * Allow multiple builds in the non-"make install" approach which you can > switch between by changing PETSC_ARCH > * Not require any file links > * A system that does not mix generated files and non-generated in the same > directory in $PETSC_DIR > * A system no more complicated then the previous version. > > Solution: > > In place, before "make install" > > petsc-dev/include same as now > /bin same as now > /conf basically the same as bmake/common was > $PETSC_ARCH/include generated includes: petscconf.h petscfix.h > .. > lib generated libraries > bin generated programs > conf basically the same as bmake/$PETSC_ARCH/ > except not the include files > > After "make install" > > prefix/include all includes > /bin all programs, including mpiexec, mpicc if > generated > /conf the stuff previous in bmake/common and > bmake/$PETSC_ARCH > /lib the libraries, including from external > packages > > The whole trick is that in the PETSc bmake files (now conf files :-)) the > $PETSC_ARCH/ > disappears in the "make install" version. > > I have fixed the external packages MPI.py, BlasLapack.py and Chaco.py but the > others > need to be modified to stick their libraries and includes in the new correct > place. > > The only change you should need to your makefiles is to replace > include ${PETSC_DIR}/bmake/common/base with > include ${PETSC_DIR}/conf/base > Bug reports to petsc-maint at mcs.anl.gov questions to petsc-dev at > mcs.anl.gov > > Barry > > -- 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