Which is the correct thing to do. i.e: if libpetsc.so is rebuilt - its dependencies should get rebuilt.
However - in cases where it doesn't get rebuilt (as make found no new sources to compile) - its probably best to add infrastructure to skip the rebuild of dependent packages. Satish On Sun, 11 Oct 2020, Pierre Jolivet wrote: > This actually applies to all packages with builtafterpetsc = 1. > I think you want to do make libs instead of make all? > > Thanks, > Pierre > > > On 11 Oct 2020, at 9:36 AM, Barry Smith <bsm...@petsc.dev> wrote: > > > > > > I change a single PETSc file and do make all that single file gets > > compiled but all of mpi4py and petsc4py get recompiled even though I have > > not changed any thing to affect them. No include files for example > > > > > > *** Building mpi4py *** > > *** Installing mpi4py *** > > ===================================== > > To use mpi4py, add > > /Users/barrysmith/Src/petsc/arch-cleanup-dmd-domaindecomposition/lib to > > PYTHONPATH > > ===================================== > > *** Building petsc4py *** > > > >
