[PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Jed Brown
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[PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Lisandro Dalcin
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Barry Smith wrote: > > Make is NOT the problem! (It is just one of several) Indeed. However, at some time I'll try to make PETSc build with Scons. But we need to fix configure first. > Config/configure.py uses the SHELL constantly for basically everything. Try

Who has the download info?

2008-12-04 Thread Barry Smith
Whatever is a convenient number at the time you need to "annouce it" :-) I don't see any good way to get a handle on it. Number of downloads is a garbage number (likely a huge overestimate). Number of unique people who send us email is likely underestimate. I just modestly say in

Who has the download info?

2008-12-04 Thread Matthew Knepley
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[PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Farshid Mossaiby
Hi, I do not know related it is, boost_build / bjam is another beast to consider. Based on python, runs OK on windows and seem quite nice in the project I work with it. Regards, Farshid Mossaiby --- On Fri, 12/5/08, Jed Brown wrote: > From: Jed Brown > Subject: Re: [PETSC #18705] PETSc and

[PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Satish Balay
On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Farshid Mossaiby wrote: > Hi all, > > I am really glad to hear this. This is exactly what I wished, and told you > some time ago. > > Just wanted you to know that there is a "Windows Services For Unix > (SFU)" add-on for Windows, which is in some way like Cygwin. It is > fre

[PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Barry Smith
On Dec 4, 2008, at 12:51 PM, Matthew Knepley wrote: > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Barry Smith > wrote: > > Make is NOT the problem! (It is just one of several) > > Config/configure.py uses the SHELL constantly for basically > everything. Try running config/configure.py > under Windows

[PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Matthew Knepley
rify the licensing on a Windows system. >> >> Thanks a lot for your informations. >> >> Best regards >> >> Stefan Benkler >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> > > -- 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/20081204/2f6defad/attachment.html>

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2008-12-04 Thread Matthew Knepley
t > > Satish > -- 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/20081204/d7fb3db5/attachment.html>

[PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Barry Smith
Make is NOT the problem! (It is just one of several) Config/configure.py uses the SHELL constantly for basically everything. Try running config/configure.py under Windows without using cygwin. I hate the term "toolchain" Barry On Dec 4, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Matthew Knepley wrote

Fwd: [PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Satish Balay
On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Matthew Knepley wrote: > I for one think it should be possible to remove 'make' from the > toolchain, leaving us with only win32fe, which we distribute. Thus > I think we could abandon cygwin once and for all. I would even be > willing to write a \emph{make clone} to accomplish

Fwd: [PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Matthew Knepley
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[PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Farshid Mossaiby
Hi all, I am really glad to hear this. This is exactly what I wished, and told you some time ago. Just wanted you to know that there is a "Windows Services For Unix (SFU)" add-on for Windows, which is in some way like Cygwin. It is free, and can be downloaded by everyone. It has support for un