[petsc-dev] Problem with latest "petsc-dev" change

[Matthew Knepley]

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Carl Ponder wrote:
>
> > *On 11/03/2010 01:33 PM, Satish Balay wrote:*
> >
> > >     for http there is no '$USER:$PASSWORD@' in the URL [I guess its
> just
> > > ignored - so it works..]
> > >     I pushed a fix now.. You can pull and retry [after 'hg revert
> configure'
> > > - to remove your local changes]
> >
> >
> > Satish -- thanks -- it works now.
> > Is thepetsc-dev stable enough to update on-the-fly like this,
>
> Well - petsc-dev is always in flux. If things are broken - and we see
> it [or someone points it out] - we try to fix it up as soon as
> feasiable..
>

Since you use our version control system, you will never have to worry
about something breaking. If something does not work after a pull, just

  a) rollback to the previous revision, 'hg update -r <rev>'

  b) rebuild

No need to worry.

   Matt


> > or do you have release versions we should we be using?
>
> There is petsc-3.1 release - but if you need petsc-dev for pflotran -
> then I guess thats what you would have to use
>
> You can always sync with petsc-dev in lockstep with Bobby - if thats what
> you are doing.
>
> i.e [each time you resync with Bobby] get the changest number for
> petsc-dev and BuildSystem clones Bobby is using:
> hg tip; hg tip config/BuildSystem
>
> now use these rev numbers to update your petsc-dev
> hg pull -u -r 'rev-petsc'
> cd config/BuildSystem; hg pull -r 'rev-buildsystem'
>
> Satish
>
> >
> >     -- Carl Ponder
> >
> >
> >
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