<p>We can still test the pkgconfig version, without trying all possible variants. Also, pkgconfig says how to link static without overlinking, which is a combinatorial problem otherwise.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 1, 2012 3:22 PM, "Matthew Knepley" <<a href="mailto:knepley@gmail.com">knepley@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Jed Brown <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jedbrown@mcs.anl.gov" target="_blank">jedbrown@mcs.anl.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p>Bah, the problem with pkgconfig is that it doesn't handle different versions in different places well. We should use it in most cases, however.</p></blockquote><div>I disagree. There is only one way to be certain of a configure setting, and that is to test it. This will only</div>
<div>produce more mail from idiots who move their installation, or copy the config file, etc. There is no redeeming</div><div>value in this idea.</div><div><br></div><div> Matt</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 1, 2012 2:41 PM, "Matthew Knepley" <<a href="mailto:knepley@gmail.com" target="_blank">knepley@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Barry Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bsmith@mcs.anl.gov" target="_blank">bsmith@mcs.anl.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Does, should, PETSc generate appropriate pkgconfig information for itself? Does, can, it use that information from other packages?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>pkgconfig is too fragile to be of any use.</div><div><br>
</div><div> Matt</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span><font color="#888888"><br>
Barry<br>
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</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br>What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead.<br>
-- Norbert Wiener<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead.<br>
-- Norbert Wiener<br>
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