Is c2html a required external package?

[Shi Jin]

I managed to build a working c2html with playing with the compilers. However, I do think it is a bug when --with-c2html=0 is set while it is still required.

Shi

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Shi Jin, PhD



----- Original Message ----
> From: Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>
> To: petsc-dev at mcs.anl.gov
> Sent: Friday, August 8, 2008 11:58:02 AM
> Subject: Re: Is c2html a required external package?
> 
> 
>    If IBM compilers cannot compile c2html then they are buggy. c2html  
> is simple straightforward C code.
> Let's see what is going wrong.
> 
>     Barry
> 
> On Aug 8, 2008, at 8:49 AM, Satish Balay wrote:
> 
> > I suspect c2html does not compile with IBM compilers. We should
> > support --with-c2html=0 option.
> >
> > Satish
> >
> > On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Matthew Knepley wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 12:09 AM, Shi Jin   
> >> wrote:
> >>> Hi there,
> >>>
> >>> I was trying to build petsc-dev on a IBM AIX but failed at c2html.  
> >>> I tried not to use it with --with-c2html=0 but it seemed still be  
> >>> needed. Why do we need it? I don't need to generate documentations  
> >>> for this test.
> >>> Thanks.
> >>
> >> It is for documentation, but we do not consider an installation with
> >> broken documentation fully functional. Can you send
> >> the configure.log?
> >>
> >>  Thanks,
> >>
> >>     Matt
> >>
> >>> Shi
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Shi Jin, PhD
> >>
> >