[petsc-dev] Stop breaking my build

[Barry Smith]

  Shri,

    Since this is development code that only you are working on you can "protect" its use by putting a 
#requirespackage  'PETSC_USE_DVI' 
in the makefile in that directory and if you register the method in SNESRegisterAll() then protect it with 
#if defined(PETSC_USE_DVI) 
then define PETSC_USE_DVI in $PETSC_ARCH/include/petscconf.h
this way you can "be sloppy" but other people will still have access to your new stuff if they want it in the repository. Then later when the code is ready for general builds take out the ifdefs


   Barry


On Aug 19, 2010, at 2:02 PM, Shri wrote:

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>> Shri - looks like merit should be PetscReal - not PetscComplex [pusing
>> a fix for this. If this is incorrect - you can revert my change]
>> 
>  That's correct...thanks.I am building petsc with complex right now to see if there are any other changes needed.
> 
>> Satish
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