[petsc-dev] BuildSystem: PCC=mpicc, CXX and FC

[Lisandro Dalcin]

On 14 September 2010 21:55, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>
> On Sep 14, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Lisandro Dalcin wrote:
>
>> 1) If mpicc is in $PATH, then petscvariables will get PCC=mpicc.
>> Perhaps it should get the full path instead?
>>
>> 2) I think CXX and FC variables should be renames to PCXX and PFC. The
>> former names can easily conflict with CXX and FC defined in user
>> makefiles for use with non-MPI sources.
>
>   Then we should also get rid of CC
>
>    Essentially you are saying we should remove all "traditional" use of these variables from our makefiles? I agree doing that might be a good idea. But doesn't it contradict your attempt to try hard to conform to standard usage for things?
>

Sorry, I need a clarification: Could you tell me why PETSc makefiles
uses PCC instead of the "traditional"  CC? Is it just because PCC
could be CC or CXX depending on --with-c-language?



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