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

[Barry Smith]

On Sep 14, 2010, at 8:24 PM, Lisandro Dalcin wrote:

> 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?

   Yes that is one reason and may be the only reason.

  Barry

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