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

[Satish Balay]

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010, Barry Smith wrote:

> 
> On Sep 14, 2010, at 11:03 PM, Satish Balay wrote:
> 
> > I don't remember previous conversation regarding it. However wrt
> > python I strongly felt the python used by configure should be used by
> > 'full path' in generated scripts. [for eg check: reconfigure.py]
> > 
> > I'm fine with using full paths for default searches done by configure
> > [cc,mpicc etc from PATH]. However if user provides 'cc=gcc' - this
> > should not be expanded to full PATH automatically by configure..
> 
>    How come?

Primarily because user should be free to choose what he/she wants

CC=gcc vs CC=/usr/bin/gcc

Perhaps this doesn't matter.

Satish