[petsc-dev] metis config error on XT4

[Barry Smith]

On Nov 30, 2011, at 6:34 PM, Matthew Knepley wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
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> On Nov 30, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Jed Brown wrote:
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> > On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 16:40, Jack Poulson <jack.poulson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > No, but perhaps I should. My understanding is that those lines only need to be changed when ParMetis is included as a subproject, as they seem to have configured the build system to use relative paths.
> >
> > That's a misuse of CMake. Normally you build from a separate build directory (so that you can clean reliably and independently between configurations). That ParMetis misuses CMake by default isn't an excuse for not allowing it to be used properly.
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>  A well designed buildsystem would not allow itself to be misused.
> 
> I am adding code to BuildSystem to electrocute users who try to screw with it.

   Just put a time bomb in Sean's MCS east.

   Barry

> 
>    Matt
> 
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