[petsc-dev] make --with-shared-libraries default on most systems?

[Jed Brown]

On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

>
>    Should we consider making --with-shared-libraries the default on most
> systems (those it is known to behave well on)?
>

I think shared is a better default. I'm not sure how smart we should try to
be about building on machines that don't like shared libraries.


>
>     Satish,
>
>           Could you switch on --with-shared-libraries on all nightly
> builds and see what breaks?
>

Did this ever happen? It looks like the nightlies are still static.


>
>           After we get that past I'll have you switch on
> --with-dynamic-libraries, but let's leave that for later :-)
>
>    Thanks
>
>      Barry
>
>
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