[petsc-dev] configure failed after update of OSX

[Matthew Knepley]

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Jed Brown <jed at jedbrown.org> wrote:

> Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> writes:
> > I agree a better package management system [aka macports/homebrew]
> > should be preferable. But with all the wierd issues that keep comping
> > up with users using macports on petsc lists - I can't convince myself
> > that it is a better recommendation.
>
> People either need a reliable way to upgrade or the stack will get out
> of date.  Also, system upgrades will be stop-the-world events with
> unknown system changes and the only safe thing is to reinstall the
> entire stack.  Very few people can remember all the installation quirks
> they have gone through, and even then, it takes time to reinstall
> everything.


This is largely ideology. Some of us have used OSX for development for years
with little productivity impact.

  Matt


> > I would aswell recommend virtualbox with linux as a superior choice.
>
> I recommend
>
>   # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk0
>
> and install a decent operating system with a package manager on your
> now-impeccably-clean disk.
>



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