[petsc-users] petsc cmake config - BUILD_SHARED_LIBS

[Matthew Knepley]

On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 1:12 PM, Arne Morten Kvarving <
Arne.Morten.Kvarving at sintef.no> wrote:

> > No, some things are actually better than other things. This is why its
> engineering and not art appreciation.
>
> let me rephrase that. it depends on your position. i'm sure you have
> sound, technical reasons for reinventing the wheel. but from a user's point
> of view that sucks, because now i have to learn how to operate (or more
> relevant; change) a new wheel. with cmake or automake, it is (well,
> ideally) learn once, apply everywhere. with custom solutions, you get to
> spend time learning stuff all over again, stuff which cannot be reapplied
> elsewhere.
>
> ref the thing here that happened with my misunderstanding of the purpose
> of that config file. whenever i see a <Package>Config.cmake it is the cmake
> config mode file for <Package>. it did not occur to me that it could be
> anything else, because i have never seen it be anything else in any other
> pieces of software.
>

Yes, we need to change the name of that. Its very confusing and no longer
used.

We tried very hard to use CMake, but it was woefully inadequate. We wrote a
long and detailed analysis
of the shortcomings, posted it to the PETSc list, and set it to the
developers. Nothing has been fixed, and
thus we have moved on.

   Matt


> not trying to pick a fight. just clarifying what i meant.
>



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What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
experiments lead.
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