[petsc-users] compile PETSc on win using clang

[Satish Balay]

https://www.wikihow.com/Install-Clang-on-Windows

Is the clang you have from visual studio - as described above?

We don't have experience with using this variant of clang.

If its compatible with 'cl' - and supports the same command interface as 'cl' then the following might work [assuming clang.exe is the compiler binary installed - and available in PATH]:

'--with-cc=win32fe cl --use clang'

Satish


On Tue, 24 Jan 2023, Barry Smith wrote:

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>    Are you using clang as a replacement for the
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>    *  "Unix-like" Cygwin GNU compilers compilers or 
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>    *  MinGW GNU compilers that are compatible with the Microsoft compilers?
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>   If the former, follow the instructions for using the Cygwin GNU compilers, if the latter follow the directions for the MinGW compilers. 
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>   Send the configure.log and make.log if things go wrong and we'll help you out.
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>   Barry
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> > On Jan 24, 2023, at 4:01 PM, Guo, Sam <sam.guo at siemens.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi PETSc dev team,
> >    I try to compile PETSc on win using clang. I am wondering if you could give me some hint. (I’ve already made intel compiler work on win using win32fe icl).
> >  
> > Thanks,
> > Sam Guo
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