On Nov 26, 2012, at 4:43 PM, "Kirk, Benjamin (JSC-EG311)" <benjamin.kir...@nasa.gov> wrote:
> On Nov 26, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Roy Stogner <royst...@ices.utexas.edu> wrote: > >> f the hassle of multiple targets is just too annoying, maybe direct >> support in configure isn't the way to go? > > I'll see what the general consensus is - it really isn't too bad, all of the > contrib/*/Makefile.am's are pretty boilerplate, save for fparser ;-) > > I could easily do the same trick, set up each contributed package in a > generic way to build > > libcontrib-opt.la > libcontrib-dbg-la > libcontrb-devel.la > > and then accumulate all of them at the top level. This is similar to what I > am doing now with the examples (in libmesh.automake) Done on that branch in r6454. Still looking for more feedback, but I'm actually starting to like the multiple method approach, and I've restructured a lot of the Makefile.am's to make the implementation clean. Derek, this should address the cd hassle for you. Of course subdirectory builds still work, and I really like these to segregate builds by compiler or machine - while still sharing the same source tree - but it is no longer required to get multiple methods. Also, --disable-examples is implemented and does what you'd expect - perhaps most importantly speeding up make install. Finally, I got frustrated that reconfigure forced a major rebuild. This was because we were textually time-stamping the autoconf-generated headers with the time at which configure was invoked. This information is not that useful, and triggered a lot of unnecessary rebuilds, so I got rid of it. Of course, libmesh_here() etc… still has access to the *compiled* date, which is arguably more relevant anyway. Importantly, though, $ ./configure … $ make … $ ./configure .. $ make # is now a no-op! So, as usual, I created a "feature" branch and turned it into a "kitchen sink update" branch. Sorry about that - its hard to be disciplined and only change one thing at a time… To summarize - I think this is a good move, if consensus is it is in the direction of good I'll merge and then start updating the installation instructions on the web page. So please check this out. -Ben ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: DESIGN Expert tips on starting your parallel project right. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Libmesh-devel mailing list Libmesh-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libmesh-devel
