On Apr 11, 2011, at 1:40 AM, Chen Shen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> In config/compilers: checkFortranLibraries(), we run the fortran linker with
> -v options, and detect the list of fortran libraries to be linked. I can see
> that -L -l and -rpath options are parsed, and finally added to the
> PCC_LINKER_LIBS macro.
>
> The default behavior of ifort/icc is to link to the static version of the
> following libs: imf, svml, ifport, ifcore, etc, so ifort -v will output the
> -Bstatic option for these libraries.
>
> However, -Bstatic and -Bdynamic options are ignored in
> checkFortranLibraries(). Because -Bdynamic is the default for GCC/ICC, the
> dynamic library will be linked to the final application program. It is
> therefore impossible to link to the static version of intel libraries.
>
> Currently I ignore PCC_LINKER_LIBS and do my own detection. Fortunately I am
> dealing with fewer systems/compilers, and a dirty script sufficed.
> But I guess it's best to detect -Bstatic/-Bdynamic in
> checkFortranLibraries(). The same comments apply to clib-autodetection. Do
> you think this is the way to go? Thanks!
>
>
> Best regards,
> Shen Chen
>
Shen Chen,
This is a good suggestion. Do you think you could prepare a
(working/tested) patch with your proposed changes?
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-as/developers/index.html#Sending_patches_to_update_the_
Generally it is much easier for us to accept a patch then to figure out
exactly what change/addition someone is suggesting by email and put them in
ourselves.
Barry
