On 25 February 2018 at 20:11, Smith, Barry F. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lisandro, > > I don't understand this. Are you saying that the PETSc installer installs > a bunch of files it shouldn't so you strip them out > after the install is run? >
Indeed. > The PETSc installer is a nice flexible piece of python code. I don't > understand why you people who understand which files > shouldn't be installed don't just edit the installer to prevent it from > installing things it shouldn't instead of writing ad hoc post-install > cleanup scripts. Why is "fixing" the installer so difficult that you guys > just leave it in a broken state for years? (The reason I don't "fix" it > is that I don't know what needs to be fixed since I don't interact with the > package managers. > Well, maybe just because I don't know how to properly "fix" it? -- Lisandro Dalcin ============ Research Scientist Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences & Engineering (CEMSE) Extreme Computing Research Center (ECRC) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) http://ecrc.kaust.edu.sa/ 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology al-Khawarizmi Bldg (Bldg 1), Office # 0109 Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia http://www.kaust.edu.sa Office Phone: +966 12 808-0459
