On Mon, 16 Jul 2012, Thomas Hisch wrote:

> Is there any benefit to the user if he enables boost support in petsc
> with the --with-boost configure option ? What is the difference
> between a petsc build with enabled boost support and a build without
> boost support?  I can't find any information about this neither in the
> manual nor on the web.

boost primarily required by 'sieve' part of PETSc [which requires a 'c++'
build]. But this functionality is being relaced by DMComplex [a 'c'
implementation]

Satish

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