Fwd: [PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Matthew Knepley
(which once TP'ed my house). Matt -- Forwarded message -- From: Barry Smith bsm...@mcs.anl.gov Date: Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM Subject: Re: [PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer) To: Stefan Benkler benkler at itis.ethz.ch Cc: petsc-maint at mcs.anl.gov Stefan

Fwd: [PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Satish Balay
On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Matthew Knepley wrote: I for one think it should be possible to remove 'make' from the toolchain, leaving us with only win32fe, which we distribute. Thus I think we could abandon cygwin once and for all. I would even be willing to write a \emph{make clone} to accomplish

Fwd: [PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Matthew Knepley
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Satish Balay balay at mcs.anl.gov wrote: On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Matthew Knepley wrote: I for one think it should be possible to remove 'make' from the toolchain, leaving us with only win32fe, which we distribute. Thus I think we could abandon cygwin once and

[PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Matthew Knepley
:00 PM Subject: Re: [PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer) To: Stefan Benkler benkler at itis.ethz.ch Cc: petsc-maint at mcs.anl.gov Stefan, Here is my understanding of the situation. Conjecture: You CAN use an open source compiler (GNU) to compile proprietary code

[PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Barry Smith
this, even though I am a committed enemy of make (which once TP'ed my house). Matt -- Forwarded message -- From: Barry Smith bsmith at mcs.anl.gov Date: Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM Subject: Re: [PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer) To: Stefan Benkler

[PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Lisandro Dalcin
-- From: Barry Smith bsmith at mcs.anl.gov Date: Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM Subject: Re: [PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer) To: Stefan Benkler benkler at itis.ethz.ch Cc: petsc-maint at mcs.anl.gov Stefan, Here is my understanding of the situation

[PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Farshid Mossaiby
at gmail.com wrote: From: Lisandro Dalcin dalcinl at gmail.com Subject: Re: [PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer) To: petsc-dev at mcs.anl.gov Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 10:28 PM On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Barry Smith bsmith at mcs.anl.gov wrote: Make

[PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Satish Balay
On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Farshid Mossaiby wrote: Hi all, I am really glad to hear this. This is exactly what I wished, and told you some time ago. Just wanted you to know that there is a Windows Services For Unix (SFU) add-on for Windows, which is in some way like Cygwin. It is free, and

[PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Jed Brown
On Thu 2008-12-04 16:58, Lisandro Dalcin wrote: On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Barry Smith bsmith at mcs.anl.gov wrote: Make is NOT the problem! (It is just one of several) Indeed. However, at some time I'll try to make PETSc build with Scons. Presumably you have some experience with

[PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer)

2008-12-04 Thread Farshid Mossaiby
: Re: [PETSC #18705] PETSc and Cygwin License (POSIX layer) To: petsc-dev at mcs.anl.gov Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 12:21 AM On Thu 2008-12-04 16:58, Lisandro Dalcin wrote: On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Barry Smith bsmith at mcs.anl.gov wrote: Make is NOT the problem! (It is just