[dune-pdelab] Installing Dune

[Steffen Müthing]

Am 27.08.2014 um 11:29 schrieb Markus Blatt <markus at dr-blatt.de>:

> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 11:41:14AM +0200, Markus Blatt wrote:
>> 
>> I guess you are right. It somehow seems like shared_ptr test does not
>> run through. It tests for 
>> 
>> It checks for shared pointer in the std namespace and the result is
>> neither yes or no (for whatever reason), and then the rest of the m4
>> file seems to be magically skipped:
> 
> It is not magic, it is just programmed that way: There is a break
> statement depending on the result of the first compile test. If the test is
> successful the the break is reached and the enclosed for-loop that
> sets the header file is never evaluated.
> 
> The first compile test only includes the string header and tests,
> whether a shared_ptr of string is usable. Therefore if the string
> implementation includes the correct header for shared_ptr it succeeds
> and the header file variable will never be set.
> 
> Very fragile. Fixing this just for the release seems too much work for
> me, at least if my workaround is sufficient. I would leave this as a
> no-fix.

I agree, the test is *really* fragile, and looking at the generated configure
shell script on OS X, AFAICS it will only work correctly if it is able to find a
Boost installation somewhere.

I also think that the fix is absolutely sufficient, especially as the test isn’t
needed in master anymore.

Steffen

> 
> Markus
> -- 
> Do you need more support with DUNE or HPC in general? 
> 
> Dr. Markus Blatt - HPC-Simulation-Software & Services http://www.dr-blatt.de
> Hans-Bunte-Str. 8-10, 69123 Heidelberg, Germany
> Tel.: +49 (0) 160 97590858
> _______________________________________________
> dune-pdelab mailing list
> dune-pdelab at dune-project.org
> http://lists.dune-project.org/mailman/listinfo/dune-pdelab

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 495 bytes
Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail
URL: <https://lists.dune-project.org/pipermail/dune-pdelab/attachments/20140828/4002b6c8/attachment.sig>