- now list compiler versions in reverse order (newest first) similar
to how they are listed on the gcc/llvm sites. Add comments to
mention which compiler series are now considered unsupported.
- the foamConfigurePaths script is quite simplistic and aggressive in
what it changes. This was particularly evident when using it to
change gcc/clang versions.
Restructured the corresponding compiler settings to define default
versions (eg, "default_gcc_version") that limits the scope of
changes performed by foamConfigurePaths and makes it easier to
understand if changing manually.
- FOAM_CONFIG_NOUSER
Suppress use of user/group configuration files.
This is useful when packaging for a central installation.
- allow additional user tuning of compiler settings.
Per-compiler overrides in "compiler-$WM_COMPILER" files
- primary points for an external user are the polyMesh constructor
- add config info for gcc-7.3.0
COMP: intel-2017. Ignore unknown pragmas. Disambiguate method resolution.
- export library path for gmp/mpfr from CGAL config files.
This is required when non-system gmp/mpfr libraries are being
used, but not using a ThirdParty compiler installation.
- automatically handle lib/ vs lib64/ (eg, for central installations)
for packages such as boost, CGAL, etc. While the ThirdParty
compilation of these will normally land in lib64/, this may not be
the case when they are supplied by another means.
- reworked the handling of foamEtcFile and foamCleanPath for less
clutter in the configuration files.
Added the bin/tools/lib-dir script to handle logic that is
too complex to easily manage in csh.
- this implies that jobControl is a user-resource for OpenFOAM.
It was previously located under $WM_PROJECT_INST_DIR/jobControl,
but few users will have write access there.
- an unset FOAM_JOB_DIR variable is treated as "~/.OpenFOAM/jobControl",
which can partially reduce environment clutter.
- provide argList::noJobInfo() to conveniently suppress job-info on an
individual basis for short-running utilities (eg, foamListTimes) to
avoid unneeded clutter.
- handle sourcing bashrc with a relative path (issue #383)
- handle sourcing from bash and zsh.
Still need manual intervention when sourcing dash, sh, or ksh.
- replace grep in etc/cshrc with sed only
- logical instead of physical path for WM_PROJECT_DIR (issue #431).
Doesn't seem to be possible for csh/tcsh.
* Continue using physical locations when comparing directories,
but not for the top-level FOAM_INST_DIR, WM_PROJECT_DIR.
- relocate WM_CC, WM_CXX overrides from etc/config.*/compiler
to etc/config.*/settings to ensure that they are left untouched
when etc/config.sh/compiler is sourced while making third-party
packages (eg, gcc, llvm, CGAL).
- provide fallback FOAM_TUTORIALS setting in RunFunctions
STYLE: remove "~OpenFOAM" fallback as being too rare, non-obvious
The change from C++0x to C++11 allows all of C++11 functionality to be
used in OpenFOAM, in particular constructor delegation which avoids code
duplication or constructor helper functions. However, this also means a
change to the minimum gcc version supported which is now 4.7 rather than
4.5.
Note that gcc-4.7 does not support the entire C++11 standard but does
support all of the functionality currently needed for further OpenFOAM
development. The minimum gcc-version which supports the entire C++11
standard is 4.8 which is now the recommended minimum gcc version.
- export/setenv WM_COMPILER_TYPE as suggested by Mattijs.
- for overall consistency, don't carp about an unset WM_COMPILER_TYPE,
since this would only be on the first instance (prior to the
export/setenv) and would be confusing about why/when this message
may occur.
- reduce clutter: only use (system|ThirdParty) for WM_COMPILER_TYPE.
Drop the old 'OpenFOAM' setting for WM_COMPILER_TYPE, which was
transitional in early 2011.
- make the error messages more meaningful
- not previously possible to configure a third-party gcc
with system gmp/mpfr/mpc.
This makes it easier to switch between compilers for testing.
- use system libraries by default
1. "foamCompiler" was changed to a more permanent "WM_COMPILER_TYPE"
environment variable, so that it can be used by 3rd party
installation scripts, such as "makeGcc", "makeLLVM" and so on. More
on this will be provided in issue #1215.
2. The script functions such as "_foamSource()" and "_foamAddPath()"
were moved to a new file "etc/config.sh/functions". It has the
ability to set or unset, depending on whether "WM_BASH_FUNCTIONS" is
defined or not. This allows for these functions to be reused by
other scripts, such as "makeGcc".
3. The script "etc/config.sh/CGAL" relies on whether a local
environment variable "SOURCE_CGAL_VERSIONS_ONLY" is defined or not,
so that it will load only the version settings if it's defined. This
is to make it easier to call this script from "makeCGAL". Although
it still feels a bit of a clunky hack, but I didn't manage to deduce
any other way we could do this :( I didn't add indentation within
the if-block, to make it easier to read the changes. In addition,
the local variable "common_path" is used to shorten the length of
the lines and use slightly less repeated code.
4. Added another new script "etc/config.sh/compiler", which has only
the version numbers for the compilers taken out from the "settings"
file. It currently depends on "WM_COMPILER_TYPE" for setting the
variables, the same way it did with "foamCompiler". This script is
now always sourced from the "settings" file, for the following
reasons:
- "makeGCC" and "makeLLVM" can now take advantage of this script file.
- The example "compiler" script (detailed next) can rely on this
script file and then override parameters on-demand, as well as
allowing for system compilers to have dedicated settings, such as
setting "WM_CC". This is similar to how the example environment
script for "paraview" works.
5. To the script "etc/config.sh/example/compiler" were added a few more examples:
- It now starts with a block where it first loads the default "compiler" script.
- Has a "WM_COMPILER=Gcc48u" case example for when we try to use GCC
4.8 in Ubuntu 15.10. This is just to give the idea that in a
particular system, we might have several system-wide compiler
versions. For example, in Ubuntu 15.10, there is GCC 4.7, 4.8 and
5.2, which could be used for testing performances or compatibility
with some other 3rd party library.
- Has the "WM_COMPILER=Icc" case example, related to the original bug
report, where "WM_CC=icc" and "WM_CXX=icpc", so that the user then
simply copies this file to their own local preferences folder.
6. Small bug fix in "etc/config.sh/mpi", where unsetting "minBufferSize" was missing at the end of the script.
7. Small change in "etc/config.sh/paraview", where "CMAKE_ROOT" is set
along with "CMAKE_HOME". This is due to a rare issue that occurs on
people's systems where they have a custom system-wide CMake version
installed and which is used by having "CMAKE_ROOT" set on that
environment. This can mess up OpenFOAM's custom ParaView builds,
given that conflicting CMake versions can lead to not building
ParaView at all.
- For more details about "CMAKE_ROOT":
https://cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Useful_Variables [^]
8. The scripts "_foamAddPath _foamAddLib _foamAddMan" were not being
unset at the end of "settings". They are now unset at the end of
"bashrc", through a call to the new double-use "functions" script.
Additionally all references to "foamCompiler" have been changed to
"WM_COMPILER_TYPE".
See also http://www.openfoam.org/mantisbt/view.php?id=1232
