From: Eric Bavier <ericbavier@centurylink.net>
To: Paul Garlick <pgarlick@tourbillion-technology.com>
Cc: 28045@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#28045] [PATCH] gnu: Add openfoam
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 11:34:58 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <513001199.42346965.1504884898846.JavaMail.root@centurylink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1504870325.2630.39.camel@tourbillion-technology.com>
----- Original Message -----
> Hi Ludo,
>
>
> > Does it address the use case you have in mind?
>
> Yes, I think that both the multiple-profile solution and the 'ad-hoc'
> environment will work for Guix/OpenFOAM.
>
> The traditional method of installing multiple OpenFOAM versions is to
> install to a common $FOAM_INST_DIR directory. However, as you point
> out, this is not strictly necessary and does not provide any
> advantage
> in the Guix system.
>
> So, continuing the 'middle road' line of thought, the 'install-dir'
> variable would be modified to add a '/lib' element:
>
> - %output "/OpenFOAM-" ,version)))
> + %output "/OpenFOAM-" ,version
> "/lib")))
>
> You suggest adding a link between bin and lib/OpenFOAM-
> 4.1/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/bin. What would be the best way
> to
> add this to the package definition?
>
> There could also be a link between lib and lib/OpenFOAM-
> 4.1/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/lib.
>
> The links would allow the runpaths to be validated. So;
>
> - #:validate-runpath? #f ; '#:elf-directories' is not
> recognised
> here
>
> The FOAM_INST_DIR variable would need to be updated:
>
> - (files '(".")))))
> + (files '("./lib")))))
>
> WDYT?>
It seems to me that if using Guix's profiles and environments, we could entirely do without OpenFOAM's installation directories and simply install into a standard bin/lib structure. Just install libraries into (string-append %output "/lib") and the binaries into (string-append %output "/bin").
`~Eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-09-08 15:36 UTC|newest]
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2017-08-11 11:06 ` [bug#28045] [PATCH] gnu: Add openfoam Paul Garlick
2017-08-14 23:07 ` Marius Bakke
2017-08-15 2:49 ` Eric Bavier
2017-08-16 17:52 ` Paul Garlick
2017-08-16 20:04 ` Eric Bavier
2017-08-17 9:42 ` Paul Garlick
2017-08-22 13:02 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-08-22 17:10 ` Paul Garlick
2017-08-22 22:33 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-08-30 15:08 ` Paul Garlick
2017-09-06 21:28 ` Paul Garlick
2017-09-07 11:57 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-09-07 22:41 ` [bug#28045] [PATCH] gnu: Add openfoam] Paul Garlick
2017-09-08 8:23 ` [bug#28045] [PATCH] gnu: Add openfoam Ludovic Courtès
2017-09-08 11:32 ` Paul Garlick
2017-09-08 15:34 ` Eric Bavier [this message]
2017-09-08 20:30 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-09-11 9:18 ` Paul Garlick
2017-09-11 11:39 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-09-14 15:46 ` Paul Garlick
2017-09-15 16:35 ` bug#28045: " Ludovic Courtès
2017-09-08 15:39 ` [bug#28045] " Ludovic Courtès
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