[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #1764: Error with compilation of HWLOC

[Einstein Toolkit]

#1764: Error with compilation of HWLOC
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  Reporter:  maxim.barkov@…         |       Owner:  eschnett           
      Type:  defect                 |      Status:  assigned           
  Priority:  blocker                |   Milestone:  ET_2015_05         
 Component:  EinsteinToolkit thorn  |     Version:  development version
Resolution:                         |    Keywords:  HWLOC              
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Comment (by knarf):

 Replying to [comment:17 bmundim]:

 > >libboost1.50-dev should not be added I think since boost is very big
 and not compiled in by the default ET thornlist.
 >
 > Yes, but it is a popular library and I know of at least 4 institutions
 in the ET community which use codes that link to Boost. Maybe we could
 rephrase the header comment as follows:
 >
 > "Some libraries are very popular in the ET community but are not
 distributed by the toolkit. You might want to install their packages in
 your system before building ET. One such a popular library is Boost,
 libboost1.50-dev."

 I don't quite get that argument. While boost is interesting and useful, it
 is not necessary for the Einstein Toolkit. If we would recommend useful
 packages, boost would only be one of a quite long list. And if you use
 boost already for something else, then most likely you have it installed
 already anyway.

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