I second this!!! Editing the config.h file in two places can be a pain
anyway. Although rather than a symlink would it not be better to update all
the AMBER makefiles to point to AMBERTools/src/config.h ? - More work but
perhaps ultimately cleaner.
All the best
Ross
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Swails [mailto:jason.swails.gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 11:35 AM
> To: AMBER Developers Mailing List
> Subject: [AMBER-Developers] config.h
>
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone have a problem with turning the config.h file in
> $AMBERHOME/src
> (which is copied at the end of configure) into a symlink (or hard link) in
> the Amber source directory? I can't think of many good reasons to make it
a
> standalone copy (since I don't think the two files should really differ,
but
> others may have different opinions). As far as building Amber, since
> AmberTools libraries are built for Amber to link to, changing config.h in
> $AMBERHOME/src and having that *not* fix the issue (because it happened
> in
> PBSA or SQM which is using AmberTools' config.h) is confusing and annoying
> (and counterintuitive I think).
>
> I'm not sure whether it should be a hard link (you can delete the
AmberTools
> config.h and be fine) or a soft link (delete the AmberTools config.h and
the
> one in Amber points to nothing). I think that more depends on how
> standalone Amber is from AmberTools (and how we want to portray that,
> too).
>
> In the case we want to go the way of the link, I have a (2-line) commit
> ready to push.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks!
> Jason
>
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> Jason M. Swails
> Quantum Theory Project,
> University of Florida
> Ph.D. Candidate
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