On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Gustavo Seabra <gustavo.seabra.gmail.com>wrote:
> Since Ambertools can distributed standalone, it probably makes more
> sense to have the file in AMBERTools/src/config.h, as Ross suggested.
>
Yes, but AmberTools also shares AMBERHOME, so it's still *standalone* even
with that. However, the combo of this argument and Mengjuei's along with
the fact that I won't have to risk breaking AmberTools at all has reversed
my opinion.
Thanks,
Jason
>
> Cheers,
> Gustavo.
>
> On Wednesday, February 16, 2011, Jason Swails <jason.swails.gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > In the spirit of unification, what about putting it in $AMBERHOME -- we'd
> > have to change all of AmberTools Makefiles, too, but if we're already
> going
> > to change all of Amber's...?
> >
> > In any case, the change is small and Ross's second is encouragement
> enough
> > for me to push in the tiny commit (it's easily reversible). I'll work on
> > the other idea as well and we'll see how it goes.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jason
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Ross Walker <ross.rosswalker.co.uk>
> wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Jason M. Swails
> >> > Quantum Theory Project,
> >> > University of Florida
> >> > Ph.D. Candidate
> >> > 352-392-4032
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