Re: [AMBER-Developers] config.h

From: Jason Swails <jason.swails.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:27:09 -0500

This is why I put in an "if [ -x /bin/ln ]; then" add the link (otherwise
just copy). If that's the case, though, Amber makes such extensive use of
links already (netcdf, the bin, include, lib dirs in AmberTools, etc.) that
this should hardly be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

Along these lines, I have a branch in which I've implemented the
one-config.h-idea (AmberTools/src/config.h) and it works. Any reason I
should refrain from pushing this to the master and seeing how it goes?

As a side-note, one nice thing about having a symlink (or hard link) is that
config.h can be edited in either source directory (obviously not the case
with the one-config.h approach).

Thoughts?

Thanks!
Jason

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Ben Roberts <ben.roberts.geek.nz> wrote:

> On 16/2/2011, at 2:34 p.m., Jason Swails wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't there some Unices out there that don't
> support symbolic links? I know that any Linux worth its salt does, as does
> the Mac OS, and that those two probably take care of most users between
> them, but nevertheless I have a sneaking suspicion that there may be the odd
> OS that will bite us on the behind.
>
> My NZ$0.02, for what that's worth (about $0.015 US, maybe, low-impact...)
>
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