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Okay, I e-mailed PGI and got the response below. Dave from PGI sent me a |
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license (which I have omitted since this is a public mailing list). |
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Anyone know who to contact a Gentoo about this? Do I just file a bug? |
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== PGI's reply below == |
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Adam, |
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Thanks for the mail. I have attached a temp license so you can start |
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trying the compilers now, without the timeout code we add with eval |
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licenses. |
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We would appreciate anyone who wants to attempt compiling Gentoo, and |
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get some advance word on problems, which we are sure will arise. It may be |
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that some of the gcc extensions are problematic, but we have |
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implemented most of them. |
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Until management decides what to do, feel free to report what you |
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have learned |
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about our compilers. |
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regards, |
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dave |
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Adam Carheden wrote: |
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> Dear PGI Sales, |
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> I support a few research groups on campus at Colorado State |
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University. We use PGI Server to compile the software we develop, as |
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well as for various supporting libraries, such as HDF5, NetCDF, etc. I |
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use the Gentoo Linux distribution because Gentoo makes it easier to |
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compile libraries with a compiler of my choice and still us the |
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distribution's package system. |
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> Unfortunately, PGI isn't a part of Gentoo's package system because |
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the Gentoo developers don't own a copy. I have my own custom extensions |
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to Portage, Gentoo's package system, to support using PGI. It would save |
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me (and probably many other users) a lot of time if the Gentoo |
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developers could support PGI naively. |
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> Would your company consider donating a license of PGI Server to the |
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Gentoo project so they can better support your product for users like |
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myself? If so, who can I contact at PGI about this? |
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> Thanks |
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Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> Adam Carheden wrote: |
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>> Does anyone else out there use the PGI compilers, especially the |
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>> fortran compiler (pgf90)? Some packages (like netcdf) support it in |
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>> the ebuild, but it would be really nice to be able to use it by |
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>> default. The trick is adding it to the fortran eclass. I've got a |
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>> custom version of the fortran eclass in my overlay, but I also have to |
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>> make a copy of the package I want to use in my overlay and add pgf90 |
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>> to the list. Easier with Gentoo than other distros, but still a bit of |
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>> a haste. |
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>> Does anyone else have this problem? Does anyone know if the devs have |
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>> a good reason not to include pgi in portage or if they just haven't |
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>> got around to it? |
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> I would be happy to create an ebuild if someone buys Gentoo a license. |
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> But the more general solution that needs to happen is for fortran.eclass |
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> to get a way to override the known-working compiler list in ebuilds. |
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> Thanks, |
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> Donnie |
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Adam Carheden |
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Linux Systems Administrator |
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