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Document that we do not allow compilation when using threads.
authorWolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@math.tamu.edu>
Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:12:42 +0000 (13:12 +0000)
committerWolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@math.tamu.edu>
Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:12:42 +0000 (13:12 +0000)
git-svn-id: https://svn.dealii.org/trunk@20627 0785d39b-7218-0410-832d-ea1e28bc413d

deal.II/examples/step-18/doc/intro.dox

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@@ -669,4 +669,9 @@ Conversely, if you want to run the program in 2d (after making the necessary
 changes to accommodate for a 2d geometry), you have to change the Makefile
 back to allow for 2d.
 
+There is an additional caveat: PETSc appears not to co-operate well when using
+threads and the program crashes when deal.II is compiled it its usual mode
+supporting multithreading. The program can therefore only be compiled and run
+if multithreading is disabled upon configuration of deal.II using the
+<code>--disable-threads</code> switch to <code>./configure</code>.
 

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