From: Uwe Köcher Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:04:46 +0000 (+0200) Subject: updates to sec. 2.7 X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=498a8bcb2d6f4f9a5647495ba3d4ddf025370816;p=release-papers.git updates to sec. 2.7 --- diff --git a/9.3/paper.tex b/9.3/paper.tex index 785dece..75dbbe0 100644 --- a/9.3/paper.tex +++ b/9.3/paper.tex @@ -967,24 +967,31 @@ as well as configuration options. Moreover, one can give specific instructions for each of the steps being necessary for the unpacking, configuration or building of the package. -An internet connection is not necessary for the run, if the source files -are downloaded and repositories are checked out to its unpacking location. -The download of a package can be supported via a local or remote mirror server +An internet connection isn't necessary +if the source files are downloaded and +repositories are checked out to its unpacking location, +e.g. from a previous run on a machine having an internet connection. +% +The download of a package can be supported via local or remote mirror servers similar as we are doing it already for several of the packages. % -If the temporary files of \candi{} are not removed, one can use a developer +If the temporary files of \candi{} aren't removed, one can use the developer mode to prepare patches or developments for any of the packages. % A new feature allows \candi{} to skip user prompts which can be used for a batch mode run on a compute cluster job for instance. -This source based installer is implemented in a modular fashion. The main -script is implemented without any knowledge on a package or toolchain for -a specific operating system (platform). +This source based installer is implemented in a modular fashion. +The \texttt{candi.sh} script is implemented without any knowledge +on a package or toolchain for a specific operating system. +Therefore, a couple of checks and setting internal variables +for known platforms are done. -The installer is organised in the following way: +The \candi{} source based installer is organised in the following way: \begin{itemize} \item \texttt{candi.sh}: the bash-script which controls the overall process. +The command line options are given by the output of ``\texttt{candi.sh -h}'' +and explained in the \texttt{README.md} file. \item \texttt{candi.cfg} (or \texttt{local.cfg}): the default toolchain configuration file. Here one can easily switch on/off important features, @@ -993,8 +1000,10 @@ define the set of packages for the toolchain. \item \texttt{deal.II-toolchain} folder: the central project folder for \dealii{}-based toolchains. -It contains subfolders for individual packages, platforms (operating systems) -and for patches to be applied after unpacking a package. +It contains subfolders +for packages (libraries, dependencies, general tools in a specific version), +platforms (operating systems) and +for patches to be applied after unpacking a package. \end{itemize}