From: Fabian Castelli <fabian.castelli@kit.edu>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 11:59:56 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Unify and update Ubuntu platform files
X-Git-Tag: v9.3.3-r1~1^2~18^2
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=84ac1c560cac6f8e0aa157d969a24ad81febc9a8;p=candi.git

Unify and update Ubuntu platform files
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diff --git a/candi.sh b/candi.sh
index 1904c1e..55d8436 100755
--- a/candi.sh
+++ b/candi.sh
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ guess_platform() {
             echo debian${OS_MAJOR_VER}
 
         elif [ "$OS_ID" == "ubuntu" ]; then
-            echo ubuntu${OS_MAJOR_VER}
+            echo ubuntu
 
         elif [ "${OS_NAME}" == "openSUSE Leap" ]; then
             echo opensuse15
diff --git a/deal.II-toolchain/platforms/supported/ubuntu20.platform b/deal.II-toolchain/platforms/supported/ubuntu.platform
similarity index 68%
rename from deal.II-toolchain/platforms/supported/ubuntu20.platform
rename to deal.II-toolchain/platforms/supported/ubuntu.platform
index b474e83..3213bcb 100644
--- a/deal.II-toolchain/platforms/supported/ubuntu20.platform
+++ b/deal.II-toolchain/platforms/supported/ubuntu.platform
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Ubuntu 20.04
+# Ubuntu
 #
 # This build script assumes that you have several packages already
 # installed via ubuntu's apt-get using the following commands:
 #
-# > sudo apt-get install lsb-release git subversion wget bc libgmp-dev \
+#   sudo apt-get install lsb-release git subversion wget bc libgmp-dev \
 #   build-essential autoconf automake cmake libtool gfortran python \
 #   libboost-all-dev zlib1g-dev \
 #   openmpi-bin openmpi-common libopenmpi-dev \
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@
 #
 # Then run candi again.
 #
+# If the default compiler is older than the hardware generation, a newer
+# compiler version is necessary to use native optimizations.
+# For example, to update the GNU Compiler Collection from the default v9 to
+# v10, install the new compilers
 #
-# To use native compiler optimizations on Intel's 11th-Gen (TigerLake)
-# you may need to use the GNU Compiler collection Version 10 or newer.
-# To priorize v10 over the default v9, do
+#   sudo apt-get install gcc-10 g++-10 gfortran-10
+#
+# and update the symbolic links to gcc, g++ and gfortran by
 #
 #   update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-9 10 \
 #   update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-10 20
@@ -27,6 +31,3 @@
 #
 # with super-user privileges and invoke an operating system update.
 ##
-
-# Define the additional packages for this platform.
-#PACKAGES="once:cmake ${PACKAGES}"
diff --git a/deal.II-toolchain/platforms/supported/ubuntu18.platform b/deal.II-toolchain/platforms/supported/ubuntu18.platform
deleted file mode 100644
index 454824a..0000000
--- a/deal.II-toolchain/platforms/supported/ubuntu18.platform
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# ubuntu 18 LTS
-#
-# This build script assumes that you have several packages already
-# installed via ubuntu's apt-get using the following commands:
-#
-# > sudo apt-get install build-essential lsb-release wget \
-#   bc python automake autoconf gfortran \
-#   openmpi-bin openmpi-common libopenmpi-dev cmake subversion git \
-#   libblas-dev liblapack-dev libblas3 liblapack3 \
-#   libsuitesparse-dev libtool libboost-all-dev zlib1g-dev \
-#   splint tcl tcl-dev environment-modules qt4-dev-tools
-#
-# Then run candi again.
-##
-
-#
-# Define the additional packages for this platform.
-#PACKAGES="once:cmake ${PACKAGES}"
-