[Developers] Patch: store the version of C/C++/Fortran compilers

[Thomas Radke]

Bela Szilagyi wrote:
> Speaking of versions -- would it be desirable to have Cactus do the job of 
> reminding the users of the kind of inconsistencies one gets when 
> compiling/configuring with different versions of a given compiler?
> 
> Say, we store the version at configure time, and then give a prominent warning 
> to the user when compiling with compilers of different versions.
> 
> Or, am I overcomplicating this issue?

My personal opinion on this is: yes, it would make things too 
complicated. If a compiler has been upgraded on a machine you're working 
on, a reasonable sysadmin will let you know about that so that you can 
taken action on that and eg. reconfigure your existing Cactus 
configurations.


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Cheers, Thomas.