Re: makefile.

[Matthew Knepley <knepley@mcs.anl.gov>]

billy@dem.uminho.pt writes:

> I am new to PETSc, so I don't really know how it works.
>
> I added this line to my makefile:
>
> include $(PETSC_DIR)/bmake/common/base
>
> but I had a target named 'clean' defined. Now, when I run my makefile it says:
>
> ... ignoring old commands for target 'clean'
>
> Does PETSc also define a target named 'clean'? If yes, what does it do?

  It does define 'clean' to cleanup up after compilation. You could change the name
of your target if you need it. I will look at changing it in an up coming release.

    Matt
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