[Gmsh] Questions about gmsh-2.4.1 building from sources

[Christophe Geuzaine]

Etienne Lorriaux wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm packaging the last gmsh release for Gentoo/Linux and I've noticed 
> some points I'd like to clarify.
> 
> When enabling the OCC_MESH_CONSTAINTS function, the build failed because 
> of missing headers:
> * MeshGmsh_Constrain.hxx
> * MeshGmsh_VertexConstrain.hxx
> * MeshGmsh_EdgeConstrain.hxx
> I know it's an experimental feature, but it was compiling fine in the 
> 2.3.1 version. So I don't know if this feature has been volontarly 
> removed or if it's an omission.

Hi Etienne - the OCC_MESH_CONSTRAINTS option should somehow be marked as 
"private" (do you know how to do it?). It's not a general option that 
you can use: it requires external thrid-party (closed) software.


> 
> The pdf files are not generated although the texi2pdf tool is correctly 
> detected by cmake. The Makefile in the texinfo directory is missing, so 
> i don't know how to generate pdfs.
> 

Did you type "make pdf"? (If you did, what does the cmake log say when 
it checked for texi2pdf?)

> Apart from these questions, the sources are compiling fine and the build 
> seems to work.
> 
> Regards, Etienne.
> 
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