diff --git a/BuildIssues.txt b/BuildIssues.txt index 2cd8ff0124..011b5dc048 100644 --- a/BuildIssues.txt +++ b/BuildIssues.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -OpenFOAM-v1612+ +OpenFOAM-1706 ================== Known Build Issues ================== @@ -22,16 +22,15 @@ VTK --- If using the runTimePostProcessing to create on-the-fly images, you -can simply just compile ParaView-5.0.1 and these libraries will -be used. +can simply just compile ParaView and these libraries will be used. If you elect to use a separate VTK compilation (for example for off-screen rendering), it is advisable to reuse the VTK libraries that -are provided with ParaView-5.0.1, by making an appropriate symlink +are provided with ParaView by making an appropriate symlink prior to using makeVTK. This doesn't just reduce disk-space, but works -much better than using the VTK-7.1.0.tar file. +much better than using the VTK tar file. -Using runTimePostProcessing with the 'plain' VTK-7.1.0 libraries does +Using runTimePostProcessing with the 'plain' VTK libraries does generally work, but does not exit cleanly: symbol lookup error: .../linux64Gcc/VTK-7.1.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-7.1.so.1: @@ -60,4 +59,21 @@ there are also minimum gcc/g++ requirements there: If your system compiler is too old to build the minimum required gcc or clang/llvm, it is just simply too old. + +------------------------- +Building with spack +------------------------- + +If you are building with spack, note that the depends_on for paraview +resolves poorly. The +qt dependency (for building the reader module) +may need to be specified as a preference by including the following in +your `~/.spack/packages.yaml` file: + + packages: + paraview: + variants: +qt + +It appears that spack will otherwise ignore any paraview+qt version +and attempt to install a paraview~qt version instead. + --