## Known Build Issues (v2506, v2412, v2406, v2312, v2306, v2212, v2206, v2112, v2106, v2012)

### Windows cross-compilation

Compilation of adios, kahip, metis, ptscotch, boost/cgal do not work.


## Known Build Issues (v2006)

### Windows cross-compilation

The reacting Euler multiphase solvers currently do not build for
Windows. Compile with the `-k` option to skip over these applications
for now.

Compilation of kahip and ptscotch do not work.

### Thermo problems with Clang

Previous versions (v1906, v1912) experienced some Clang builds issues
with thermophysical libraries. These are resolved with clang-10.


## Known Build Issues (v1912)

### ParaView, ParaView-Catalyst

ParaView v5.7.0 received an extensive reworking of its CMake setup,
including a complete change in its macros for building external
plugins.

- We can currently build the reader plugins for this new 5.7.0 system,
  but the installation is not as smooth as it should be.

These CMake changes also affect our ability to build with Catalyst.
This is independent of the removal of Catalyst _editions_
(to be reintroduced in 5.8.0).

- The builds with the Catalyst function-object with 5.7.0 are even
  more of a _work-in-progress_ at this stage as we cope with the new
  CMake system.

We thus currently do not build with ParaView-5.7. If building plugins or with
Catalyst, please use the latest ParaView-5.6 version instead for now.
Or simply use ParaView with the regular, builtin VTK readers.


### Gcc-9

In the newest version, gcc will emit warnings that some compiler-generated
copy constructors and assignment operators are deprecated.
It is possible to suppress these with the `-Wno-deprecated-copy` flag
until such time that these occurances are changd in the OpenFOAM source code.
However, be aware that doing so may prevent CMake-based tool chains
from working properly.


### Windows cross-compilation

The reacting Euler multiphase solvers currently do not build for
Windows. Compile with the `-k` option to skip over these applications
for now.


## Known Build Issues (v1906)

### Thermo problems with Clang

Clang builds required updates to the thermophysical libraries to prevent
optimised builds from generating sigFpe's.  The changes are wrapped in `#ifdef`
`__clang__` statements to not affect other compilers.

The following tutorials experience known failures:

- combustion/XiFoam/RAS/moriyoshiHomogeneous
- multiphase/reactingTwoPhaseEulerFoam/laminar/bubbleColumnEvaporatingDissolving


This will be further investigated to identify the root cause.


### Intel MPI with Gcc/Clang

Either `I_MPI_ROOT` (preferred) or `MPI_ROOT` can be used to specify
the Intel-MPI installation directory path.
The ThirdParty build of ptscotch uses `mpiicc` for Intel-MPI instead
of the usual `mpicc`. When gcc or clang are used, it is quite likely
that the `I_MPI_CC` environment variable also needs to be set
accordingly.
See `mpiicc -help` for more information about environment variables.


### VTK

If using the runTimePostProcessing to create on-the-fly images, you
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 by making an appropriate symlink
prior to using makeVTK. This doesn't just reduce disk-space, but works
much better than using the VTK tar file.

Using runTimePostProcessing with the *plain* VTK libraries does
generally work, but may not exit cleanly:
```
symbol lookup error: .../linux64Gcc/VTK-7.1.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-7.1.so.1:
undefined symbol: _ZN33vtkFilteringInformationKeyManager13ClassFinalizeEv

symbol lookup error: .../linux64Gcc/VTK-7.1.0/lib/libvtkCommonDataModel-7.1.so.1:
undefined symbol: _ZN49vtkInformationQuadratureSchemeDefinitionVectorKeyD1Ev
```

This error appears to be suppressed if VTK is compiled with a `Debug` build-type.


### Building on older systems

If the system gcc is too old for building OpenFOAM, a third-party gcc or
clang/llvm installation can be used. If building clang/llvm, note that
there are also minimum gcc/g++ requirements as listed in the
detailed [build guide][link third-build].

If your system compiler is too old to build the minimum required gcc or
clang/llvm, it is just simply too old.


### ThirdParty clang without gmp/mpfr

If using ThirdParty clang without gmp/mpfr, the ThirdParty makeCGAL
script will need to be run manually and specify that there is no
gmp/mpfr. Eg,
```
cd $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR
./makeCGAL gmp-none mpfr-none
```

Subequent compilation with Allwmake will now run largely without any
problems, except that the components linking against CGAL
(foamyMesh and surfaceBooleanFeatures) will also try to link against
a nonexistent mpfr library. As a workaround, the link-dependency will
be removed in wmake/rules/General/cgal by specifying the `CGAL_FLAVOUR`
when compiling:
```
no-cgal | cgal-header | cgal-header-no-mpfr | cgal-no-mpfr | cgal-mpfr
```

A robuster solution is still being sought.


### 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.


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