Absolute paths in symbolic links can break Charm++ builds

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
70/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Locate the build system code that creates symbolic links to charmc and other build tools during the Charm++ build process. Replace absolute path references with relative path references when generating these symlinks. Validate the fix by moving the cloned repository to a different directory and confirming the build completes without errors.

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Description

Charm++ builds break if you download the repo, build targets, and later rename and/or move the repo elsewhere, due to using absolute paths in symbolic link names (e.g., to charmc) rather than relative path names.

Dominant language
C++
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Forks
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Avg merge
1d 1h
Merged PRs (30d)
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