On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:58:57 -0500 (CDT), Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote: > config/install.py is an exaple of stand alone script requiring > PETSC_DIR/PETSC_ARCH - it also relies on being invoked in PETSC_DIR
Do you suggest copying it's first 25 lines into all new scripts? > Part of the issue with PETSC_DIR/PETSC_ARCH is: they are primarily > needed by 'makefiles' [for both building and using PETSc]. All other > build tools - hopefully don't need them - or can autodetect as needed. FWIW, the CMake build doesn't use them anywhere. I just don't like copying the autodetection all over the place. The trouble is that even after wrapping up the autodetection, we still have to find it. Jed