[petsc-dev] make -j not supported? Why???

[Tim Tautges]

tautges at chronos:~/code/petsc-dev-moab$ make -j 8
********************* ERROR *************************
Parallel build with 'make -j' is not supported
******************************************************
make: *** [chk_makej] Error 1
tautges at chronos:~/code/petsc-dev-moab$


Why??? I can almost understand petsc's justification for its own autotools-looking python-based build system, but why 
its need to not support otherwise-standard make options?  Similarly, PETSC_MAKE_STOP_ON_ERROR instead of make -k?

- tim

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