Why did you removed PETSC_ARCH_NAME variable in makefiles?

[Satish Balay]

On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Barry Smith wrote:


>    How does the gnu/autoconf world handle this. If you have two gnu/autoconf
> installed packages how can you tell they are compatible? You should use the
> same type of mechanism they use.  (what?, they don't have such a mechanism?
> Well then that is a limitation of the --prefix model and you have to live with
> that).

The issue is not what the prefix model dictates. The issue is: do
slepc/petsc4py support both modes of install similar to PETSc. If not
why does PETSc need PETSC_ARCH for a prefix install? [if we are so
pure with supporting gnu/autoconf model?].

Satish