PETSC_ARCH variable --> PETSC_CONF

[Boyana Norris]

Why not recognize both? It's fairly trivial to check for PETSC_CONF if  
PETSC_ARCH is undefined and internally define PETSC_ARCH using  
PETSC_CONF.

Boyana

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On Nov 30, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Matthew Knepley wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>  
> wrote:
>
>   I guess the argument is that on occasion in the future a certain  
> number of people will misinterpret the meaning of PETSC_ARCH  
> frustrating them and us; the number misinterpreting PETSC_CONF will  
> be much smaller or zero saving people's time and energy.
>
> This will be far outweighed by the number of people complaining  
> about such a change. I agree with them.
>
>   Matt
>
>   Barry
>
>
> On Nov 30, 2009, at 3:25 PM, Matthew Knepley wrote:
>
> I see the point, but this is one of the oldest parts of PETSc, and I  
> am hesitant to change one
> arbitrary name to another without a more convincing reason.
>
>   Matt
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>  
> wrote:
>
>  Lisandro has pointed out to me several times that the variable name  
> PETSC_ARCH can be confusing; some people may think it is related to  
> the architecture of the machine and don't understand that it is an  
> arbitrary name that the user can make up. He suggested changing it  
> to PETSC_CONF to be clearer.
>
>  Should we change it? Use something else?
>
>    Barry
>
>
>
>
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