[petsc-dev] getting rid of TESTEXAMPLES_XXX_XXX stuff

[Jed Brown]

Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> writes:
>    In tests we use the funky .PETSc rule to compile the examples
>    without displaying the compile/link output (on success since
>    clutters the output enormously) but does display the output on
>    failed compile/link. How can we get the same effect with this rule?
>    I can’t live with that output.

Dependencies inherit target-specific variables, so I believe it's
sufficient to have the %.o rule be quiet when some target-specific
variable is set.  We can set such a variable with a pattern.

runex% : QUIET = True
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