[petsc-dev] installing external packages as shared?

[Barry Smith]

   When should we install external packages as shared, currently if —with-PACKAGENAME-shared is set or if —with-shared-libraries is set we do it for some packages (like MPICH). Other packages, such as hypre don’t build properly as shared. So my question is if —with-shared-libraries is set should be build the packages that can be built with shared libraries or should we build static unless specifically requested for that package?

   Barry