[petsc-dev] still relevant in ./configure help ? Should Matt remove them?

[Smith, Barry F.]

> On Dec 25, 2017, at 8:08 PM, Balay, Satish <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 25 Dec 2017, Smith, Barry F. wrote:
> 
>> 
>> --with-autoreconf=<prog>
>>       Specify autoreconf  current: autoreconf
>>  --with-libtoolize=<prog>
>>       Specify libtoolize  current: libtoolize
> 
> Well I think configure uses autoreconf and libtoolize for packages
> that it downloads via git - and then needs to build its
> configure script. [for eg: MOAB]
> 
> And if petsc configure needs these tools - it should provide a way for
> user to specify them [i.e override configure default guesses]

   Ah, ok.

> 
> Satish
> 
>> 
>> 
>> --with-alternatives=<bool>
>>       Provide a choice among alternative package installations  current: 0
>> 
>> 
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