[petsc-dev] [Mike McQuaid] Re: [Homebrew/homebrew-core] PETSc: import from homebrew-science (#23598)

[Jed Brown]

"Smith, Barry F." <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> writes:

>     I am getting into this thread a little late. What is, exactly,
>     what we need to change with ./configure ; make ; make install to
>     make the PETSc "upstream installation" not a mess?  Are we simply
>     over installing stuff? 

That is the crucial issue here.

>     Is it the optional dependency handling?

This is also an issue, but not the concern here.