We currently have two kinds of options in the test system. Options that come from the "args" line in the TEST section of the example source, which we will call $args, and options that come from the EXTRA_OPTIONS env var when the test is executed, which we will call $extra_args.
Right now, in petsc_harness.sh:109, we feed the example executable the arguments $extra_args $args This allows us to do things like declare EXTRA_OPTIONS="-fp_trap" for linux-pkgs-dbg, and then allow it to be turned off for certain tests with -fp_trap 0 in the argos line. This setup, however, does not allow us to override any options given in $args while running a test, which seems very restrictive. Should we create a third class of options? Thanks, Matt -- What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead. -- Norbert Wiener https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/*knepley/__;fg!!G_uCfscf7eWS!es96ebvWwNhZgW9QAbhKl87uWMsmggCaWnv60yjXuLOqvK4co4KiyvhNTffA2KhyR42saIqyrZ93SeswmilV$ <https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/*knepley/__;fg!!G_uCfscf7eWS!es96ebvWwNhZgW9QAbhKl87uWMsmggCaWnv60yjXuLOqvK4co4KiyvhNTffA2KhyR42saIqyrZ93SWsl1pKX$ >