[Python-modules-team] Bug#464784: python-numpy: After transition to gfortran _dotblas.so is lost

[Ondrej Certik]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 8:40 PM, otizonaizit at yahoo.com
<otizonaizit at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi! Unfortunately I don't think I'll manage to investigate this further today, I'll try to have a look at it in the week end.
>
>  Regarding the _dotblas.so problem:
>  - on an etch system
>  $ ldd /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/core/_dotblas.so
>         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
>         liblapack.so.3 => /usr/lib/atlas/sse2/liblapack.so.3 (0xb794e000)
>         libblas.so.3 => /usr/lib/atlas/sse2/libblas.so.3 (0xb7370000)
>         libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb735e000)
>         libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb722d000)
>         libg2c.so.0 => /usr/lib/libg2c.so.0 (0xb7205000)
>         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000)
>         libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb71df000)
>  and
>  $ ldd /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/linalg/lapack_lite.so
>         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
>         liblapack.so.3 => /usr/lib/atlas/sse2/liblapack.so.3 (0xb7919000)
>         libblas.so.3 => /usr/lib/atlas/sse2/libblas.so.3 (0xb733b000)
>         libg2c.so.0 => /usr/lib/libg2c.so.0 (0xb7313000)
>         libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb72ee000)
>         libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb72e3000)
>         libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb71b2000)
>         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000)
>
>  - on a sid system the _dotblas.so file is missing, and :
>  $   ldd /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/linalg/lapack_lite.so
>         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
>         liblapack.so.3gf => /usr/lib/sse2/atlas/liblapack.so.3gf (0xb7844000)
>         libblas.so.3gf => /usr/lib/sse2/atlas/libblas.so.3gf (0xb7274000)
>         libgfortran.so.3 => /usr/lib/libgfortran.so.3 (0xb71cc000)
>         libm.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb71a7000)
>         libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb719a000)
>         libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb704d000)
>         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000)
>  which is right, I think. If I recall correctly, _dotblas.so is built only if  lapack libraries are found when numpy is built. But the linalg module is linked against lapack, so I really don't see why dotblas was not built.
>
>  Concerning the  ATLAS problem: installing the liblapack3-dev package made it possible to compile external modules linking to ATLAS using f2py, so sorry. that was my mistake. But since python-numpy now provides python-numpy-dev, I would suggest to add a Depends: liblapack3-dev. An example of such an extension module is my symeig package: http://mdp-toolkit.sourceforge.net/symeig.html
>  building without liblapack3-dev results in a failure to import the module. Instructions for building can be found on the web site.
>
>
>  let me know if you need further details,

Thanks for the details. Unfortunately, I am not an expert in this
blas, dotblas, ... thing. So what is the problem in concrete terms -
missing liblapack3-dev depends? There doesn't seem to by andy
"liblapack3-dev" package in unstable. If you tell me exactly what to
fix, I'll do that.

Kumar (<- he is the expert:), any thoughts on this?

Ondrej