Re: [atlas-devel] Reimplement lapack

[Jessica J. <j.r...@ba...>]

On 04/09/09 23:28, Clint Whaley wrote:
> Guys,
> 
>> Can we reimplement in configure  --with-netlib 
>> lapack=%{buildroot}%{_libdir}/liblapack_pic.a?
> 
> All things are possible.  I was trying to simplify my life by eliminating it,
> however.  In particular, people tend to build lapack with incompatible flags,
> and then write in for help because ATLAS doesn't work.  I therefore thought I'd
> simplify the framework by not having this option anymore, and also cut down the
> user help requests by always having ATLAS build it.
> 
> Does anyone else really want this option?  I suppose if enough knowledgable
> people use it, I could add it back, and perhaps not mention it in the
> docs . . .
> 

Are the instructions in the INSTALL.txt that is supplied with the 3.9.14 
tarball accurate?  Particularly the section entitled: "NOTE ON BUILDING 
A FULL LAPACK LIBRARY".  I'm a little confused as to exactly how much 
building of LAPACK is now included in ATLAS without my having to do 
anything.

Thanks

Jess