[SciPy-dev] newcore, icc compiled ATLAS problem

[Arnd Baecker]

Hi,

I am again trying to  install scipy core on an Itanium with ATLAS.

  FOUND:
    libraries = ['lapack', 'ptf77blas', 'ptcblas', 'atlas']
    library_dirs = ['/home/baecker/python2/lib/atlas']
    language = f77
    define_macros = [('ATLAS_INFO', '"\\"3.7.11\\""')]
    include_dirs = ['/usr/include']

The problem is that ATLAS is compiled with the intel compiler.
Why is this so:
According to
  http://math-atlas.sourceforge.net/errata.html#WhatComp
on Itanium 2 icc 8.0 is MUCH (sic) faster than gcc 3.3!


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ERROR: test_basic (scipy.base.matrix.test_matrix.test_algebra)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File
"/home/baecker/python2/scipy_lintst_atlas/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/base/tests/test_matrix.py",
line 99, in test_basic
    from scipy.basic import linalg
  File
"/home/baecker/python2//scipy_lintst_atlas/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/basic/__init__.py",
line 6, in ?
    import linalg
  File
"/home/baecker/python2//scipy_lintst_atlas/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/basic/linalg.py",
line 9, in ?
    import lapack_lite
ImportError:
/home/baecker/python2/scipy_lintst_atlas/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/basic/lapack_lite.so:
undefined symbol: for_cpstr


The library `libifcore.so` provides the needed routine
nm /opt/intel/fc_90/lib/libifcore.so.6 | grep for_cpstr
00000000000d6900 T for_cpstr
(+libcxa is needed by this one ...)

So the solution is to get the following compile command

/work/home/baecker/python2/bin/g77 -shared build/temp.linux-ia64-2.4/scipy/basic/lapack_lite/lapack_litemodule.o
-L/home/baecker/python2/lib/atlas -llapack -lptf77blas -lptcblas -latlas -lg2c -L /opt/intel/fc_90/lib -lifcore
-lcxa -o build/lib.linux-ia64-2.4/scipy/basic/lapack_lite.so

I.e.:
   -L/opt/intel/fc_90/lib -lifcore -lcxa
has to be added
and then all tests of scipy core work fine.

How can one achieve this?

Best, Arnd