[SciPy-user] -lf77compat failure - SciPy on AMD64 Sun Studio

[Phil Forrest]

Hello,

I'm a non-Python using system administrator attempting to install scipy on
Sun Solaris 10 AMD64 architecture (IBM Blade Server).

Sun Studio 12 is installed in default, vanilla mode (/opt/SUNWspro)

I was able to install numpy with no apparent (no yet tested) problems.

First things: In the file "INSTALL.txt" there is a line stating the
following:

"See http://new.scipy.org/Wiki/Installing_SciPy for updates of this
document."

When I go to the above URL, I get a misconfigured web page (500: Internal
Server Error).

The crux of my problem is that the scipy build is complaining that it cannot
find the F77 Compatibility library:

/opt/SUNWspro/bin/f90 -Bdynamic -G -Bdynamic -G
build/temp.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/build/src.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/scipy/fft
pack/_fftpackmodule.o
build/temp.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/scipy/fftpack/src/zfft.o
build/temp.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/scipy/fftpack/src/drfft.o
build/temp.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/scipy/fftpack/src/zrfft.o
build/temp.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/scipy/fftpack/src/zfftnd.o
build/temp.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/build/src.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/fortranob
ject.o -Lbuild/temp.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4 -ldfftpack -lfsu -lsunmath -lmvec
-lf77compat -o build/lib.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/scipy/fftpack/_fftpack.so
ld: fatal: library -lf77compat: not found
ld: fatal: File processing errors. No output written to
build/lib.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/scipy/fftpack/_fftpack.so
ld: fatal: library -lf77compat: not found
ld: fatal: File processing errors. No output written to
build/lib.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/scipy/fftpack/_fftpack.so
error: Command "/opt/SUNWspro/bin/f90 -Bdynamic -G -Bdynamic -G
build/temp.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/build/src.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/scipy/fft
pack/_fftpackmodule.o
build/temp.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/scipy/fftpack/src/zfft.o
build/temp.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/scipy/fftpack/src/drfft.o
build/temp.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/scipy/fftpack/src/zrfft.o
build/temp.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/scipy/fftpack/src/zfftnd.o
build/temp.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/build/src.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/fortranob
ject.o -Lbuild/temp.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4 -ldfftpack -lfsu -lsunmath -lmvec
-lf77compat -o build/lib.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.4/scipy/fftpack/_fftpack.so"
failed with exit status 1
#

Here are some environment variables I have defined:
# env | grep BLAS
BLAS=/opt/SUNWspro/lib/libsunperf.so
# env | grep LAPACK
LAPACK=/opt/SUNWspro/lib/libsunmath.so

Here is my crle:

# crle  

Configuration file [version 4]: /var/ld/ld.config  
  Default Library Path (ELF):
/lib:/usr/lib:/opt/SUNWspro/lib:/usr/local/lib:/opt/sfw/lib
  Trusted Directories (ELF):    /lib/secure:/usr/lib/secure  (system
default)

Command line:
  crle -c /var/ld/ld.config -l
/lib:/usr/lib:/opt/SUNWspro/lib:/usr/local/lib:/opt/sfw/lib

# crle -64

Configuration file [version 4]: /var/ld/64/ld.config  
  Default Library Path (ELF):   /lib/64:/usr/lib/64:/opt/SUNWspro/lib/amd64
  Trusted Directories (ELF):    /lib/secure/64:/usr/lib/secure/64  (system
default)

Command line:
  crle -64 -c /var/ld/64/ld.config -l
/lib/64:/usr/lib/64:/opt/SUNWspro/lib/amd64


Can anyone shed some light on how to resolve the "ld: fatal: library
-lf77compat: not found" error? Is the scipy build attempting calls that
force F77 mode/calls?

I would appreciate any documentation URL that might help clear this up.

Thanks,
Phil