[SciPy-dev] scipy.linalg.eigvals error on 64bit RH3 & RH4

[David Martin]

David Cournapeau wrote:
> David Martin wrote:
>   
>> Python 2.5.4 (r254:67916, May 20 2009, 22:57:32) [GCC 3.2.3 20030502 
>> (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-56)] on linux2
>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>  >>> from scipy.linalg import atlas_version
>>  >>> atlas_version
>> <module 'scipy.linalg.atlas_version' from 
>> '/home/tester/master/lib/python2.5/site-packages/scipy/linalg/atlas_version.so'>
>>  >>> atlas_version.version()
>> ATLAS version 3.8.3 built by builder on Mon Jul 13 20:09:54 CDT 2009:
>>    UNAME    : Linux centos-3-x86_64-build 2.4.21-47.EL #1 SMP Tue Aug 1 
>> 07:58:43 EDT 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>    INSTFLG  : -1 0 -a 1
>>    ARCHDEFS : -DATL_OS_Linux -DATL_ARCH_Core2 -DATL_CPUMHZ=2492 
>> -DATL_SSE3 -DATL_SSE2 -DATL_SSE1 -DATL_USE64BITS -DATL_GAS_x8664
>>    F2CDEFS  : -DAdd__ -DF77_INTEGER=int -DStringSunStyle
>>    CACHEEDGE: 262144
>>    F77      : g77, version GNU Fortran (GCC 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat 
>> Linux 3.2.3-56)) 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-56)
>>    F77FLAGS : -O -fPIC -g -m64
>>    SMC      : gcc, version gcc (GCC) 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-56)
>>    SMCFLAGS : -fomit-frame-pointer -mfpmath=sse -msse3 -O2 -fPIC -g -m64
>>    SKC      : gcc, version gcc (GCC) 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-56)
>>    SKCFLAGS : -fomit-frame-pointer -mfpmath=sse -msse3 -O2 -fPIC -g -m64
>>   
>>     
>
> There are some problems with gcc 3.2/3.3 and using sse as the math unit
> (-mfpmath=sse), and I would not be surprised if g77 inherits them as
> well. Maybe Red Hat backported fixes, though, you would have to see this
> with your OS provider. One way to confirm this would be to compile your
> own gcc/gfortran, and recompile everything (lapack, atlas, numpy and
> scipy) with it

Unfortunately if I upgrade gcc to 3.4.6, the Scipy egg which is built 
using that compiler will require libstdc++.so.6 instead of 
libstdc++.so.5. libstdc++.so.5 exists on a clean install of RH3 in 
/usr/lib, but libstdc++.so.6 does not, so any Scipy built with gcc 3.4.6 
cannot be distributed and used on other RH3 platforms without updating 
the c libraries on those platforms before hand (and the goal of this 
build is a Scipy egg which I can package in an installer).

-David