Package: maxima-share Version: 5.16.3-1 Severity: wishlist Currently, the LAPACK integration in Maxima is far from optimal. First of all, one has to run load(lapack) once as root as the first call starts a compilation of the libs and requires write access to files in /usr/share. Second, this requires gcl to be installed, which is not mentioned anywhere. And third, the process creates architecture-dependent files under /usr/share, a clear violation of FHS [1]. See [2] for a discussion of these issues on the Maxima mailing list.
I guess the proper way would be to create the LAPACK libs at build-time and include them in the maxima-share package for installation under /usr/lib. If you can point me in the right direction, I probably could come up with a patch myself. [1] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#PURPOSE26 [2] http://www.math.utexas.edu/pipermail/maxima/2007/006494.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
