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Package: libgsl0-dev
Version: 1.10-4
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Hi,
I'm packaging odin <http://od1n.sourceforge.net> for the Debian-Med group, and
I've encountered some problems with libgsl0. Here is what ./configure (in odin)
gives:
...
checking for main in -lgslcblas... yes
checking for gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_iterate in -lgsl... no
checking gsl/gsl_multifit_nlin.h usability... yes
checking gsl/gsl_multifit_nlin.h presence... yes
checking for gsl/gsl_multifit_nlin.h... yes
configure: error: Please install the GNU Scientific Library (There is probably
a precompiled package for your UNIX/Linux distribution, otherwise see
http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl)
make: *** [config.status] Error 1
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
pbuilder: Failed autobuilding of package
...
$
This is weird, since libgsl0-dev has been installed (and, in fact, the
configure script finds the needed files). Here's what some "debug" commands
show:
$ objdump -t /usr/lib/libgsl.so.0.10.0
/usr/lib/libgsl.so.0.10.0: file format elf32-i386
SYMBOL TABLE:
no symbols
$ nm /usr/lib/libgsl.so.0.10.0
nm: /usr/lib/libgsl.so.0.10.0: no symbols
$
Would you please fix this, or, if I'm going in the wrong direction, lower the
severity of the bug and give me a pointer?
Thank you,
David Paleino
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On 31 January 2008 at 12:33, David Paleino wrote:
| Il giorno Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:16:34 -0600
| Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto:
|
| > Hm, could it be that the configure file of your package is simply wrong and
| > overreacts? AFAIK all Debian libraries are stripped, so your objdump and
nm
| > test would yield the same for the zlib, png, jpeg, ... what-have-you
| > libraries too.
|
| Ooops, you're right, sorry. (I didn't check that test over other libraries
too)
Ok, closing this accordingly.
As for the as-needed linking issue: GSL upstream made a conscious decision a
few years ago to have both libgsl and libgslcblas allowing those how know how
to to transparently plug-in alternate Blas libraries (as eg Debian's Atlas
libs).
I agree with upstream that this is a good thing and will not change this. GSL
is a numeric library, some users care deeply about performance and I consider
it important to provide this option -- and to also be consistent with GSL
implementations on other systems.
Regards, Dirk
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