commit: d300617e58e62c14ce8b1ca86e2c5eca1496e36f Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Tue Dec 2 04:51:18 2025 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Tue Dec 2 04:51:18 2025 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=d300617e
2025-11-30-flexiblas-migration: tweak 'action required' section; add more pkgs * Tweak 'action required' section per jkroon's suggestion [0] * Add more BLAS-related packages to Display-If-Installed, just in case [0] https://public-inbox.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/664a0615-a5c3-4f75-ba87-e57d77d7f30a <AT> gentoo.org/ Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org> .../2025-11-30-flexiblas-migration.en.txt | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/2025-11-30-flexiblas-migration/2025-11-30-flexiblas-migration.en.txt b/2025-11-30-flexiblas-migration/2025-11-30-flexiblas-migration.en.txt index 6694323..deaba22 100644 --- a/2025-11-30-flexiblas-migration/2025-11-30-flexiblas-migration.en.txt +++ b/2025-11-30-flexiblas-migration/2025-11-30-flexiblas-migration.en.txt @@ -1,14 +1,20 @@ Title: FlexiBLAS migration imminent Author: Sam James <[email protected]> Posted: 2025-11-30 -Revision: 1 +Revision: 2 News-Item-Format: 2.0 Display-If-Installed: app-eselect/eselect-blas Display-If-Installed: app-eselect/eselect-cblas Display-If-Installed: app-eselect/eselect-lapack +Display-If-Installed: sci-libs/blis Display-If-Installed: sci-libs/flexiblas +Display-If-Installed: sci-libs/lapack +Display-If-Installed: sci-libs/mkl +Display-If-Installed: sci-libs/openblas Display-If-Installed: virtual/blas Display-If-Installed: virtual/cblas +Display-If-Installed: virtual/lapack +Display-If-Installed: virtual/lapacke Gentoo is adopting FlexiBLAS (sci-libs/flexiblas) [0][1] as the primary way of switching BLAS implementations at runtime. @@ -17,9 +23,6 @@ The previous eselect-based 'eselect-blas', 'eselect-cblas', and 'eselect-lapack' approach will be phased out in favor of this because of various reliability problems we hit. -FlexiBLAS allows both system-wide and per-user configuration and supersedes -the functionality from the old setup. - The defaults in profiles will change shortly for stable users. For ~arch users, the default was changed a little while ago. @@ -45,9 +48,11 @@ Then complete a world upgrade and depclean: Using flexiblas --------------- -Most users do not need to worry about this, but if you need to change -the BLAS implementation at runtime, please consult the flexiblas(1) man -page. +Most users do not need to worry about this and the defaults will be fine. + +For users that want to, FlexiBLAS allows both system-wide and per-user +configuration and supersedes the functionality from the old setup. Please +refer to the flexiblas(1) man page for details. [0] https://public-inbox.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/[email protected]/ [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/963034
