Re: Calling BLAS and LAPACK libraries in Octave 3.3

[Ben Abbott]

On Sep 18, 2010, at 9:16 AM, Lukas Reichlin wrote:

> Dear Octave Community,
> 
> I noticed the NEWS entry
> 
> ** BLAS and LAPACK libraries are now required to build Octave.  The
>    subset of the reference BLAS and LAPACK libraries has been removed
>    from the Octave sources.
> 
> Since I have problems with mkoctfile (it doesn't find routines like  
> DLAMCH, see below) when building the control package [1] with MacPorts' 
> octave- 
> devel 3.3.52, my question is:
> 
> Do I need to change something in my package (e.g. src/Makefile [2]) or  
> does it seem like a MacPorts-related problem?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any hints!
> Best Regards,
> Lukas
> 
> PS:
> * There are no problems building "control" when using MacPorts octave-3.2.4, 
> neither PPC nor Intel.
> * Note that is possible to compile individual oct-files by src/makefile_*.m
> * The only thing that works for me with octave 3.3.52 is 
> src/makefile_helpers.m, probably because those functions are pure C++.
> * inst/test_control.m executes all tests at once.
> 
> [1] 
> http://octave.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/octave/trunk/octave-forge/main/control/
> 
> [2] 
> http://octave.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/octave/trunk/octave-forge/main/control/src/Makefile
> 
> octave:4> makefile_zero
> Undefined symbols:
>  "_dlaset_", referenced from:
>      _ab08nd_ in AB08ND.o
>      _ab08nd_ in AB08ND.o
>      _ab08nx_ in AB08NX.o
>      _ab08nx_ in AB08NX.o
>      _ab08nx_ in AB08NX.o
>      _ab08nx_ in AB08NX.o
>  "_dggev_", referenced from:
>      Fslab08nd(octave_value_list const&, int) in slab08nd.o
>  "_dlapmt_", referenced from:
>      _ab08nx_ in AB08NX.o
>  "_dlarfg_", referenced from:
>      _ab08nx_ in AB08NX.o
>      _mb03oy_ in MB03OY.o
>      _mb03py_ in MB03PY.o
>  "_dlatzm_", referenced from:
>      _ab08nx_ in AB08NX.o
>  "_dlacpy_", referenced from:
>      _ab08nd_ in AB08ND.o
>      _ab08nd_ in AB08ND.o
>      _ab08nd_ in AB08ND.o
>      _ab08nd_ in AB08ND.o
>      _ab08nd_ in AB08ND.o
>      _ab08nd_ in AB08ND.o
>  "_dtzrzf_", referenced from:
>      _ab08nd_ in AB08ND.o
>  "_dormqr_", referenced from:
>      _ab08nx_ in AB08NX.o
>  "_dormrq_", referenced from:
>      _ab08nx_ in AB08NX.o
>      _ab08nx_ in AB08NX.o
>  "_dlaic1_", referenced from:
>      _mb03oy_ in MB03OY.o
>      _mb03oy_ in MB03OY.o
>      _mb03py_ in MB03PY.o
>      _mb03py_ in MB03PY.o
>  "_dlamch_", referenced from:
>      _ab08nd_ in AB08ND.o
>      _tb01id_ in TB01ID.o
>      _tb01id_ in TB01ID.o
>  "_dormrz_", referenced from:
>      _ab08nd_ in AB08ND.o
>      _ab08nd_ in AB08ND.o
>  "_dlange_", referenced from:
>      _ab08nd_ in AB08ND.o
>  "_dlarf_", referenced from:
>      _mb03oy_ in MB03OY.o
>      _mb03py_ in MB03PY.o
>  "_ilaenv_", referenced from:
>      _ab08nd_ in AB08ND.o
>      _ab08nd_ in AB08ND.o
>      _ab08nx_ in AB08NX.o
>      _ab08nx_ in AB08NX.o
>      _ab08nx_ in AB08NX.o
> ld: symbol(s) not found
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> Undefined symbols:
>  "_dlartg_", referenced from:
>      _ag08by_ in AG08BY.o
>      _ag08by_ in AG08BY.o
>  "_dlaset_", referenced from:
>      _ag08bd_ in AG08BD.o
>      _ag08by_ in AG08BY.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>  "_dggev_", referenced from:
>      Fslag08bd(octave_value_list const&, int) in slag08bd.o
>  "_dlapmt_", referenced from:
>      _ag08by_ in AG08BY.o
>  "_dlarfg_", referenced from:
>      _ag08by_ in AG08BY.o
>      _mb03oy_ in MB03OY.o
>  "_dlatzm_", referenced from:
>      _ag08by_ in AG08BY.o
>  "_dlacpy_", referenced from:
>      _ag08bd_ in AG08BD.o
>      _ag08bd_ in AG08BD.o
>      _ag08bd_ in AG08BD.o
>      _ag08bd_ in AG08BD.o
>      _ag08bd_ in AG08BD.o
>      _ag08bd_ in AG08BD.o
>      _ag08bd_ in AG08BD.o
>      _ag08bd_ in AG08BD.o
>      _ag08bd_ in AG08BD.o
>  "_dtzrzf_", referenced from:
>      _ag08bd_ in AG08BD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>  "_dormqr_", referenced from:
>      _ag08by_ in AG08BY.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>  "_dlaic1_", referenced from:
>      _ag08by_ in AG08BY.o
>      _ag08by_ in AG08BY.o
>      _mb03oy_ in MB03OY.o
>      _mb03oy_ in MB03OY.o
>  "_dlamch_", referenced from:
>      _ag08bd_ in AG08BD.o
>      _ag08by_ in AG08BY.o
>      _tg01ad_ in TG01AD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>  "_dormrz_", referenced from:
>      _ag08bd_ in AG08BD.o
>      _ag08bd_ in AG08BD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>  "_dlange_", referenced from:
>      _ag08bd_ in AG08BD.o
>      _ag08bd_ in AG08BD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>  "_dlarf_", referenced from:
>      _mb03oy_ in MB03OY.o
>  "_ilaenv_", referenced from:
>      _ag08bd_ in AG08BD.o
>      _ag08bd_ in AG08BD.o
>      _ag08by_ in AG08BY.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
>      _tg01fd_ in TG01FD.o
> ld: symbol(s) not found
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> octave:5> 

I'm a Mac user but have no experience with mkoctfile. So my thoughts might not 
be worth much.

After looking at the help text for mkoctfile, I'd try adding "-Wl,-framework 
-Wl,vecLib" to each mkoctfile command.

Ben