Greetings! Well, the new atlas package is just about working as follows: generic atlas-specific libs in /usr/lib generic drop in replacement blas and lapack libs in /usr/lib/atlas subarch-tuned atlas-specific libs in /usr/lib/<subarch> subarch-tuned drop in replacement blas and lapack libs in /usr/lib/<subarch>/atlas dynamically linked testing binaries in /usr/lib/atlas
For example, on i386, the generic arch is a Pentium Pro, and the two subarchs at present are 3dnowext and xmm. (Might add p4 before release.) These libs are *big*. The lib package now weighs in at about 11MB on the i386. Upstream says there is little we can do to modularize the subarch specific stuff. I might add a debconf option to remove unwanted libs. Will need a warning about the math on the 3dnow registers not being ieee compliant anyway. Of course, the other two options are: 1) just install the generic, let the user rebuild if they like 2) separate packages for 3dnow, sse, etc. Please let me know what you'd find most useful. PS. What about using the alternative system to allow user switching from blas/lapack to atlas versions? Take care, -- Camm Maguire [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah
