Package: r-base-core Version: 3.5.2-1 Severity: important Hi Dirk,
the library /usr/lib/R/modules/lapack.so contained in this package is linked to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libopenblas.so.0 of the package libopenblas-base. Package libopenblas-base provides the dependency libblas.so.3. The library libblas.so.3 contained in package libopenblas-base is already linked to libopenblas.so.0. Therefore, it is not necessary lo link it to /usr/lib/R/modules/lapack.so, I think. Rather, it is a bug to link it to /usr/lib/R/modules/lapack.so, since other packages providing a BLAS library don't contain or provide libopenblas.so.0. Regards, Jörg.