Dear Gentoo Science Devs, By the way of submitting a new ebuild for the IT++ library (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120163 ), I raised the issue of CBLAS (C interface to BLAS) support in Gentoo.
The IT++ library, which I develop by the way, depends on a set of external libraries, i.e. BLAS, LAPACK and CBLAS. By the time of preparing the ebuild for this library I was wondering if there is a possibility to add "virtual/cblas" to Gentoo, similarly to "virtual/blas" and "virtual/lapack". The reason for this new virtual is that CBLAS interface to BLAS is not always provided by a particular BLAS implementation. I found working CBLAS interface in the following packages in Gentoo: - blas-atlas (libcblas.* set by eselect) - gsl (libgslcblas.*) - mkl But unfortunately it is not provided by: - blas-reference - acml Besides, I prepared a new ebuild with NetLib's CBLAS (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122958 ), which will extend the former list. I think that it would be perfect if "virtual/cblas" could be added for these packages that provides CBLAS interface. What is your opinion? Best regards, /Adam Piątyszek PS. I discussed this issue with Markus Dittrich (markusle), who suggested to post the email to the gentoo-science mailing list. -- -=#=- Adam Piątyszek - "ediap" -=#=- Linux ID: #204648 -=#=- -=#=- ediap (at) et.put.poznan.pl -=#=- JID: ediap (at) chrome.pl -=#=- -=#=- http://ediap.prv.pl/ -=#=- GG: 1157376 -=#=- -=#=- PGP key ID: 0x341E22F0 -=#=- ICQ: 3303291 -=#=-
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