On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 21:15 +0200, Peter Dalgaard wrote: > Gavin Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Basically, the LAPACK in FC3 is broken because it was compiled with > > gcc-3.4 and that introduced errors when -O2 optimisations were used to > > compile the rpm. That bug was recently reopened so there may be the > > possibility of the FC3 rpm being updated (the underlying problem has > > been fixed by compiling with lower optimisation). > > There's a pending update on lapack/blas now, which may or may not fix > the issue (no announcement in the archives). > > Any clue whether there is any benefit in using the FC3 versions over > the versions that ships with R?
Peter, I cannot offer an authoritative response here and perhaps Gavin has other information. Recognizing "the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence", I have not seen anything (benchmarks, etc.) to suggest that there is an advantage. Regards, Marc ______________________________________________ R-devel@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
