On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 16:41 +0200, Cyrus Hall wrote:
> I've recently run into what appears to be a known and reported problem
> in Atlas 3.2.1

Sorry, that should have read Atlas 3.6.0, not 3.2.1.  I was reading the
wrong version number in aptitude.

Scott, if you want to test any new build you make, you can also run the
test posted at 
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/atlas/+bug/406520
or
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/atlas/+bug/376739

You can switch between the SSE2 optimized version and the non-optimized
version (which appears to function correctly) by using LD_PRELOAD:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libblas.so                 # Non-optimized version
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/sse2/atlas/libblas.so.3gf  # SSE2 optimized version
(or whatever the appropriate directories are for a non-installed build.
You can confirm LD_PRELOAD is working by checking the result of runtime
linking with ldd.  This probably isn't news to anyone on this list...)

I can tell you that the version you posted yesterday is still vulnerable
to the bug, at least as tested by:
  http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25714126/test.f

Is there any particularly reason not to upgrade atlas to a version that
isn't six years old?  The newest stable version of atlas is 3.8.3 from
18-02-09.  3.6.0 was released December of 2003.  

I can confirm that the test program works successfully with a build of
3.8.3 I made.

I would be happy to package up 3.8.3 for ubuntu, at least for
architectures I have access to (x86 CoreDuo and a x86-64 Opteron), if
someone could offer me some pointers.  I am not familiar with apt beyond
the level of a daily user, meaning I've never created packages for
distribution before, but I'd be more than willing to give it a try.

No matter, take away message here is that the new build does not fix the
problem.  If I have more spare time later this week I'll try and see if
I can't hunt down the version in which the problem went away.

Cheers,
Cyrus


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