Bug 1011772 - static libraries are missing
Summary: static libraries are missing
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: atlas
Version: 19
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Deji Akingunola
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-09-25 06:27 UTC by Fabio Brugnara
Modified: 2013-12-14 03:34 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: atlas-3.8.4-10.fc19
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2013-11-23 19:29:40 UTC
Type: Bug


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Description Fabio Brugnara 2013-09-25 06:27:35 UTC
Description of problem:

The package info for atlas-sse3-devel says:

"This package contains shared and static versions of the ATLAS..."

but the static libraries are not present.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

atlas-sse3-devel-3.8.4-8.fc19.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:

try to compile a program with:

 gcc -static -L /usr/lib64/atlas-sse3/ hello.c -l atlas

Actual results:

an error messsage from the compiler:

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -latlas
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

Expected results:

successful compilation of the program

Additional info:

Actually, list of the package contents doesn't show any ".a" file.
Compilation of the same program without the "-static" flag is successful.

Comment 1 Frantisek Kluknavsky 2013-11-13 15:32:40 UTC
This is a mistake in description. Other -devel subpackages do not mention static libraries.
Are you really sure you want a pre-packaged static library? The basic idea of Atlas is to tune it for a specific machine. Its performance on a different machine will drop drastically. If you bother to use Atlas and not any other Blas/Lapack implementation, you probably need that performance. Therefore you need to recompile the library on your own machine. This also applies to any application statically linked with Atlas (hopefully there is no such application in Fedora).
Static Atlas will reappear in Fedora 21 due to unceasing demand.

Description in Fedora 18 updated.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2013-11-13 15:35:45 UTC
atlas-3.8.4-10.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/atlas-3.8.4-10.fc19

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2013-11-14 03:28:38 UTC
Package atlas-3.8.4-10.fc19:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 19 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing atlas-3.8.4-10.fc19'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-21234/atlas-3.8.4-10.fc19
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2013-11-23 19:29:40 UTC
atlas-3.8.4-10.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2013-11-25 09:27:05 UTC
atlas-3.8.4-11.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/atlas-3.8.4-11.fc20

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2013-12-14 03:34:37 UTC
atlas-3.8.4-11.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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