[Python-modules-team] Bug#581412: Bug#581412: libblas.so.3gf: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[Sandro Tosi]

reassign 581412 libblas3gf
thanks

Hello Sascha,
thanks for your report.

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 13:19, Sascha Silbe
<sascha-debian-bugs-python-numpy-2010-05-12 at silbe.org> wrote:
> Package: python-numpy
> Version: 1:1.3.0-3+b1
> Severity: normal
>
>
> Comparing with another system where numpy works, I noticed that the "alternative" for libblas.so.3gf hasn't been set up:
>
> sascha.silbe at xo15-minimal:~/src/measure$ ls -l /usr/lib/libblas.so.3gf
> ls: cannot access /usr/lib/libblas.so.3gf: No such file or directory
> sascha.silbe at xo15-minimal:~/src/measure$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/libblas.so.3gf
> ls: cannot access /etc/alternatives/libblas.so.3gf: No such file or directory
> sascha.silbe at xo15-minimal:~$
>
>
> There are no outstanding configurations:
>
> sascha.silbe at xo15-minimal:~/src/measure$ sudo dpkg -a --configure
> sascha.silbe at xo15-minimal:~$
>
> dpkg.log also shows nothing unusual:
>
> sascha.silbe at xo15-minimal:~$ grep blas /var/log/dpkg.log.1
> 2010-04-20 12:22:11 upgrade libblas3gf 1.2-4 1.2-7
> 2010-04-20 12:22:11 status half-configured libblas3gf 1.2-4
> 2010-04-20 12:22:11 status unpacked libblas3gf 1.2-4
> 2010-04-20 12:22:11 status half-installed libblas3gf 1.2-4
> 2010-04-20 12:22:11 status half-installed libblas3gf 1.2-4
> 2010-04-20 12:22:11 status unpacked libblas3gf 1.2-7
> 2010-04-20 12:22:12 status unpacked libblas3gf 1.2-7
> 2010-04-20 12:24:29 configure libblas3gf 1.2-7 1.2-7
> 2010-04-20 12:24:29 status unpacked libblas3gf 1.2-7
> 2010-04-20 12:24:30 status half-configured libblas3gf 1.2-7
> 2010-04-20 12:24:30 status installed libblas3gf 1.2-7
> sascha.silbe at xo15-minimal:~$
>
> /var/log/aptitude and apt/term.log don't reach as far back, unfortunately.
>
> Reinstalling the package fixed it:
>
> sascha.silbe at xo15-minimal:~$ sudo aptitude reinstall libblas3gf
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Reading extended state information... Done
> Initializing package states... Done
> Reading task descriptions... Done
> The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
>  libblas3gf
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 211kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
> Writing extended state information... Done
> Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org squeeze/main libblas3gf 1.2-7 [211kB]
> Fetched 211kB in 0s (279kB/s)
> Reading package fields... Done
> Reading package status... Done
> Retrieving bug reports... Done
> Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
> (Reading database ... 52002 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace libblas3gf 1.2-7 (using .../libblas3gf_1.2-7_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement libblas3gf ...
> Setting up libblas3gf (1.2-7) ...
> update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/libblas/libblas.so.3gf to provide /usr/lib/libblas.so.3gf (libblas.so.3gf) in auto mode.
> [master 2c8c313] committing changes in /etc after apt run
>  Author: Sascha Silbe <sascha-pgp at silbe.org>
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 120000 alternatives/libblas.so.3gf
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Reading extended state information... Done
> Initializing package states... Done
> Reading task descriptions... Done
>
> sascha.silbe at xo15-minimal:~$ python
> Python 2.5.5 (r255:77872, Apr 21 2010, 08:44:16)
> [GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> from numpy.linalg import lapack_lite
>>>>
> sascha.silbe at xo15-minimal:~$
>
>
> Unless somebody else encountered it as well and has more logs that show what happened, we can probably close this bug (even though it isn't really fixed).

Well, I think the best here is to reassign this bug to libblas3gf: its
maintainer can probably help you identify why the alternatives were
not created.

Regards,
-- 
Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu)
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