Bug#872910: transition: scalapack

[Drew Parsons <dparsons@debian.org>]

On Sat, 2017-09-09 at 13:20 +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> 
> > scalapack 2.0 has been stabilised in experimental, I think it is
> > now
> > ready for release in unstable. I have tested various client
> > packages.
> > The API has not changed, the transition should be no more
> > complicated
> > than updating any configurations with -lblacs-${mpi} to -scalapack-
> > ${mpi} 
> > and any -L references to multiarch if needed. 
> 
> Do you mean source code changes are needed in the build systems to do
> those
> changes? Or are rebuilds enough?

The ones using -lblacs will need source changes. Some scalapack clients
may need source changes to update to multiarch lib paths. I've been in
touch with the Debichem maintainers to let them know the upgrade is
coming.

> > 
> libgfortran4 is in testing, so that's not a blocker indeed. Please go
> ahead.

Thanks Emilio.

Drew