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Re: Sponsoring of coinor-csdp



On 7/5/20 3:12 AM, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi Doug,
> 
> for coinor-csdp I get the following lintian info:
> 
> I: libsdp0: linked-with-obsolete-library libcblas.so.3 usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsdp.so.0.0.0
> N:
> N:    This tag is currently only issued for libcblas.so. For an explanation,
> N:    please continue below.
> N:
> N:    The symbols in libcblas.so, which represent the CBLAS API, were merged
> N:    into libblas.so. (Note the missing letter C.) Please use libblas.so
> N:    instead.
> N:
> N:    The old library is still being shipped until all packages have modified
> N:    their build systems, but it is not managed by update-alternatives and
> N:    may result in poor performance. Please do not use it anymore.
> N:
> N:    Some packages may require functionality specific to Atlas3, which is not
> N:    implemented by other BLAS/CBLAS alternatives. Please override the tag if
> N:    your package falls into that category.
> N:
> N:    Refer to https://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience/LinearAlgebraLibraries ,
> N:    https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2019/10/msg00273.html , and
> N:    https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/lapack/-/blob/master/debian/README.if-you-look-for-libcblas.so.3
> N:    for details.
> N:
> N:    Severity: info
> N:
> N:    Check: libraries/shared/obsolete
> 
> 
> I think it is a good idea to fix this.

Thanks for the review!  I've dropped libatlas-dev from Build-Depends 
[1], which fixes this issue.

Doug

[1] https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/csdp/-/commit/bf890ab


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