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Robert Kern wrote: [snip]
Says who? (It's possibly true, I don't know, but I'd like to know where you are getting this information from.)
Who ? FreeBSD scipy port maintainer I guess. From scipy's Makefile: PORTNAME= scipy PORTVERSION= 0.5.1 CATEGORIES= science python MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE} MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= scipy PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX} MAINTAINER= db@db.net COMMENT= Scientific tools for Python BUILD_DEPENDS= ${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/numpy/core/numeric.py:${PORTSDIR}/math/py-numpy \ ${LOCALBASE}/lib/libdjbfft.a:${PORTSDIR}/math/djbfft LIB_DEPENDS= fftw.2:${PORTSDIR}/math/fftw LATEST_LINK= py-${PORTNAME} OPTIONSFILE= ${PORT_DBDIR}/py-numpy/options USE_PYTHON= 2.3+ USE_PYDISTUTILS= yes USE_WX= 2.4-2.6 WX_COMPS= python:build python:run OPTIONS= ATLAS "Use optimized blas library" OFF post-patch: @${GREP} -lR "malloc\.h" ${WRKSRC} | ${XARGS} ${REINPLACE_CMD} \ -e "s@malloc\.h@stdlib.h@" .include <bsd.port.pre.mk> .if defined(WITH_ATLAS) LIB_DEPENDS+= atlas.1:${PORTSDIR}/math/atlas .if !exists(${LOCALBASE}/lib/libalapack.a) IGNORE= Atlas needs to be built with WITH_STATICLIB for scipy to function properly .endif .else LIB_DEPENDS+= lapack.3:${PORTSDIR}/math/lapack \ blas.1:${PORTSDIR}/math/blas .endif I don't know why... Cheers, -- http://scipy.org/FredericPetit