[Numpy-discussion] Building Numpy: could not read symbols Bad value error

[Michael Green]

Bright minds,

I'm trying to build Numpy v1.4.1 from source on CentOS 5.2 x64 and
running into errors. It seems to be linking error. Regrettably, I
don't posses the necessary skill to decipher the error. So your help
will be invaluable.

I configured (and then successfully built) ATLAS with the following
configure line:
../configure --with-netlib-lapack-tarfile=/usr/local/src/Python/numpy/lapack.tgz
-D c -DPentiumCPS=2666 --prefix=/usr/local/atlas-3.9.25 -b 64 -Fa alg
'-fPIC'


Now, building the Numpy (using gfortran) fails with:
/usr/bin/gfortran -Wall -Wall -shared
build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/numpy/linalg/lapack_litemodule.o
build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/numpy/linalg/python_xerbla.o
-L/usr/local/lib -Lbuild/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6 -llapack -lptf77blas
-lptcblas -latlas -lgfortran -o
build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6/numpy/linalg/lapack_lite.so
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libatlas.a(.o::ATL_dger2k(void)):
relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when
making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/local/lib/libatlas.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libatlas.a(.o::ATL_dger2k(void)):
relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when
making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/local/lib/libatlas.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
error: Command "/usr/bin/gfortran -Wall -Wall -shared
build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/numpy/linalg/lapack_litemodule.o
build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/numpy/linalg/python_xerbla.o
-L/usr/local/lib -Lbuild/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6 -llapack -lptf77blas
-lptcblas -latlas -lgfortran -o
build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6/numpy/linalg/lapack_lite.so" failed with
exit status 1


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Warm regards,
Michael Green