Re: how to test lapack

[Ben Abbott]

On Dec 5, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Matyas wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> In order to test reimplementations of some lapack functions,
> it would be very helpful if I could easily replace lapack
> used by octave.  (Since I have an algorithm using said
> lapack functions with testing/timing already written as
> M-files.)
> 
> I tried specifying the lapack.so file with --with-lapack
> during configure but the resulting octave still appears to
> get lapack from somewhere else (that is my changes to lapack
> do not take effect).
> 
> If there are any other suggestions on how to go about this,
> I will be glad to listen.
> 
> I tried one more thing: to use the mex command to compile
> my function written in fortran.  The mex command did not
> produce an error, but execution complained that it could
> not load it.
> 
> Thanks!
> Matyas

Hi Matyas,

Please give us some more information, ok?

(1) Please tell us what version of Octave your are building.

(2) Please show us the configure command you used.

(3) Show us what the result of the configure process was.

Ben