[SciPy-dev] Building numpy/scipy on RHEL5 OR CentOS5

[David Cournapeau]

Phil Austin wrote:
> 3) build LAPACK
>
> for lapack: cp INSTALL/make.inc.LINUX  ~/install/lapack-3.1.1/make.inc
> and edit:
>
> FORTRAN  = gfortran
> OPTS     = -funroll-all-loops -O3 -fPIC
> DRVOPTS  = $(OPTS)
> NOOPT    =
> LOADER   = gfortran
> LOADOPTS =
>
> BLASLIB      = /home/phil/usr251_Centos/lib/libcblas.a
> LAPACKLIB    = lapack$(PLAT).a
> TMGLIB       = tmglib$(PLAT).a
> EIGSRCLIB    = eigsrc$(PLAT).a
> LINSRCLIB    = linsrc$(PLAT).a
>
> !!and then rebuild these individual routines with fPIC -- recompile!
>   

You should put -fPIC to NOOPT and LOADOPTS instead: this will be more
reliable, as this way, -fPIC will be used for every source file

cheers,

David