[petsc-dev] [SPAM?] Re: [SPAM *****] Re: Issue with Lapack names

[Karl Rupp]

>      > > This is related to a message I sent 2 years ago to petsc-maint
>     "Inconsistent naming of one Lapack subroutine", where I advocated
>     renaming LAPACKungqr_ --> LAPACKorgqr_. But that thread did not end
>     up in any modification...
>      > >
>      > > I can't find the thread. I also do not understand the problem.
>     Are you saying that the check succeeds but the routines is still
>     missing?
>      >
>      > No, the opposite. The routines are there, but since configure
>     decided (wrongly) that they are missing, the check would fail at run
>     time complaining that the routines are missing.
>      >
>      > Ah. Why does the check fail? It does succeed for a number of them.
> 
>     I don't know the exact reason, but it has to do with the names of
>     real/complex subroutines. I guess the test is checking for dungqr,
>     which does not exist - it should check for either dorgqr or zungqr.
>     Before that commit, there were only checks for "real" names, but
>     after the commit there are a mix of real and complex subroutines.
> 
> 
> Now I really want to punch one of the LAPACK guys in the face. Which one...
> 
> Karl, I think it is enough right now to change the complex names, like 
> ungqr to orgqr as Jose suggests. Will this work for you?

works for me, yes.
If possible, I'd like to preserve the auto-generated nature of this 
list. If 'dungqr' is the only exception, then please adjust the list of 
tests accordingly *and* add a comment to BlasLapack.py saying why 
'dungqr' is special.

Best regards,
Karli



>      >
>      >   Thanks,
>      >
>      >     Matt
>      >
>      > Jose
>      >
>      > >
>      > >   Thanks,
>      > >
>      > >      Matt
>      > >
>      > >
>      > > Jose
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> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which 
> their experiments lead.
> -- Norbert Wiener
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