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diff --git a/libraries/atlas/README b/libraries/atlas/README index e85cddff90..f8b90a9b83 100644 --- a/libraries/atlas/README +++ b/libraries/atlas/README @@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ ATLAS (Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software) is an ongoing research effort focusing on applying empirical techniques in order to provide portable performance. At present, it provides C and Fortran77 interfaces to a portably efficient BLAS implementation, as well as a few -routines from LAPACK. +routines from LAPACK. Nevertheless, by default, this SlackBuild also +builds a full LAPACK linked with ATLAS. If you are really sure that you +don't want this, set LAPACK_SOURCE to the empty string when running this +script. -This conflicts with cblas (only one of atlas and cblas may be installed -at any given time). Take care with LAPACK (see notes 3 & 4 in -README.SLACKWARE). +This conflicts with cblas and lapack (not to be confused with lapack-atlas). +Nevertheless, it should be possible to avoid these conflicts by proper use +of the SYS_DESTDIR variable. -You need to read over README.SLACKWARE *before* building this. +The impatient may just switch CPU throttling off and run the script, but +you are advised to read over README.SLACKWARE *in advance*. |