S. Newhouse wrote:
> Robert Dodier wrote:
>> On 6/18/08, Raymond Toy <toy.raymond at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> Let's just move lapack into src and make it part of the standard
>>>> build.
>>>>
>>
>>
>>> Do we have to? Since it takes me 15+ minutes to compile it even
>>> though I
>>> rarely use it, I don't really want to wait another 15 minutes to build
>>> maxima.
>>>
>>
>> Is that the only reason to avoid moving it? If so let's go ahead.
>> Getting lapack to work for users is much, much more important
>> than a minor inconvenience for the developers.
>>
>> Robert Dodier
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> Isn't there some way to have a
> ./configure --disable-lapack
> or
> ./configure --without-lapack
>
> so that the user gets the choice to compile or not compile lapack?
>
Yes, that's certainly possible. I'd prefer not to do that though.
Ray