Dependency error for package gsl

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Demmer, Thomas wrote:
> Hi all,
> the setup.ini lacks the requirement for "lapack".
> lapack provides cygblas.dll, which is required for more or
> less all programs using gsl.
> 
> On a side note: I have installed gsl, gsl-dev and gsl-doc, and 
> can compile and link programs using cyggsl-0.dll, but on execution
> they silently die. Is this the normal behaviour? I'd expect some kind
> of error message on startup. cygcheck however, reveals the dependency.

If it dies because you're missing cygblas.dll, there is no standard
error-reporting behavior imposed by Cygwin in these cases.  It's
application dependent.  So feel free to patch-away to get the behavior
you want with your favorite applications. ;-)

-- 
Larry Hall                              http://www.rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
216 Dalton Rd.                          (508) 893-9889 - FAX
Holliston, MA 01746

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/