[Gretl-users] lapack/gretl on 64 sabayon/gentoo

[Helgi Tomasson]

To gretl-users


I have been a devoted user of GRETL for many years now and I consider it
the best econometric software for teaching. I have been teaching
econometrics for 18 years and tried a lot of software.

I have recently compiled an GRETL-1.7.1 (and 1.7.0) on sabayon-linux-64
verson 3.4e (a gentoo type linux). The processor is Intel(R) Core(TM)2
CPU 6420. This is done by the command:

emerge gretl

Things seems to compile correctly but gretl does not install and I get
the message:

--------------------------- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY
---------------------------
LOG FILE = "/var/log/sandbox/sandbox-31389.log"

unlink:    /usr/share/gtksourceview-1.0/language-specs/gretl.lang
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


However, if I turn sandbox of:

FEATURES="-sandbox"emerge gretl

the program compiles and installs. I don't understand the error
messages. The program runs mostly fine but when I try to do Johansen
cointegration test the program crashes and I get:


gretl_matrix: workspace query failed
gretl_matrix: workspace query failed
gretl_matrix: workspace query failed
Segmentation fault

I have also tried to install gretl by configure, make and make install
but the result is the same. Johansen cointegration test generates an
error.  I looked at the source of gretl_matrix.c and it seems to have
something to do with how the lapack matrix routines are called. Should
the lapack be compiled in particulary way?

I have done the same on a laptop with core-duo running debian-32 and
that one does not crash on the Johansen-test.

A possible lapack routine can be one of the following, dsytrf, dgeev_,
dsyev_. dgesvd_, dgelss_.  

Is there something in gretl_matrix.c that needs changing? How can I
download the CVS-version if there is a new version with a modified 
gretl_matrix.c there?

best regards

Helgi