py27-numeric: ld: framework not found vecLib

[bart@…]

On Yosemite,

sudo port clean py27-numeric
sudo port install py27-numeric

fails, full log: ​http://pastebin.com/ZsaWCBbn

If I manually re-run the

:info:build Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_python_py-numeric/py27-numeric/work/Numeric-24.2" && /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7 setup.py --no-user-cfg build 

part it fails on/with:

building 'lapack_lite' extension
/usr/bin/clang -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -dynamic -pipe -Os -fwrapv -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -IInclude -IPackages/FFT/Include -IPackages/RNG/Include -I/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7 -c Src/lapack_litemodule.c -o build/temp.macosx-10.10-x86_64-2.7/Src/lapack_litemodule.o
/usr/bin/clang -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -L/opt/local/lib/db48 build/temp.macosx-10.10-x86_64-2.7/Src/lapack_litemodule.o -o build/lib.macosx-10.10-x86_64-2.7/lapack_lite.so -framework vecLib
ld: framework not found vecLib

Xcode Version 6.1 (6A1052c), clang-600.0.54

[bart@…]

Cc Me!

[bart@…]

The setup.py that fails has a reference to:

VECLIB_PATH = '/System/Library/Frameworks/vecLib.framework'

In that directory, there is one single "vecLib" binary file, but no headers, etc. Everything does seem to be available in:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework

I tried changing the location in the setup.py file, but no luck. I'm not that experienced with Macports, so I wouldn't know where to continue.....

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I think projects are supposed to include the Accelerate framework, not the vecLib framework. Numeric is old, having had its last release in 2005, so it may not have been updated for this.

[petrrr]

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[petrrr]

Are you sure you really need Numeric, it is quite outdated. Maybe you want to have a looks at NumPy (port py-numpy) instead.

I see py-numeric is still a dependency of some (few) other ports.

[bart@…]

@Petr(1); thanks, I'll keep it in mind for future reports. @Petr(2): I assumed that every package should work. I ran into a problem which (according to answers elsewhere) should be fixed by installing the rather old Numeric. But that's no longer needed (for my original problem), so getting Numeric working now has no priority for me.

[petrrr]

Replying to bart@…:

@Petr(2): I assumed that every package should work.

Your right! I am just not too surprised that an discontinues packages would break eventually. (I am more surprised that it still builds in other cases).

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

I think projects are supposed to include the Accelerate framework, not the vecLib framework.

I verified that this fixes the build on Yosemite and still builds on Mavericks and Tiger. Committed in r127051.