#989076 libblis-dev: libblis*-dev packages do not provide an alternative for blas.pc

Package:
libblis-dev
Source:
blis
Description:
BLAS-like Library Instantiation Software Framework (dev,32bit,meta)
Submitter:
Drew Parsons
Date:
2021-05-25 11:09:04 UTC
Severity:
important
#989076#5
Date:
2021-05-25 11:05:47 UTC
From:
To:
The BLAS implementations (reference, openblas, atlas) all provide
an alternative for blas.pc, slaved to the alternative for
libblas.so-<arch>.

But the libblis*-dev packages do not provide this alternative for
blas.pc.

This means that libblis-dev cannot be considered as a drop-in
alternative BLAS implementation.

Client packages that use pkg-config to configure their BLAS support
are broken by BLIS.

Hence the libblis*-dev packages need to provide a blas.pc file and
include it in the alternatives configuration.