[Scilab-Dev] Oh scilab!what a beaut you are you are if only you'd build without the war

[bv]

On Sunday 31 October 2010 22:10:38 bv wrote:

> > s;h=0ac060b2a39ad6586040ef42f2a9bb8b733a7980;hb=fcdd9cd529c01240b8e014d3
> > 29c 0089afd2e8cf3
> 
> thanks for your  link to the patches.
> I have now tried both patched-to-give-SOlib as well as  static-lib-versions
> of 'numeric' (aka SuiteSparse) programs. Each time configure ends like
> so:- -------------------------------------------------
> checking for umf_divcomplex in /usr/local/numerics/lib... checking for
> amd_info in -lamd... no
> configure: error: libamd: Library missing (Cannot find symbol amd_info).
> Check if libamd (sparse matrix minimum degree ordering) is installed and
> if the version is correct
> 
> I would be grateful if anyone list could provide some advice of a fix.
I just found this link   for a report of the said problem on suse-11.2
http://scigroups.net/comp.soft-sys.math.scilab/compiling-scilab-5.2.2-on-
opensuse-11.2

could anyone advise if there is a fix upstream in scilab for this?