Bug#1126688: openblas causes slepc4py test failure on ppc64el: Error in LAPACK subroutine gesvd: info=127

Drew Parsons <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:36:18 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.ports.powerpc
Message-ID <177184657895.1528009.16255184126248073069.reportbug__10634.4136221864$1771846770$gmane$org@sandy>
Source: openblas
Followup-For: Bug #1126688
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
User: [email protected]
Usertags: ppc64el
Control: tags 1126688 upstream patch

Upstream has been able to reproduce the error and identified that it
occurs when -O3 optimisation is used.

They've prepared a workaround patch enforcing -O2 in the problematic
section of code,

https://github.com/OpenMathLib/OpenBLAS/pull/5656