Configure error for Octave 3.4.2 on CentOS 5.6: "A BLAS library was detected but found incompatible with your Fortran 77 compiler settings"

[Frank Thommen]

Hello,

when running `configure` for Octave 3.4.2 on a CentOS 5.6 machine, It 
ends with "configure: error: A BLAS library was detected but found 
incompatible with your Fortran 77 compiler settings.".  The last lines 
of the `configure` output are:

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# ./configure --prefix=/g/software/linux/pack/octave-3.4.2
[...]
checking if sgemm_ is being linked in already... no
checking for ATL_xerbla in -latlas... no
checking for sgemm_ in -lblas... yes
checking for dgemm_ in -ldgemm... no
checking for sgemm_ in -lmkl... no
checking for sgemm_ in -framework vecLib... no
checking for sgemm_ in -lcxml... no
checking for sgemm_ in -ldxml... no
checking for sgemm_ in -lscs... no
checking for sgemm_ in -lcomplib.sgimath... no
checking for sgemm_ in -lblas... (cached) yes
checking for sgemm_ in -lessl... no
checking for sgemm_ in -lblas... (cached) yes
checking whether LSAME is called correctly from Fortran... yes
checking whether ISAMAX is called correctly from Fortran... yes
checking whether SDOT is called correctly from Fortran... yes
checking whether DDOT is called correctly from Fortran... yes
checking whether CDOTU is called correctly from Fortran... no
checking whether ZDOTU is called correctly from Fortran... yes
checking whether the integer size is correct... yes
checking if sgemm_ is being linked in already... no
checking for ATL_xerbla in -latlas... (cached) no
checking for sgemm_ in -lblas... (cached) yes
checking for dgemm_ in -ldgemm... (cached) no
checking for sgemm_ in -lmkl... (cached) no
checking for sgemm_ in -framework vecLib... no
checking for sgemm_ in -lcxml... (cached) no
checking for sgemm_ in -ldxml... (cached) no
checking for sgemm_ in -lscs... (cached) no
checking for sgemm_ in -lcomplib.sgimath... (cached) no
checking for sgemm_ in -lblas... (cached) yes
checking for sgemm_ in -lessl... (cached) no
checking for sgemm_ in -lblas... (cached) yes
checking whether LSAME is called correctly from Fortran... yes
checking whether ISAMAX is called correctly from Fortran... yes
checking whether SDOT is called correctly from Fortran... yes
checking whether DDOT is called correctly from Fortran... yes
checking whether CDOTU is called correctly from Fortran... no
checking whether ZDOTU is called correctly from Fortran... yes
checking whether the integer size is correct... yes
configure: error: A BLAS library was detected but found incompatible 
with your Fortran 77 compiler settings.
#
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The complete output can be seen on http://pastebin.com/MKwfaf75.

I can find the error message in config.log, however I have problems 
finding where the error really *occurs*.


The lapack-3.0-37.el5 and blas-3.0-37.el5 packages are installed. 
Recompiling LAPACK and BLAS manually is not an option, as this will 
become a central Octave installation that must run on may hosts with 
standard packages.


Any ideas which "Fortran 77 compiler settings" are meant and how they 
could be changed to solve this issue?  Any hint is appreciated.

Cheers

    frank