--- a/src/ChangeLog	Fri Nov 08 01:50:18 2002 +0000
+++ b/src/ChangeLog	Fri Nov 08 03:27:35 2002 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2002-11-07  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
 
+	* Makefile.in (liboctinterp.$(LIBEXT)): Include $(XERBLA) here.
+	(octave.$(EXEEXT)): Not here.
+	(liboctinterp.$(SHLEXT)): Include $(PIC_XERBLA) here.
+
 	* main.c: Move decl for xerbla here from octave.cc.
 
 	* cutils.c (octave_vsnprintf): Use portable_snprintf to avoid

--- a/src/Makefile.in	Fri Nov 08 01:50:18 2002 +0000
+++ b/src/Makefile.in	Fri Nov 08 03:27:35 2002 +0000
@@ -227,15 +227,17 @@
 objects: $(OBJECTS)
 
 XERBLA = ../libcruft/blas-xtra/xerbla.o
+ifdef FPICFLAG
+  PIC_XERBLA = ../libcruft/blas-xtra/pic/xerbla.o
+else
+  PIC_XERBLA = $(XERBLA)
+endif
 
 ifeq ($(SHARED_LIBS), true)
   ifeq ($(STATIC_LIBS), true)
     LIBRARIES = liboctinterp.$(LIBEXT) liboctinterp.$(SHLEXT_VER)
   else
     LIBRARIES = liboctinterp.$(SHLEXT_VER)
-    ifdef FPICFLAG
-      XERBLA = ../libcruft/blas-xtra/pic/xerbla.o
-    endif
   endif
 else
   ifeq ($(STATIC_LIBS), true)
@@ -243,14 +245,13 @@
   else
     ## This is not going to work, but hey, you asked for it...
     LIBRARIES =
-    XERBLA =
   endif
 endif
 
 libraries: $(LIBRARIES)
 .PHONY: libraries
 
-liboctinterp.$(LIBEXT): $(OBJECTS)
+liboctinterp.$(LIBEXT): $(OBJECTS) $(XERBLA)
 	rm -f $@
 	$(TEMPLATE_AR) $(TEMPLATE_ARFLAGS) $@ $^
 	$(RANLIB) $@
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@
 	rm -f $@
 	$(LN_S) $< $@
 
-liboctinterp.$(SHLEXT): $(PICOBJ)
+liboctinterp.$(SHLEXT): $(PICOBJ) $(PIC_XERBLA)
 	rm -f $@
 	$(SH_LD) $(SH_LDFLAGS) $(SONAME_FLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(OCTINTERP_LINK_DEPS)
 
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@
 octave$(EXEEXT): stamp-prereq $(LIBRARIES) main.o $(DLD_STATIC_OBJ)
 	$(LD_CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CXXFLAGS) $(RDYNAMIC_FLAG) \
 	$(ALL_LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
-	main.o $(XERBLA) $(DLD_STATIC_OBJ) \
+	main.o $(DLD_STATIC_OBJ) \
 	$(OCTAVE_LFLAGS) \
 	$(OCTAVE_LIBS) \
 	$(LEXLIB) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FFTW_LIBS) $(LIBS) $(FLIBS)

--- a/src/main.c	Fri Nov 08 01:50:18 2002 +0000
+++ b/src/main.c	Fri Nov 08 03:27:35 2002 +0000
@@ -25,12 +25,10 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "f77-fcn.h"
+#include "lo-ieee.h"
 
 #include "octave.h"
 
-// Kluge.
-extern void F77_FUNC (xerbla, XERBLA) (const char *, int);
-
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {

--- a/src/octave.cc	Fri Nov 08 01:50:18 2002 +0000
+++ b/src/octave.cc	Fri Nov 08 03:27:35 2002 +0000
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@
 #include "variables.h"
 #include <version.h>
 
+// Kluge.
+extern "C" void F77_FUNC (xerbla, XERBLA) (const char *, int, long);
+
 extern void install_builtins (void);
 
 #if !defined (HAVE_ATEXIT) && defined (HAVE_ON_EXIT)
@@ -375,6 +378,14 @@
 
   sysdep_init ();
 
+  // The idea here is to force xerbla to be referenced so that we will
+  // link to our own version instead of the one provided by the BLAS
+  // library.  But octave_NaN should never be -1, so we should never
+  // actually call xerbla.
+
+  if (octave_NaN == -1)
+    F77_FUNC (xerbla, XERBLA) ("octave", 13, 6L);
+
   initialize_error_handlers ();
 
   install_defaults ();