From f00deff49f2df70bea9a637becf0bcbc5f0ee33c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Kowalewski <markus.kowalewski@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:09:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] blas-reference: remove

blas-reference has been moved into lapack-reference.
It is no longer maintained as free-standing package
and the current version is outdated. Use lapack-reference instead.
---
 pkgs/by-name/bl/blas-reference/package.nix | 62 ----------------------
 pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix                 |  1 +
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 62 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 pkgs/by-name/bl/blas-reference/package.nix

diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bl/blas-reference/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bl/blas-reference/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 326b7e7fe4e2..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bl/blas-reference/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  cmake,
-  gfortran,
-  # Whether to build with ILP64 interface
-  blas64 ? false,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "blas";
-  version = "3.12.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.netlib.org/blas/${pname}-${version}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-zMQbXQiOUNsAMDF66bDJrzdXEME5KsrR/iCWAtpaWq0=";
-  };
-
-  passthru = { inherit blas64; };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    gfortran
-  ];
-
-  cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON" ] ++ lib.optional blas64 "-DBUILD_INDEX64=ON";
-
-  # CMake 4 is no longer retro compatible with versions < 3.5
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt --replace-fail \
-      "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)" \
-      "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)"
-  '';
-
-  postInstall =
-    let
-      canonicalExtension =
-        if stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux then
-          "${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}.${lib.versions.major version}"
-        else
-          stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary;
-    in
-    lib.optionalString blas64 ''
-      ln -s $out/lib/libblas64${canonicalExtension} $out/lib/libblas${canonicalExtension}
-    '';
-
-  preFixup = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
-    for fn in $(find $out/lib -name "*.so*"); do
-      if [ -L "$fn" ]; then continue; fi
-      install_name_tool -id "$fn" "$fn"
-    done
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms";
-    license = licenses.publicDomain;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.markuskowa ];
-    homepage = "http://www.netlib.org/blas/";
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 4b7c42542c5f..4946d4c2d6cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ mapAliases {
   bisq-desktop = throw "bisq-desktop has been removed because OpenJFX 11 was removed"; # Added 2024-11-17
   bitmeter = throw "bitmeter has been removed, use `x42-meter 18` from the x42-plugins pkg instead."; # Added 2025-10-03
   bitwarden = bitwarden-desktop; # Added 2024-02-25
+  blas-reference = throw "blas-reference has been removed since it has been discontinued as free-standing package. It is now contained within lapack-reference."; # Added 2025-10-21
   blender-with-packages =
     args:
     lib.warnOnInstantiate