#37767: octave-general @1.3.2 fails to build -----------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: roberthuston@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.1.2 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: octave-general | -----------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by roberthuston@…): Replying to [comment:9 arthur@…]:
This could be a bug in octave (the main package) not octave-general. I have seen similar errors when trying to install other packages (e.g. octave-strings). On the other hand, when I replaced octave-3.2.4 with octave-devel-3.6.4, I could then install octave-general (and octave- strings) without any errors.
I believe you are right. I was able to install octave-devel-3.6.4 and then octave-general happily installed. (My goal was to install octave-control and octave-signal, which pulls in octave-general and others.) At this point, octave-devel-3.6.4 is probably better anyway, since GNU Octave has version 3.6.4 marked as the actual release version. I've also since found that octave-devel-3.6.4 operates considerably faster and more efficiently than the standard octave-3.2.4. I don't understand why MacPorts keeps it at the "devel" state since GNU considers it "released." -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/37767#comment:10> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X