[MacPorts] #37767: octave-general @1.3.2 fails to build

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#37767: octave-general @1.3.2 fails to build
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  Reporter:  roberthuston@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect          |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports           |    Version:  2.1.2
Resolution:                  |   Keywords:
      Port:  octave-general  |
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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."

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