Re: [OctDev] 2006.01.28 fails with octave 2.9.4

[David B. <Dav...@mo...>]

pki...@co... wrote:

>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Quentin Spencer <qsp...@ie...>
> > Orion Poplawski wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Get lots of:
> > >
> > > make[1]: Entering directory
> > > `/builddir/build/BUILD/octave-forge-2006.01.28/FIXES'
> > > mkoctfile -DHAVE_OCTAVE_29 -v -DALLBITS -DHAVE_ND_ARRAYS rand.cc
> > > rm -f randn.octlink
> > > /builddir/build/BUILD/octave-forge-2006.01.28/admin/octlink.sh
> > > rand.oct randn.octlink
> > > make[1]:
> > > /builddir/build/BUILD/octave-forge-2006.01.28/admin/octlink.sh:
> > > Command not foun
> > > d
> > > make[1]: *** [randn.octlink] Error 127
> > > rm -f rande.octlink
> > >
> > > Looks like a change to configure.base was checked in to use
> > > octlink.sh, but that octlink.sh was never checked in?
> > >
> >
> > I got it to build fine with 2.1.72, but I'm seeing this error as well
> > with 2.9.x, and haven't looked any further into it. This error has been
> > reported a couple of times by others in the last week or so. Can 
> someone
> > who understands what is going on explain this (or fix it)?
>
> Sorry, my fault.
>
> Octave 2.9.x has a new autoload feature to tell the interpreter to look
> for multiple functions in the same .oct file.  I believe the syntax is
> something like:
>
>     autoload('full/path/to/octfile.oct','name');
>
> On 2.1.72, octave-forge should be using "ln -s" as usual. 
>
> On 2.9.4 it should be using "octlink.sh basename.oct name.octlink"
> to create 'name.octlink' which contains:
>
>     autoload(which('basename'),'name');
>
> Before install, mkpkgadd concatenates all the octlink files to the end
> of PKG_ADD.
>
> I don't have octlink.sh available remotely, and it will be a few days
> yet before I'm home.  I think something like the following should
> work.  Be sure to 'chmod a+x admin/octlink.sh' after creating yet.
> Please let me know.
>
> admin/octlink.sh:
> #!/bin/sh
>
> BASE=`echo $1 | sed -e's/.oct$//'`
> NAME=`echo $2 | sed -e's/.octlink$//'`
> echo "autoload(which('$BASE'),'$NAME')" > $2
>
>     - Paul
>
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Ok, I committed the fix to the CVS.. Now just new a new package for 
octave-forge... Sorry Paul.....

D.

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