Re: [Plplot-devel] octave is broken by recent changes

[Joao C. <jc...@fe...>]

On Tuesday 25 February 2003 18:40, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> Fresh checkout today at 17:09 UTC (there have been two commits
> since, but they are only concerned with docbook).
>
> ./configure --prefix=3D/usr/local/plplot_at --with-double --enable-dynd=
rivers
> --enable-octave --enable-gnome --enable-ntk --enable-java
> --with-www-user=3Dairwin > & ! configure.out
>
> gives the following message:
>
> checking for octave... yes
> error: structure has no member localoctfiledir'
> error: evaluating expression
> error: evaluating argument list element number 2
> error: evaluating index expression near line 2, column 9
>
> Although this message says error, the configuration continued without
> problems afterward, and I was also able to build and install everything
> without any obvious error message.
>
> However, later I ran plplot-test.sh in the installed examples area and
> there were severe octave problems.  I therefore looked closer at the ma=
ke
> install output, and I found this command was executed:
>
> /usr/bin/install -c plplot_octave-libdir.oct \
>   /usr/local/plplot_at//plplot_octave.oct
>
> So clearly, plplot_octave.oct is being installed in the wrong place
> (probably something to do with the above configuration error message).
>
> Rafael, if you cannot confirm the configure error message, please try a=
gain
> using octave-2.0.16.92-7 from Debian woody.  It is probably best to alw=
ays
> check your changes with that version since Joao has stated within the l=
ast
> few months that it is important to continue support for octave-2.0.16.

I still think that we must support octave-2.0.16/17, as that is the *offi=
cial=20
stable* release. Even if RH ships a 2.1 version, which means nothing -- R=
H=20
also shipped a non-existent gcc version, what caused a lot of problems to=
 its=20
users.

There are a *lot* of improvements in plplot_octave that could be done if =
we=20
stick to the 2.1.x series, but I don't think that to be wise, as there is=
=20
many people still using 2.0.16 -- that's enough to read the octave mailii=
ng=20
lists to understand that.

I don't have time in the next weeks to do anything for plplot.

Joao

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