On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Rafael Laboissiere <raf...@laboissiere.net> wrote: > * c. <carlo.defa...@gmail.com> [2012-06-05 20:35]: > >> gmsh is actually just an optional dependency of msh which is needed >> only by two functions which call it via a "system ()" call. >> >> If gmsh causes so much trouble I can just change those functions so >> that they check whether a gmsh binary is available and give a warning >> if it isn't. >> >> or, as an alternative, you could simply patch msh on debian removing >> the two functions that require gmsh. > > Please, change the functions as you suggest above. It is much better > that the changes are done upstream instead of been done via > Debian-specific patches. > > Thanks, > > Rafael > > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-octave-devel mailing list > pkg-octave-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-octave-devel
This may be off-topic: I use gmsh in combination with the package msh. In UIbuntu when installing gmsh a conflict with hdf5-serial is detected and one cannot have hdf5-serial and gmsh in this way. However, compiling from gmsh sources using hdf5-serial produces no problem. Cheers, -- M. Sc. Juan Pablo Carbajal ----- PhD Student University of Zürich http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/carbajal/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
