Re: [Fink-devel] graphicsmagick

2008-10-04 Thread Ben Abbott
Alexander Hansen-2 wrote: > > > On Sep 30, 2008, at 9:59 AM, Ben Abbott wrote: > >> >> On Tuesday, September 30, 2008, at 09:54AM, "Alexander Hansen" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > wrote: >>> >>> On Sep 30, 2008, a

Re: [Fink-devel] graphicsmagick

2008-09-30 Thread Ben Abbott
On Tuesday, September 30, 2008, at 12:58PM, "Alexander Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Sep 30, 2008, at 9:59 AM, Ben Abbott wrote: > >> >> On Tuesday, September 30, 2008, at 09:54AM, "Alexander Hansen" <[EMAIL >> PROTECTED] >

Re: [Fink-devel] graphicsmagick

2008-09-30 Thread Ben Abbott
On Tuesday, September 30, 2008, at 09:54AM, "Alexander Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Sep 30, 2008, at 9:42 AM, Ben Abbott wrote: > >> Sven Schwyn delirium.ch> writes: >>> >>> Hi >>> >> >>> >>>

Re: [Fink-devel] graphicsmagick

2008-09-30 Thread Ben Abbott
Sven Schwyn delirium.ch> writes: > > Hi > > > Cheers, -sven Is there any continued effort on this. I'm interested in a Fink package for graphicsmagick to be used as a dependency for Octave. If no one is going to continue to work on a package, I can take a look, but would greatly appreciate

Re: [Fink-devel] Q: convert lib*.a to lib*.dylib

2008-04-13 Thread Ben Abbott
On Apr 13, 2008, at 11:45 AM, Jean-François Mertens wrote: > > On 13 Apr 2008, at 17:15, Ben Abbott wrote: >> In my prior email I had neglected to mention that the various static >> libs are accompanied by *.def files. I'm not familiar with their >> purpose, but the

Re: [Fink-devel] Q: convert lib*.a to lib*.dylib

2008-04-13 Thread Ben Abbott
On Apr 12, 2008, at 7:03 PM, Jean-François Mertens wrote: > > On 12 Apr 2008, at 17:46, Ben Abbott wrote: >> >> I was hoping to extract the object code from the static libraries >> (using "ax -x libname.a") and then build the dylibs from that. Thus, >> I&

Re: [Fink-devel] Q: convert lib*.a to lib*.dylib

2008-04-12 Thread Ben Abbott
On Apr 12, 2008, at 12:35 AM, Jean-François Mertens wrote: > > On 12 Apr 2008, at 05:26, Jean-François Mertens wrote: >> >> On 12 Apr 2008, at 05:05, Ben Abbott wrote: >>> With regards to "--all" ... do you mean that all the .o files >>> included &

Re: [Fink-devel] Q: convert lib*.a to lib*.dylib

2008-04-11 Thread Ben Abbott
On Apr 11, 2008, at 10:46 PM, Jean-François Mertens wrote: > > On 12 Apr 2008, at 04:31, Ben Abbott wrote: >> >> When I tried to create the dylib version for cholmod, I encountered >> an >> "unidentified symbol" error for those symbols that are in

Re: [Fink-devel] Q: convert lib*.a to lib*.dylib

2008-04-11 Thread Ben Abbott
On Apr 10, 2008, at 9:54 PM, Peter O'Gorman wrote: > > Ok, I guess that you will be doing this as part of the install > phase, so: > > gcc -o %i/lib/libamd.0.dylib -dynamiclib \ > -install_name %p/lib/libamd.0.dylib *.o When I tried to create the dylib version for cholmod, I encountered an "u

Re: [Fink-devel] Q: convert lib*.a to lib*.dylib

2008-04-11 Thread Ben Abbott
On Apr 10, 2008, at 9:54 PM, Peter O'Gorman wrote: > ln -s libamd.0.dylib %i/lib/libamd.dylib I've rarely used symbolic links, does the line imply that target (libamd.0.dylib) is expected to be in the same directory as the link (libamd.dylib). Second question, is it not necessary to "install

Re: [Fink-devel] Q: convert lib*.a to lib*.dylib

2008-04-10 Thread Ben Abbott
On Apr 10, 2008, at 9:54 PM, Peter O'Gorman wrote: > Ben Abbott wrote: >> >> On Apr 10, 2008, at 7:47 PM, Peter O'Gorman wrote: >>> Ben Abbott wrote: >>>> It is has been suggested that the SuiteSparse static libraries be >>>> converted

Re: [Fink-devel] Q: convert lib*.a to lib*.dylib

2008-04-10 Thread Ben Abbott
On Apr 10, 2008, at 7:47 PM, Peter O'Gorman wrote: > Ben Abbott wrote: >> It is has been suggested that the SuiteSparse static libraries be >> converted to dynamic libraries instead. > > Why are they static? Are they shared libraries on other platforms? Who > su

[Fink-devel] Q: convert lib*.a to lib*.dylib

2008-04-10 Thread Ben Abbott
It is has been suggested that the SuiteSparse static libraries be converted to dynamic libraries instead. Rather than attempt to modify the makefiles directly, I'd like to try to directly convert the static libraries to dynamic ones. My thought is to do something like # Extract the object files

Re: [Fink-devel] Switch to gcc43 (Was Re: [Fink-users] octave.info & gcc-4.3)

2008-03-22 Thread Ben Abbott
On Friday, March 21, 2008, at 02:02PM, "Jean-François Mertens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On 20 Mar 2008, at 00:35, Ben Abbott wrote: >> On Mar 14, 2008, at 2:46 AM, Martin Costabel wrote: >> >>> Jean-François Mertens wrote: >>> [] >>

Re: [Fink-devel] [Fink-users] Switch to gcc43 (Was Re: octave.info & gcc-4.3)

2008-03-20 Thread Ben Abbott
On Mar 19, 2008, at 11:40 PM, Jean-François Mertens wrote: > > On 20 Mar 2008, at 00:35, Ben Abbott wrote: > >> I continue to have problems with building the bleeding-edge octave >> sources. Unfortunately the "bus error" I encounter leaves gdb useless >> t

Re: [Fink-devel] [Fink-users] Switch to gcc43 (Was Re: octave.info & gcc-4.3)

2008-03-20 Thread Ben Abbott
On Mar 19, 2008, at 11:40 PM, Jean-François Mertens wrote: > > On 20 Mar 2008, at 00:35, Ben Abbott wrote: > >> I continue to have problems with building the bleeding-edge octave >> sources. Unfortunately the "bus error" I encounter leaves gdb useless >> t

Re: [Fink-devel] Switch to gcc43 (Was Re: [Fink-users] octave.info & gcc-4.3)

2008-03-20 Thread Ben Abbott
On Mar 14, 2008, at 2:46 AM, Martin Costabel wrote: > Jean-François Mertens wrote: > [] >> but right, if true it would encourage a fast update of anything in >> fink to gcc43 > > I too have come round to the conclusion that this is indeed the best > plan for action at this moment. I would sug

Re: [Fink-devel] SuiteSparse package (in support of Octave)

2007-11-07 Thread Ben Abbott
Ben Abbott mac.com> writes: > > > > It would require a modification to the octave package or a variant, > > then. > > > > Shall I send an email to Octave's maintainer? > Quick update. I've emailed JW with regards to the SuiteSparse packag

Re: [Fink-devel] SuiteSparse package (in support of Octave)

2007-11-04 Thread Ben Abbott
On Nov 4, 2007, at 9:23 PM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ben Abbott wrote: >> >> On Nov 4, 2007, at 8:35 PM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: >> >> Ben Abbott wrote: >>>>> I've uploaded a new F

Re: [Fink-devel] SuiteSparse package (in support of Octave)

2007-11-04 Thread Ben Abbott
On Nov 4, 2007, at 8:35 PM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ben Abbott wrote: I've uploaded a new Fink package for SuiteSparse to the package tracker. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php When present during an Octave build, Octave wil

Re: [Fink-devel] SuiteSparse package (in support of Octave)

2007-11-04 Thread Ben Abbott
Alexander K. Hansen finkproject.org> writes: > > It would require a modification to the octave package or a variant, then. > How to proceed? ... shall I contact Octave's maintainer? - This SF.net email is sponsored b

Re: [Fink-devel] SuiteSparse package (in support of Octave)

2007-11-04 Thread Ben Abbott
Alexander K. Hansen finkproject.org> writes: > > > Ben Abbott wrote: > > I've uploaded a new Fink package for SuiteSparse to the package > > tracker. > > > > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php > > > > When present during an O

[Fink-devel] SuiteSparse package (in support of Octave)

2007-11-04 Thread Ben Abbott
I've uploaded a new Fink package for SuiteSparse to the package tracker. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php When present during an Octave build, Octave will use SuiteSparse for many calculations using sparse matrices. This is my 1st attempt to creating a package. The package validated fin