> On Nov 2, 2017, at 11:51 AM, Marius Schamschula wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> I just realized, that I could apply the patch, available from savannah, to
> fix the octave GUI freeze on quit issue to octave TIP:
>
>
Hi all,
I just realized, that I could apply the patch, available from savannah, to fix
the octave GUI freeze on quit issue to octave TIP:
https://github.com/Schamschula/macports/blob/f5e1a4358c6ec77a20e285867f73f6bacfb59fe2/math/octave-devel/Portfile
Ken,That sure is cleaner than the existing octave-devel.I added a small tweak:
Portfile-octave-devel.diff
Description: Binary data
to enable sundials (which the configure output is clearly looking for).It built, but again that quit error, a.k.a. https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50025Currently
> On Nov 2, 2017, at 10:13 AM, Ray Zimmerman wrote:
>
> I, for one, would appreciate an up-to-date octave-devel on macports if
> someone has the time. In particular, in the current build of the release
> version (4.2.1) the GUI still crashes on exit.
>
> Thanks again,
>
>
Mojca,
The issues with the octave packages are minor, as most are compatible with the
current release and what is on hg, and the others have been dropped upstream. I
keep the octave packages up to date.
However, I’m not the maintainer of the octave or octave-devel packages (Marcus
On 1 November 2017 at 11:49, Marius Schamschula wrote:
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> We also have such an option:
>
> The octave-devel port.
>
> However, this port has not been kept up to date.
Are there serious technical problems (I remember compatibility issues
with lots of octave modules) or just lack of time?
Judging
Dear Jerry,
On 1 November 2017 at 04:36, wrote:
> There are complaints on the Octave list that Octave on MacPorts is out of
> date and that support has moved to homebrew. I don’t use Octave much but
> would also appreciate it being kept up-to-date on MacPorts.
Can you