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bug #35588: Documentation bugs in octave or OpenBSD

Submitted by:  Edd Barrett <vext01>
Submitted on:  Wed 22 Feb 2012 11:19:51 AM UTC  
 
Category: Configuration and Build SystemSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: None
Status: NoneAssigned to: None
Originator Name: Open/Closed: Open
Release: devOperating System: *BSD

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Thu 23 Feb 2012 02:25:59 PM UTC, comment #4:

John,

I have uploaded detailed instructions and patches here:
http://theunixzoo.co.uk/octave

I really hope we can get this working. Thanks for your help.

Edd Barrett <vext01>
Thu 23 Feb 2012 12:49:27 AM UTC, comment #3:

I can install OpenBSD in a virtual machine, but I don't want to have to become an expert with OpenBSD to do that, so you'll have to tell me precisely step by step what to do.

John W. Eaton <jwe>
Project Administrator
Wed 22 Feb 2012 11:03:16 PM UTC, comment #2:

That was starting afresh. Infact, I have no option. OpenBSD ports ensures you can not reconfigure without untarring afresh.

Rik -- I see you have replied to a few of my bug reports, perhaps you have realised by now, octave does not work on OpenBSD (although some part our fault perhaps). Would you be interested helping us?

The main hurdle is finding an ocatve developer who is willing to install OpenBSD on a spare machine... There are a few hurdles to jump regarding blas and lapack, but i have diffs for this.

Perhaps we can talk on irc? Where do you hang?

Edd Barrett <vext01>
Wed 22 Feb 2012 04:58:34 PM UTC, comment #1:

Try starting over completely from the base tar.gz file. The documentation is pre-built and is distributed in the tarball. Only if you have 'touched' files and updated timestamps will there be a problem.

Recap:
tar xf octave-tarball.tar.gz
cd octave-build-directory
./configure
make

You shouldn't need the --disable-docs options at all.

Rik <rik5>
Project Member
Wed 22 Feb 2012 11:19:51 AM UTC, original submission:

Hi,

With the 3.6.1rc0 tarball on OpenBSD, I get some errors relating to .texi files:

I tried again with --disable-docs:

OpenBSD uses texinfo 4.8 in it's base distribution - the latest in 4.13. Our version is probably too old, but I would expect --disable-docs to prevent building of all docs?

Cheers

Edd Barrett <vext01>

 

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