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bug #39045: default Makefile for octave forge packages still uses libexec

Submitter:  Fabio <efferre79>
Submitted:  Wed 22 May 2013 09:51:05 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Package Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Installation Failure
Status:  Wont Fix Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * 3.6.4 Operating System:  * GNU/Linux
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Thu 05 Sep 2013 03:15:46 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Thanks for your bug report and patch. However, the packages directory of the Octave Forge svn repository seems to be no longer used with the way packages are built and distributed now. I would guess that that directory will be removed rather than trying to update or maintain it.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
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Wed 22 May 2013 09:51:05 PM UTC, original submission:  

bug #32840 introduced a change of path for the installation of arch dependent files, the libdir path replaces the old libexec one.

The default template Makefile for octave packages (http://svn.code.sf.net/p/octave/code/trunk/octave-forge/packages/package_Makefile.in) still contains a reference to the old libexec path and the problem is triggered when DESTDIR is set during "make install". If a distribution's package manager (e.g. Gentoo) uses this solution, the arch dependent files are installed in the wrong path (comparing to the search path built automatically by pkg("load", "auto") at startup) making the package not usable.

I'm attaching a simple patch to solve the issue.

Fabio <efferre79>

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2013-09-05 mtmiller CategoryConfiguration and Build System Octave Package
        Item GroupRegression Installation Failure
        StatusNone Wont Fix
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2013-05-22 efferre79 Attached File- Added package_Makefile.in.patch, #28141

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