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bug #35094: Compile fails to make documentation in interpreter directory

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Sat 17 Dec 2011 01:44:18 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Configuration and Build System Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  None
Status:  Works For Me Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  RMB Hoffman Originator Email:  -email is unavailable-
Open/Closed:  * Closed Release:  * 3.4.3
Operating System:  * GNU/Linux Fixed Release:  None
Planned Release:  None
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Tue 20 Dec 2011 05:54:17 PM UTC, comment #8: 

Ryan, sorry we couldn't help.  If things are still not working for you after your package manager attempts you can come back here.

I'm closing this report since there is nothing to be done right now.

Rik <rik5>
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Mon 19 Dec 2011 10:59:13 PM UTC, comment #7: 

I second Rik's comment that building on Linux ought to be easy. I'm using CentOS 5.7, and the package manager based install fails due to some problem with the hdf5 library. (From searching around it seems that this problem's resolved in CentOS 6, and my experience with CentOS is that they don't worry too much about fixing older versions.)

It's probably possible to still use .rpm while specifically excluding the hdf5 dependencies but I haven't tried that. Trust me, I would use the package manager if I could! Even when I used Gentoo, if Portage failed I usually just started hunting for binaries! I'm just not very adept using/debugging Make.

Ben, thanks for helping. I've attached configure.log. "./tests/fntests.log" was not created, or was created and not saved. It's not there!

At this point, learning to use the package manager while excluding the hdf5 library seems like my simplest recourse.

Thanks all,
Ryan


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Anonymous
Mon 19 Dec 2011 06:17:24 PM UTC, comment #6: 

Another informational request, your reported operating system is Linux.  Could you tell us which one?  By and large building on Linux is the easiest of the three major OS (Unix, Mac, Windows) so I'm surprised that this is such an ordeal.

Rik <rik5>
Group administrator
Mon 19 Dec 2011 01:25:40 PM UTC, comment #5: 

Ryan,

When configure is done, it saves "./configure.log".  This file contains a lot of info that can be useful in debugging the problem. Please attach this file as well.

When "make check" is run, the file "./tests/fntests.log" is also created and saved. Was this file created?

My naive guess is that the problem you are having is related to build-time or run-time dependencies. You attempt to ensure all run-time dependencies are present by installing Octave via you package manager. Just install the most recent version available and then remove it (the run-time dependencies will remain).

Ben

Ben Abbott <bpabbott>
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Mon 19 Dec 2011 06:12:31 AM UTC, comment #4: 

Thanks all for helping me to debug my installation.

OK, I confirmed that my Texinfo installation was problematic. Actually, there was no texinfo executable (although TeX Live is installed; I use it regularly.)

Before Rik's comment, I tried to install texinfo and edited the Makefile.in located in the build-aux directory to point to it. Basically, I started debugging any broken paths in that Makefile.

Finally, I got an indication the compilation was complete:

Octave successfully built.  Now choose from the following:


But it crashed with a segfault on the first execution.

THEN, I followed-up on Rik's suggestion (missed that configure option, and I was looking for it [actually a no-TeX-documentation option]) and the same thing happened, basically.

SO, to be clear, I first ran "make clean" and then the following configure line:

./configure --without-hdf5 --without-qhull --with-blas=/usr/lib64/libblas.so.3.0.3 --with-lapack=/usr/lib64/liblapack.so.3.0.3 --disable-readline --disable-docs


The compilation appeared to succeed, then I ran "make check." I've attached the "make check" output.

By the way, I'm certainly a non-expert, and perhaps my original bug report title was inappropriate (it has since changed), but  I can't get an executable working: that's my priority, and that's the spirit of my bug report. The current title seems to cast this as a problem making documentation, when even "--disable-docs" is included.

Thanks for your help,
Ryan


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Anonymous
Mon 19 Dec 2011 02:36:38 AM UTC, comment #3: 

The audio.texi file is fine.  Ben is probably correct that there is something wrong with your Texinfo installation.  As an alternative, you could build the Octave without the documentation by adding '--disable-docs' to your configure line.

Rik <rik5>
Group administrator
Sat 17 Dec 2011 04:54:33 PM UTC, comment #2: 

The audio.texi file looks good to me.

I'd guess there is something wrong with your TeX/LaTeX/Texinfo install. I suggest you subscribe to the help-list

https://mailman.cae.wisc.edu/listinfo/help-octave

and ask the Octave community for help to debug the problem.

Ben Abbott <bpabbott>
Group Member
Sat 17 Dec 2011 02:39:37 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Just in case, can you attach audio.texi ?

Ben Abbott <bpabbott>
Group Member
Sat 17 Dec 2011 01:44:18 AM UTC, original submission:  

Hello,

I'm trying to compile Octave on Centos5.7.

I ran the "configure" script with:


 ./configure --without-hdf5 --without-qhull  --with-blas=/usr/lib64/libblas.so.3.0.3 --with-lapack=/usr/lib64/liblapack.so.3.0.3 --disable-readline


I've attached the Makefile and also a log file to which I redirected some of the errors that I'm also excerpting below. (The filenames end in a '2' but that's only the file I uploaded; mentally remove the '2' from the filenames, please!)

The compilation failed right at the end, with some of the last errors being:

Making all in interpreter
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/me/Desktop/octave-3.4.3/doc/interpret
er'
./config-images.sh ../..
../../doc/interpreter/images.mk is unchanged
restore=: && backupdir=".am$$" && \
[much more output here]
/home/me/Desktop/octave-3.4.3/doc/interpreter//audio.texi:67: Misplaced }.
makeinfo: Removing output file `octave.info' due to errors; use --force to preserve.
make[3]: *** [octave.info] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/me/Desktop/octave-3.4.3/doc/interpreter'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/me/Desktop/octave-3.4.3/doc'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/me/Desktop/octave-3.4.3'
make: *** [all] Error 2


Thanks,

Ryan

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file #24631:  config.log2.gz added by None (120KiB - application/x-gzip)
file #24627:  make-check-log added by None (5KiB - application/octet-stream - compiling with --disable-docs gives an executable which fails "make test")
file #24613:  audio.texi added by None (8KiB - text/x-texinfo - audio.texi per Ben's request)
file #24611:  Makefile2 added by None (88KiB - application/octet-stream - compilation fails for unknown reasons )
file #24612:  make-log2 added by None (9KiB - application/octet-stream - compilation fails for unknown reasons )

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2011-12-20 rik5 StatusNone Works For Me
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2011-12-19 None Attached File- Added config.log2.gz, #24631
    2011-12-19 None Attached File- Added make-check-log, #24627
    2011-12-19 rik5 SummaryCompiling fails during/after &quot;Making all in interpreter&quot; stage Compile fails to make documentation in interpreter directory
    2011-12-17 None Attached File- Added audio.texi, #24613
    2011-12-17 None Attached File- Added Makefile2, #24611
        Attached File- Added make-log2, #24612

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