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bug #52283: [octave forge] (parallel) fails to install on Windows due to no "uname" function

Submitted by:  Marshall <marsian>
Submitted on:  Wed 25 Oct 2017 08:01:51 PM UTC  
 
Category: Octave Forge PackageSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Installation Failure
Status: InvalidAssigned to: Olaf Till <i7tiol>
Originator Name: MarsianOpen/Closed: Closed
Release: 4.2.1Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Fri 27 Oct 2017 05:00:30 PM UTC, comment #3:

Closing as invalid, we can re-open it if more discussion is deemed necessary.

Olaf Till <i7tiol>
Project MemberIn charge of this item.
Fri 27 Oct 2017 04:58:52 PM UTC, comment #2:

Thanks, but it's not necessary to add me to CC...

I wouldn't treat Windows special explicitly, because checking the OS is no reliable check for system functions.

Olaf Till <i7tiol>
Project MemberIn charge of this item.
Thu 26 Oct 2017 08:43:57 PM UTC, comment #1:

Adding the package maintainer in cc.

Olaf has said before that the parallel package depends on a working native fork function, which means it is not expected to work on Windows.

This configure test is unrelated to fork, but the symptom is basically the same, the package only works on a real Unixy OS. The error message could be made clearer. I'll leave this open if Olaf wants to add an earlier check and exit with an error that tells users specifically that the package won't work on Windows.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Project Administrator
Wed 25 Oct 2017 08:01:51 PM UTC, original submission:

I tried to install the Parallel tool box using

The package fails to build on when checking for "uname":

I'm on Windows 10. I know the octave uname command has had troubles in my current version of Octave (see bug #51830), but I think this is checking for a c version of the function.

Marshall <marsian>

 

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