bugGNU Octave - Bugs: bug #66705, vrml package does not install

 
 

bug #66705: vrml package does not install

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Fri 24 Jan 2025 08:16:36 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Package Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Unexpected Error or Warning
Status:  None Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Bertrand Roessli Originator Email:  -email is unavailable-
Open/Closed:  * Open Release:  * 9.3.0
Operating System:  * GNU/Linux Fixed Release:  None
Planned Release:  None
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Fri 31 Jan 2025 12:47:26 PM UTC, comment #4: 

The steps for Octave Forge (SourceForge) are documented here: https://wiki.octave.org/Reviewing_Octave_Forge_packages#Admin_tasks

Furthermore, I can grant anyone permission to do the update steps.

Alternatively, host your package tarball anywhere (GitLab, GitHub, personal public accessible webspace), and append a new release tarball url to the Octave packages entry https://github.com/gnu-octave/packages/blob/c7672b4ddd03f97115eb003c8feac618a73146c6/packages/vrml.yaml#L26-L37

Octave Forge (SourceForge) is since 2022 one of many possible hosting options for Octave package tarballs.

Kai Torben Ohlhus <siko1056>
Group Member
Wed 29 Jan 2025 05:04:51 PM UTC, comment #3: 

Thank you for the updated tarball.
Installing it in Octave 9.3.0 works for me.

I don't know how to do releases for packages that are hosted on SourceForge. CC'ing Kai and John D. because I hope they might know how to do that.

Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Group administrator
Sat 25 Jan 2025 04:38:22 AM UTC, comment #2: 

  Hi B., hi Markus,

I haven't updated the Sourceforge package (dunno how to do that), but here's a newer version in attachment, with dots instead of backslashes.

  Lmk if that works for you.

  Etienne

(file #56806)

Anonymous
Fri 24 Jan 2025 10:15:49 AM UTC, comment #1: 

The vrml package hasn't been updated since 2012. I don't know if it is still maintained.
Maybe, try to contact the original author.

When it comes to this particular syntax error:
Line continuation with `\` is no longer supported. Use `...` instead.


If I understand correctly, this issue has already been fixed in the upstream repository:
https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/vrml/ci/c0a2665ed9d40feebf49a18827638734e104189b/

But afaict no new version of the package was released since then.

I don't know if this will work. But maybe try to install from a current snapshot of the repository of that package:

pkg install https://sourceforge.net/code-snapshots/hg/o/oc/octave/vrml/octave-vrml-cc9fc42b1bdf67447f23320665e8ac7888037a17.zip


Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Group administrator
Fri 24 Jan 2025 08:16:36 AM UTC, original submission:  

Hello,

I tried to install the vrml package anf get the following error
 syntax error

>>>   d2wx(W+i,:) =                        \

                                           ^
error: called from
    doc_cache_create>create_cache at line 116 column 20
    gen_doc_cache_in_dir>@<anonymous> at line 150 column 20
    doc_cache_create>gen_doc_cache_in_dir at line 151 column 9
    doc_cache_create at line 62 column 12
    install>generate_lookfor_cache at line 836 column 5
    install at line 241 column 7
    pkg at line 619 column 9

Thank You,
B. Roessli

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file #56806:  vrml-1.0.15-no_backslashes.tar.gz added by None (1MiB - application/gzip)

 

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