[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#477736: octave-symbolic_1.0.5-1(sparc/unstable): missing dependencies

[Thomas Weber]

Am Freitag, den 25.04.2008, 00:15 +0200 schrieb Martin Zobel-Helas:
> Package: octave-symbolic
> Version: 1.0.5-1
> Severity: serious
> 
> There was an error while trying to autobuild your package:
> 
> > Automatic build of octave-symbolic_1.0.5-1 on lebrun by sbuild/sparc 98
> > Build started at 20080421-2120
> 
> [...]
> 
> > ** Using build dependencies supplied by package:
> > Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 6), cdbs, octave-pkg-dev (>= 0.5.5), libginac-dev
> 
> [...]
> 
> > octave-forge is configured with
> >    octave:      octave (version 3.0.0)
> >    mkoctfile:	mkoctfile for Octave 0
> >    symbolic toolbox: GiNaC not found --- see main/symbolic/INSTALL
> > 
> > find . -name NOINSTALL -print    # shows which toolboxes won't be installed
> > 
> > make[1]: *** [all] Error 1
> > error: 'make' returned the following error: make[1]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/octave-symbolic-1.0.5/src'
> > Ginac library or headers not found

Ginac now uses pkg-config to check for its library. Should we add this
as a general dependency to octave-pkg-dev or the specific packages that
need it (I don't know which packages these are, though)?

	Thomas