[Pkg-octave-devel] octave3.2 autobuild problems

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 09:49:34PM +0200, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> The octave3.2 package failed to autobuild on ia64 and is stuck on
> powerpc.  This is blocking our planned transition of the octave-forge
> packages from octave3.0 to octave3.2 [1].
> 
> The failure on caballero is due to the infamous alternatives problem [2] but
> nobody seem to care.  I wish I could ask for this:
> 
>     gb octave3.2_3.2.0-2 . ia64-but-please-not-on-caballero
>      
> but I guess that the syntax is wrong. ;-)

I've given it back, let's see if we're lucky.


> OTOH, the problem with powerpc seems to be easier to fix.  I have asked
> for a dep-wait in the past [3] but I think it is wrong now, since
> arpack_2.1+parpack96.dfsg-2 has migrated into testing.  Please, could the
> dep-wait be removed or the following be done:
> 
>     gb octave3.2_3.2.0-2 . powerpc

Done that.



Kurt