[Pkg-octave-devel] Packaging Octave 3.8

[Thomas Weber]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 10:56:56AM +0100, Sébastien Villemot wrote:
> > Upgrade error from octave_3.6.4-4+b1 to octave_3.8.0-1, with
> > octave-control installed:
> > 
> > (Reading database ... 427825 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Removing octave-control (2.6.1-1) ...
> > dpkg: liboctave1:amd64: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested:
> >  octave depends on liboctave1 (= 3.6.4-4+b1).
> > 
> > Removing liboctave1:amd64 (3.6.4-4+b1) ...
> > Processing triggers for octave (3.6.4-4+b1) ...
> > octave: error while loading shared libraries: liboctinterp.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> > dpkg: error processing package octave (--remove):
> >  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
> 
> This is a manifestation of #671711, which is unfortunately not yet
> fixed :(
> 
> I guess we have no other choice than removing the breaks on liboctave1
> and replacing it by a long list of package/versions that are broken with
> Octave 3.8.

Is the problem just #671711? So, assuming dpkg would do the right thing,
we would get away with a simple Breaks:liboctave1?

	Thomas