[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#799412: octave-control: fails to call ss function due to undefined symbols

[Niels Thykier]

On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 01:21:44 +0200 Vincenzo Scotti <vinc94 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: octave-control
> Version: 2.8.3-1+b1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> I installed Debian stretch a few days ago, switching from jessie.
> On jessie I used octave without any problem. Now I'm having this error:
> 
> [...]
> 
> As it seems to search for a c++11 symbol, I suspect some libraries got
> compiled with different ABIs. When trying the upstream control package,
> it doesn't compile too and fails upon installing it.
> 
> [...]
> ii  octave                             4.0.0-3
> [...]

Hi,

The GCC-5 related transition is still ongoing for octave.  I suspect it
would be better in unstable right now.  Unfortunately, unstable is
struck by #796310, which also affects octave (and might break it with
similar symptoms).

In the current situation, the best I can offer you is either to wait
(with a broken package) or downgrade (though unsupported and you will
probably have to use snapshots.debian.org).  :-/

Sorry,
~Niels


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