compiling octave-2.1.30

[Gerald Marewo]

hi all.

i tried compiling octave-2.1.30 on:

        Linux aardvark 2.0.34 #67 Thu Jun 18 17:04:10 MEST 1998 i686 unknown

with the following version of gcc:

  Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1/2.95.1/specs
  gcc version 2.95.1 19990816 (release)

(updated from and older version:
   Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2.1/specs
   gcc version 2.7.2.1)

configure works fine but make gives errors as shown below:

   make[3]: Entering directory
   `/home/j/root/octave-2.1.30/libcruft/villad'
   warning: run make in parent directory to update libraries
   make[3]: Leaving directory
   `/home/j/root/octave-2.1.30/libcruft/villad'
   make libcruft.a
   make[3]: Entering directory `/home/j/root/octave-2.1.30/libcruft'
   make[3]: `libcruft.a' is up to date.
   make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/j/root/octave-2.1.30/libcruft'
   make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/j/root/octave-2.1.30/libcruft'
   make -C liboctave all
   make[2]: Entering directory `/home/j/root/octave-2.1.30/liboctave'
   c++ -c  -I. -I.. -I../liboctave -I../src -I../libcruft/misc  -I../glob
   -I../glob -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -mieee-fp -fno-rtti -fno-implicit-templates
   -g -O2 -Wall cmd-edit.cc -o cmd-edit.o
   cmd-edit.cc: In method `class string
   command_editor::do_decode_prompt_string(const string &)':
   cmd-edit.cc:826: `NPOS' undeclared (first use this function)
   cmd-edit.cc:826: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
   cmd-edit.cc:826: for each function it appears in.)
   make[2]: *** [cmd-edit.o] Error 1
   make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/j/root/octave-2.1.30/liboctave'
   make[1]: *** [liboctave] Error 2
   make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/j/root/octave-2.1.30'
   make: *** [all] Error 2

i hope the information supplied above is enough for someone to be
able to help me out. i am desperate to get this version to work
because i need to use the `qval' function for solving a generalized
eigenvalue problem. unfortunately, this function is only available
in versions 2.1.x, developers' versions.

Any form of help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Gerald.

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