Execution problems with octave-2.1.73/OS X

[Joe Koski]

With the same basic approach that I used to build octave-2.1.72, I built
octave-2.1.73 and octave-forge-2006.3.17 on my Mac with OS X 10.3.9, Xcode
Tools 1.5, etc. All went well without complaints after the usual
modification of LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib -lcc_dynamic" to pick up some missing
library files.

When I try to execute octave, I get

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error: `dispatch' undefined near line 2 column 1
error: near line 2 of file
`/usr/local/share/octave/2.1.73/site/m/octave-forge/comm//PKG_ADD'
error: source: error sourcing file
`/usr/local/share/octave/2.1.73/site/m/octave-forge/comm//PKG_ADD'
O

If I ignore the error and try to run a known working script, I get

octave:1> run_drop_emd_inter
parse error near line 37 of file /Users/jakoski/Codes/EMD Revised
Convergence/run_drop_emd_inter.m

  syntax error

>>> grid on;
          ^

I've heard the dispatch error mentioned before, but never paid attention.
What's the fix? Has the syntax for grid really changed, or is it because of
the dispatch error?

Any ideas?

Joe





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