Re: Octave 3.8.2 on MacPorts?

[Ben Abbott]

> On Nov 28, 2014, at 3:03 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Nov 28, 2014, at 2:50 PM, Vic Norton <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> I just installed the MacPorts version of Octave 3.8.2. It seems to work 
>> alright, except for plot, but I get a peculiar error message when I quit 
>> Octave. Any ideas?
>> 
>> I'm running Mac OS X 10.9.5 on an iMac. Here is a complete Octave-Terminal 
>> session.
>> 
>> Last login: Fri Nov 28 14:29:28 on ttys000
>> ~$ /opt/local/bin/octave
>> GNU Octave, version 3.8.2
>> Copyright (C) 2014 John W. Eaton and others.
>> This is free software; see the source code for copying conditions.
>> There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or
>> FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  For details, type 'warranty'.
>> 
>> Octave was configured for "x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0".
>> 
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>> 
>> octave> m = 252;
>> octave> quit
>> libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type 
>> octave_interrupt_exception
>> panic: Abort trap: 6 -- stopping myself...
>> attempting to save variables to 'octave-workspace'...
>> save to 'octave-workspace' complete
>> Abort trap: 6
>> ~$ 
> 
> The attached patches reportedly fix the problem (from Marius Schamschula).
> 
>       
> http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Octave-on-Yosemite-via-Fink-td4667530.html#a4667537
> 
> The Portfile to be patched is located at ...
> 
>       port dir octave
> 
> The patch will need to be placed in the subdirectory "files" inside the 
> directory returned by the port command above.
> 
> Ben
> 
> <Portfile-octave.diff>
> <octave-3.8.2-clang-libcxx.patch>

I just updated my Macports install. Unfortunately, both the version built using 
the Macports Portfile and the patched one with the clang patch produce the 
"Abort trap: 6" error with exiting.

Ben