Re: Octave 3.8.2 on MacPorts?

[Vic Norton]

On Nov 28, 2014, at 8:41 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:

> 
>> 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".
>>> 
>>> Additional information about Octave is available at http://www.octave.org.
>>> 
>>> Please contribute if you find this software useful.
>>> For more information, visit http://www.octave.org/get-involved.html
>>> 
>>> Read http://www.octave.org/bugs.html to learn how to submit bug reports.
>>> For information about changes from previous versions, type 'news'.
>>> 
>>> 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
> 

Thanks for the info, Ben. I wonder, can you plot anything with the Macports 
Octave?

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Vic