Re: Package Install Problems

[siko1056]

Thomas D. Dean-2 wrote
> I have a problem with the linear-algebra, general, and miscellaneous 
> packages.
> 
> Octave 4.3.0+ as of September 2, 2017.
> 
> I have installed these packages on another system. (see below)
> 
> The general package fails
> 
> octave:3> pkg install -forge general
> unpackfields.cc: In function ‘octave_value_list Funpackfields(const 
> octave_value_list&, int)’:
> unpackfields.cc:78:37: error: ‘symbol_table’ has not been declared
>             octave_value struct_val = symbol_table::varval (struct_name);
> 
> 
> I think I must have some setup missing, etc.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Tom Dean
> 
> =================================================================================
> On a different Ubuntu 16.04 system:
> 
> P9X79> /usr/local/bin/octave
> GNU Octave, version 4.3.0+
> [...]

There have been API breaking changes related to the symbolic table in the
passed weeks [1] and the general package makes heavy use of Octave-internals
[2].  Before the next official release this package might need some
attention.  Until that I am afraid, that there is: "Dependencies: Octave >=
4.0.0 && <= 4.2.1".

If you want to fix these issues, you can modify [2] by prefixing "octave::"
before each symbol_table [3] as it was moved to that namespace.

HTH, Kai


[1]: https://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/log?rev=symbol_table
[2]:
https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/general/ci/default/tree/src/packfields.cc
[3]:
https://octave.space/doxygen/dev/d6/d84/classoctave_1_1symbol__table.html#a1680fb7df9551f0ad85827e0a8a3b79b



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