Re: Octave 2.0.14 build under RH6.1

[Joao Cardoso]

Andy Boden wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've been using the "production" version of octave (2.0.14) for some
> time
> under a RH 5.2 linux distribution.  I'm in the process of upgrading my
> machines to the latest RH 6.1, and my octave build stopped working on
> the
> upgraded machines.
> 
> Okay, no big deal, just run configure and recompile it under the new

recompiled? if this means that you had run 'configure' without 'make
distclean' (or removing all config.cache), than you was using the
previously 'configure' results.

> RH
> release and I should be back up and working.  Well, I tried that this
> morning and I ran into a problem with the code looking for nan.h --
> which
> exists in /usr/include on my RH 5.2 laptop but no longer exists on my
> RH 6.1 desktop.
> 
> So:
> 
> 1) I'm a little suprised that configure didn't catch this, but I tried
> it
> twice and it's repeatable.  Is this known/understood?  (Surely...)
> 
> 2) Am I misinformed that v2.0.14 is what I should be using?  Is there a
> more
> recent "stable" release?  If not, is there a straightforward workaround
> or
> patch I can download and install?  Or should I be considering going to
> the
> bleeding-edge octave tree?
> 
> 3) Is anyone else having better luck with either building or using the
> pre-built
> 2.0.14 octave on the RH6.1 installation?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your time in this matter.  BTW, the favor of a
> reply
> e-mail is requested -- I couldn't find an appropriate newsgroup (a
> pointer
> if I'm additionally stupid here would be appreciated).
> 
> Hanging on to my RH5.2 laptop in Pasadena,
> 
>                                                                 - Andy Boden
> 
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