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RE: Upgrade to 3.0.3?


From: Brian
Subject: RE: Upgrade to 3.0.3?
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 16:51:57 -0500

I tried using Visual C++ 2008, though I still had 2005 on the machine. I'm
wondering if I did it 100% correctly though, I can't guarantee there wasn't
some form of human error involved.

I attempted to use the same kind of batch file Tatsuro recommended in his
note for 3.0.1 to start up the compiler since simply installing VC 2008
isn't enough. That's when I ran into problems. The first, I couldn't start
the new compiler and octave (though this may have been due to installing
Octave in the wrong place). The second time I tried it, I received the
errors mentioned above, which may have happened if I was starting the wrong
compiler. As it is I have literally 1 day to decide what to do, and then the
company I work for won't have much in the way of Octave support.

I think I'm deciding not to upgrade as I expect a couple of the errors which
have been fixed, I worked around in such a way that my scripts might break
with an upgrade, then my company would be dealing with a broken library of
scripts and no one to repair them.

I appreciate the input, and response, but the more I look into this, the
more its looking like it's too much to be able to guarantee it all gets done
in 4 to 6 hours.

If I can get tex formatting to print to .png files by tomorrow in 3.0.1,
I'll be happy enough.

I should probably report that Tatsuro managed to duplicate the error I see
on windows machines with plotting by using xlabel or ylabel, not sure which.
He may post about it eventually, I don't really know.

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Goffioul [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:36 PM
To: gOS
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: Upgrade to 3.0.3?

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 8:36 PM, gOS <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> I have a limited amount of time to decide whether or not my company should
do
> this, but I can't find specifically what has changed between 3.0.1 and
> 3.0.3. I'm trying to determine whether the upgrade is desired.
>
> My only reasoning for NOT doing it is that mkoctfile did not work on my
> machine, a Windows XP machine. I imagine its because I was trying to use
the
> same compiler as I was for 3.0.1, but 3.0.3 can't find the msvcr80.dll
when
> I try to run my mex files (microsoft visual c++ runtime library (probably
> version 8.0?)).

3.0.3 release has been precompiled with Visual C++ 2008, while you
probably still use Visual C++ 2005. 3.0.1 release came in two flavors,
for both compiler version. Which one did you install?

Michael.



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