Re: Need test of patch for OS X

[Sebastian]

Am 10.05.2016 um 16:15 schrieb Ben Abbott <address@hidden>:
> 
>> On May 10, 2016, at 7:48 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>> On May 9, 2016, at 11:00 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On May 9, 2016, at 10:38 PM, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On 05/09/2016 10:27 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> test ov-java.cc
>>>>> ***** testif HAVE_JAVA
>>>>> assert (javaObject ("java.lang.Short", 40000).doubleValue < 0);
>>>>> !!!!! test failed
>>>>> /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Libraries/libjvm.dylib:
>>>>>  failed to load: 
>>>>> dlopen(/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Libraries/libjvm.dylib,
>>>>>  10): no suitable image found.  Did find:
>>>>> /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Libraries/libjvm.dylib:
>>>>>  mach-o, but wrong architecture
>>>> 
>>>> Hmm.  Well, there was a comment in the code that using the octave_shlib 
>>>> method of loading the jvm had problems, but I'm suspicious about that. 
>>>> Surely there is a way to dynamically load the jvm into Octave.  We do it 
>>>> with .oct files, so why not the jvm?
>>>> 
>>>> Since the message is about it being the wrong architecture, maybe that 
>>>> isn't the correct file?  Are there other libjvm libraries on your system?
>>>> 
>>>> jwe
>>> 
>>> I don’t think so, but the libjvm I have is from 2014 … and looks to be out 
>>> of date. I’ve downloaded and installed the jre and sdk for Java Version 8 
>>> Update 91. I’ll need to modify my configure script to use the new version. 
>>> I’ll report back tomorrow.
>>> 
>>> Ben
>> 
>> Ok. Not so easy. Octave is crashing and I’m getting an error indicating I 
>> need legacy Java SE 6 runtime.
>> 
>> Ben
>> 
>> <error_dialogs.png>
> 
> As a quick sanity check, I tried using Sebastian’s octave_insaller script, 
> which uses Hombrew to build octave.
> 
> https://github.com/schoeps/octave_installer
> 
> I haven’t look into the details, but the Java tests pass.
> 
> Ben

I am not sure what my homebrew formula is doing w.r.t. to Java. Did you play 
with the switch "--with-java"? I will do a test tonight.
@Ben: I assume you modified octave.rb to use the patch? Can you send me the 
modification? 

Sebastian