Re: most recent xfig-3.2.5b-2 broken.

[marco atzeri <marco dot atzeri at gmail dot com>]

On 2/27/2012 1:47 PM, George Barrick wrote:
> Subj: most recent xfig-3.2.5b-2 broken.
>
>                           2012.02.27.12:45:48 UT
>
> Hi Marco (and cygwin-x folks),
>
>       I will try the experiment that I think
> you are suggesting.  If the .so is part of an
> older .dll, then a reinstallation of the
> packages should clear up the problem.  I
> have not yet done that however because the
> same difficulty is emerging with the octave-3.6
> that was released over the weekend.
>
>       The message that I get is:
>
> gbarrick@TS207 ~/jpegs/figs
> $ octave
> /usr/bin/octave-3.6.1.exe: error while loading shared libraries:
> ?: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

now you triggered all my attention as octave package maintainer

try this

$ cd /bin
$ strace -o /tmp/octave.strace octave-3.6.1.exe --version

it should open a system message window mentioning what is missing

> George                     g_barrick_at_walsh_dot_edu

regards
Marco


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