RE: octave-3.0.2-2 Requires gcc4

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

James R. Phillips wrote on 14 October 2008 16:14:

> Hi,
> 
> The experimental version of octave, octave-3.0.2-2, compiled with gcc4,
> requires gcc4 to be installed in order to use the gcc4 runtime libraries.

  It only requires gcc4-runtime, then.

> Currently setup.exe will allow octave-3.0.2-2 to be installed without
> requiring gcc4 to also be installed. This should be addressed to avoid
> non-functional installations of octave.    

  I don't think it's possible to specify different dependencies for the
"current" and "test" versions of a package, so in general it makes sense that
they should be right for the mainstream ("current") version, otherwise
everyone using the "current" version would be obliged to install an unneeded
package.  (This could be a good feature enhancement for setup.exe et al., but
it isn't possible yet).

  Anyone using "experimental" package versions is expected to be alert to the
possibilities of complications that might need a bit of manual intervention;
that's the reason why they aren't installed by default.  It's a minor
oversight that Marco forgot to mention this issue in the release announcement,
but it's probably too late to do anything about; there probably won't be
another octave test release before gcc4 goes mainstream anyway.  (At which
point we may even put gcc4-runtime into the "Base" category and make sure
everybody gets it installed regardless; but I don't want to think about that
until I'm sure it'll be stable.)


    cheers,
      DaveK
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