Re: Distribution-specific include paths for several versions of Octave

[David Bateman]

Thomas Weber wrote:
> Hi, 
>
> I'm seeking advice regarding a packaging issue in Debian. It came up as in 
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400246
>
> We are currently setting up a symlink 
>       /usr/include/octave -> /usr/include/octave-2.1.73
> (or to the 2.9.9 version, depending on the installed version).
>
> The question is if this symlink should point to the octave/ sub-directory in 
> this directory instead, i.e.
>       /usr/include/octave -> /usr/include/octave-2.1.73/octave
>
> Thanks
>       Thomas
>
>   
I'd say it should be the second, as typically in oct-files the octave
files are included as

#include <octave/dNDArray.h>

The first option would mean that the you'd need to have

#include <octave/octave/dNDArray.h>

which would break a lot of existing code, especially in octave-forge, or
explicitly add "-I/usr/include/octave" to the compile options. I imagine
that is not what you want.

Cheers
David

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