Re: Mac OS X build reference?

[Richard Campbell]

On Feb 18, 2011, at 11:03 AM, fork wrote:

> fork <forkandwait <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> The spouse will be out of town soon, and I am going to give 
>> building the latest
>> on my Macbook, Snow Leopard.
> 
> Update: I followed the Readme's directions, except for (1) compiling pcre
> without the arch flags (configure crapped out with the specified 
> parameters) and
> (2) building and using my own latest gcc/ gfortran.
> 

configure probably crapped out because you are using your own gcc/gfortran. 
Only the Apple compilers support the -arch flags.

> I built without a hitch, but I get a bus error when I try to 
> ./run_octave (after
> a fairly long startup).  This is probably from pcre, which 
> I will try fixing later.
> 
> Right now I am building again, having run configure using a 
> lot of "without" and
> "disable" arguments.  completely unsystematic, but whatever.
> 
> I will apply the veclib patch, make sure debugging symbols 
> are in place, and try
> again this weekend and upcoming week.
> 
> Tx for the help and the great product, even if building 
> it is a little difficult...
>