RE: Octave 3.6.0-rc1 release candidate available for ftp

[Robinson, Melvin D]

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From: Ben Abbott address@hidden
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 9:30 PM
To: Robinson, Melvin D
Cc: John W. Eaton; octave maintainers mailing list
Subject: Re: Octave 3.6.0-rc1 release candidate available for ftp

On Jan 12, 2012, at 10:26 PM, Robinson, Melvin D wrote:

>> On Jan 12, 2012, at 10:16 PM, Robinson, Melvin D wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/12/12 8:52 PM, "Ben Abbott" <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Jan 12, 2012, at 9:40 PM, Robinson, Melvin D wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 1/12/12 8:35 PM, "Ben Abbott" <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 12, 2012, at 9:16 PM, Robinson, Melvin D wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm having some problems with make check on Lion. Fedora worked fine.
>>>>>>> Can you tell me about Lukas' modified port file?  I missed that email.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Melvin
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The modified portfile for rc1 is attached.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Make sure you have qhull_2010.3 installed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   sudo port activate qhull @2010.1_3
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>
>>>>> I have 2011.2 installed.  On Macports:
>>>>>
>>>>> butterfly:octave-3.6.0-rc1 melrobin$ port list qhull
>>>>> qhull                          @2011.2         math/qhull
>>>>>
>>>>> It appears that only @2010.1_3 is unavailable.  Can you tell me what I I
>>>>> can do to install that version?
>>>>
>>>> Please respond below so that those who arrive late can follow along.
>>>>
>>>> If you tried to activate "qhull @2010_3" and that failed, then you can
>>>> install the older version by ...
>>>>
>>>>     sudo port install qhull @2010.1_3
>>>>
>>>> Ben
>>>
>>> Is there something crazy about my system?  I uninstalled 2011.2 and used
>>> sudo port install qhull @2010.1_3 as you said and it reinstalled hull
>>> 2011.2_1.
>>
>> What does "port installed | grep qhull" return for you ?
>>
>> I get ....
>>
>> port installed | grep qhull
>>  qhull @2010.1_3 (active)
>>  qhull @2011.1_0
>>  qhull @2011.1_1
>>  qhull @2011.2_1
>>
>> Ben
>
> Something has gone amiss for me:
>
> butterfly:~ melrobin$ port installed | grep qhull
>  qhull @2011.2_1 (active)

Ok. What is the result of ...

        sudo port install qhull @2010.1_3

Ben

butterfly:~ melrobin$ sudo port install qhull @2010.1_3
--->  Cleaning qhull

It seems that no action was taken.  I never installed qhull @2010.1_3 so maybe 
that's the problem.