Re: pkg.m : support for url transfers was disabled when Octave was built (?)

[Juan Pablo Carbajal]

config.log says
configure:16220: checking curl/curl.h usability
configure:16220: checking curl/curl.h presence
configure:16220: checking for curl/curl.h
configure:16231: checking for curl_easy_escape in -lcurl
configure:16262: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -pthread      conftest.c
-lcurl  -lz -lm   >&5
configure:16298: checking for CURLOPT_DIRLISTONLY in curl/curl.h
  CURL libraries:              -lcurl
ac_cv_header_curl_curl_h=yes
octave_cv_curl_has_curlopt_dirlistonly=yes
octave_cv_lib_curl=yes
CURL_LIBS='-lcurl'

On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 1:28 AM, Juan Pablo Carbajal
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 11:06 PM, Philip Nienhuis
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Julien Bect wrote
>>> Dear Maintainers,
>>>
>>> I get the following error on a fresh build of Octave 3.9.0+
>>> (a2294cc6e027) on Ubuntu 13.04 :
>>>
>>>  >> pkg -forge install signal
>>> error: support for url transfers was disabled when Octave was built
>>> error: called from:
>>> error:   /usr/local/share/octave/3.9.0+/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 386, column 23
>>>
>>> This is the first time that I see this error, and I haven't changed
>>> anything in my build process (configure is called without options, and
>>> doesn't report any missing library).
>>>
>>> Am I missing something ? Should I file a bug report ?
>>
>> What does (in the Octave terminal):
>>
>> octave_config_info.features.CURL
>>
>> return?
>>
>> Philip
>>
>>
>>
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>
> I just compiled stable and hit the same problem! It did not happen the
> last time I compiled.
> octave_config_info.features.CURL
> returns 1