Re: interval 0.1.1 released

[Oliver Heimlich]

Am 01.02.2015 um 21:15 schrieb Marius Schamschula:
> Hi all,
>
> While building interval 0.1.1 under MacPorts I get the following error:

[SNIP]

> /opt/local/bin/mkoctfile-3.8.2 -o mpfr_function_d.oct -L/opt/local/lib
> -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -arch x86_64 -lmpfr
> -lgmp  mpfr_function_d.cc
> mkoctfile: unrecognized argument -archmake: *** [mpfr_function_d.oct]
> Error 1
>
> pkg: error running `make' for the interval package.
> error: called from 'configure_make' in file
> /opt/local/share/octave/3.8.2/m/pkg/private/configure_make.m near line
> 82, column 9
> error: called from:
> error:   /opt/local/share/octave/3.8.2/m/pkg/private/install.m at line
> 199, column 5
> error:   /opt/local/share/octave/3.8.2/m/pkg/private/build.m at line 50,
> column 3
> error:   /opt/local/share/octave/3.8.2/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 516, column 7
> Command failed:  cd
> "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_marius_Development_MacPorts_ports_math_octave-interval/octave-interval/work/interval"
> && /opt/local/bin/octave -q -f --eval 'pkg build -verbose -nodeps
> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_marius_Development_MacPorts_ports_math_octave-interval/octave-interval/work/interval
>  
> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_marius_Development_MacPorts_ports_math_octave-interval/octave-interval/work/.tmp/interval.tar.gz'
>
> Exit code: 1
>
> Where does the stray “make” come form? Any ideas?

The Makefile [1] contains a $(LDFLAGS) parameter for the mkoctfile 
command. You seem to have a LDFLAGS environment variable in your shell, 
which adds the -arch parameter to the mkoctfile command. The mkoctfile 
then fails, because it does not accept the -arch parameter.

You should modify the LDFLAGS variable before building the package.

[1] https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/interval/ci/default/tree/src/Makefile

> Note: I had no issues building interval 0.1.0.

There has been no change in the Makefile. You probably had different 
environment variables back then.


I am not experienced with the configure and make tools. Can these issues 
be minimized in the future by providing a configure script? Or should I 
simply remove the $(CFLAGS) and $(LDFLAGS) from the Makefile?

Oliver Heimlich

> On Feb 1, 2015, at 1:28 PM, Carnë Draug <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone
> >
> > a new release of the interval package [1] is out, version 0.1.1, by
> > Oliver Heimlich.
> > A summary of important user-visible changes is also available online [2].
> >
> > The interval package provides data types and fundamental operations
> > for real valued interval arithmetic based on the common floating-point
> > format "binary64" a.k.a. double-precision.  It aims to be standard
> > compliant with the (upcoming) IEEE 1788 and therefore implements the
> > set-based interval arithmetic flavour.
> >
> > Enjoy Octave responsibly,
> > Carnë
> >
> > [1] http://octave.sourceforge.net/interval/
> > [2] http://octave.sourceforge.net/interval/NEWS.html
>
> Marius
> --
> Marius Schamschula