Re: Need test of patch for OS X

[Ben Abbott]

> On May 10, 2016, at 10:43 AM, Sebastian <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Am 10.05.2016 um 16:15 schrieb Ben Abbott <address@hidden>:
>> 
>>> On May 10, 2016, at 7:48 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On May 9, 2016, at 11:00 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On May 9, 2016, at 10:38 PM, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 05/09/2016 10:27 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> test ov-java.cc
>>>>>> ***** testif HAVE_JAVA
>>>>>> assert (javaObject ("java.lang.Short", 40000).doubleValue < 0);
>>>>>> !!!!! test failed
>>>>>> /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Libraries/libjvm.dylib:
>>>>>>  failed to load: 
>>>>>> dlopen(/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Libraries/libjvm.dylib,
>>>>>>  10): no suitable image found.  Did find:
>>>>>> /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Libraries/libjvm.dylib:
>>>>>>  mach-o, but wrong architecture
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hmm.  Well, there was a comment in the code that using the octave_shlib 
>>>>> method of loading the jvm had problems, but I'm suspicious about that. 
>>>>> Surely there is a way to dynamically load the jvm into Octave.  We do it 
>>>>> with .oct files, so why not the jvm?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Since the message is about it being the wrong architecture, maybe that 
>>>>> isn't the correct file?  Are there other libjvm libraries on your system?
>>>>> 
>>>>> jwe
>>>> 
>>>> I don’t think so, but the libjvm I have is from 2014 … and looks to be out 
>>>> of date. I’ve downloaded and installed the jre and sdk for Java Version 8 
>>>> Update 91. I’ll need to modify my configure script to use the new version. 
>>>> I’ll report back tomorrow.
>>>> 
>>>> Ben
>>> 
>>> Ok. Not so easy. Octave is crashing and I’m getting an error indicating I 
>>> need legacy Java SE 6 runtime.
>>> 
>>> Ben
>>> 
>>> <error_dialogs.png>
>> 
>> As a quick sanity check, I tried using Sebastian’s octave_insaller script, 
>> which uses Hombrew to build octave.
>> 
>> https://github.com/schoeps/octave_installer
>> 
>> I haven’t look into the details, but the Java tests pass.
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> I am not sure what my homebrew formula is doing w.r.t. to Java. Did you play 
> with the switch "--with-java"? I will do a test tonight.
> @Ben: I assume you modified octave.rb to use the patch? Can you send me the 
> modification? 
> 
> Sebastian

I did not modify octave.rb (the problems I saw occurred when building with Fink)

I checked the formula for Octave. There is a note to use the Java JDK from the 
link below.

https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572?locale=en_US

Ben