Re: [Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #36372] Improved ranks.m included:

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 2 May 2012 23:53, Dave Goel <address@hidden> wrote:
> Unfortunately, though I had apt-get build-dep octave.* in order to build
> octave, I failed at the very hg checkout process itself. Researching the
> problem, I realized that's because my mercurial is < 1.9, which is not
> compatible with git subdirectories.

It's backported:

    http://backports-master.debian.org/Instructions/

HTH,
- Jordi G. H.