Re: 2.1.64 snapshot soon?

[Per Persson]

On Dec 3, 2004, at 06:11, John W. Eaton wrote:

> I'm preparing to make a 2.1.64 snapshot that will be declared
> "testing" or "recommended".  There haven't been too many bugs
> reported, but at least one was fairly serious (the "end" indexing
> problem for some data types).  I think most problems reported since
> the 2.1.63 snapshot was made have been fixed.  Is anyone aware of a
> problem that still needs to be addressed?

I'm running
$ sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.3.6
BuildVersion:   7R28
$ uname -v
Darwin Kernel Version 7.6.0: Sun Oct 10 12:05:27 PDT 2004; 
root:xnu/xnu-517.9.4.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
$ autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1671)
$ gperf --version
GNU gperf 2.7.2
$ flex --version
flex 2.5.31

Configured with
--enable-shared --disable-static --enable-dl --with-f77=xlf
I get the following error:


g++ -c  -I. -I.. -I../liboctave -I../src -I../libcruft/misc  -I../glob 
-I../glob -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -Wall -W -Wshadow -g -O2 lex.cc -o lex.o
In file included from lex.l:76:
oct-gperf.h:62: warning: ISO C++ forbids declaration of `in_word_set' 
with no
   type
oct-gperf.h:100: warning: ISO C++ forbids declaration of `wordlist' 
with no
   type
oct-gperf.h:139: error: brace-enclosed initializer used to initialize 
`const
   int'
[snipping many similar]
oct-gperf.h:139: error: brace-enclosed initializer used to initialize 
`const
   int'
oct-gperf.h:155: warning: ISO C++ forbids declaration of `in_word_set' 
with no
   type
oct-gperf.h: In static member function `static const int*
   octave_kw_hash::in_word_set(const char*, unsigned int)':
oct-gperf.h:166: error: request for member `name' in `wordlist[index]', 
which
   is of non-class type `const int'
oct-gperf.h:174: warning: ISO C++ forbids declaration of `wordptr' with 
no type
oct-gperf.h:175: warning: ISO C++ forbids declaration of `wordendptr' 
with no
   type
oct-gperf.h:179: error: request for member `name' in `*wordptr', which 
is of
   non-class type `const int'
lex.l: In function `int is_keyword_token(const std::string&)':
lex.l:1217: error: cannot convert `const int*' to `const octave_kw*' in
   initialization
lex.l: In function `octave_value_list Fiskeyword(const 
octave_value_list&, int)
   ':
lex.l:2716: error: request for member `name' in `wordlist[i]', which is 
of
   non-class type `const int'
make[2]: *** [lex.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [src] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2


I had some warnings when running autogen.sh, but I think they are 
benign:


$ ./autogen.sh
calling autoconf and autoheader...
/Users/per/Source/octave
configure.in:504: warning: AC_LANG_PROGRAM(Fortran 77): ignoring 
PROLOGUE: []
autoconf/lang.m4:224: AC_LANG_SOURCE is expanded from...
autoconf/lang.m4:234: AC_LANG_PROGRAM is expanded from...
autoconf/general.m4:2215: AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
autoconf/general.m4:2223: AC_TRY_LINK is expanded from...
autoconf/general.m4:1799: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:414: OCTAVE_F77_FLAG is expanded from...
configure.in:504: the top level
configure.in:510: warning: AC_LANG_PROGRAM(Fortran 77): ignoring 
PROLOGUE: []
configure.in:510: the top level
configure.in:512: warning: AC_LANG_PROGRAM(Fortran 77): ignoring 
PROLOGUE: []
configure.in:512: the top level
configure.in:513: warning: AC_LANG_PROGRAM(Fortran 77): ignoring 
PROLOGUE: []
configure.in:513: the top level
configure.in:504: warning: AC_LANG_PROGRAM(Fortran 77): ignoring 
PROLOGUE: []
autoconf/lang.m4:224: AC_LANG_SOURCE is expanded from...
autoconf/lang.m4:234: AC_LANG_PROGRAM is expanded from...
autoconf/general.m4:2215: AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
autoconf/general.m4:2223: AC_TRY_LINK is expanded from...
autoconf/general.m4:1799: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:414: OCTAVE_F77_FLAG is expanded from...
configure.in:504: the top level
configure.in:510: warning: AC_LANG_PROGRAM(Fortran 77): ignoring 
PROLOGUE: []
configure.in:510: the top level
configure.in:512: warning: AC_LANG_PROGRAM(Fortran 77): ignoring 
PROLOGUE: []
configure.in:512: the top level
configure.in:513: warning: AC_LANG_PROGRAM(Fortran 77): ignoring 
PROLOGUE: []
configure.in:513: the top level
/Users/per/Source/octave/glob
/Users/per/Source/octave/scripts
skipping autoheader in ./scripts
done


I haven't been following development closely for a while so maybe it is 
just a matter of bad piloting. I'm investigating right now, thought I'd 
just drop you a note.


/Per