Re: sudo fink install octave-atlas still running after 24 hours

[Sergei Steshenko]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
> To: Richard Shinn <address@hidden>
> Cc: "address@hidden Help" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 6:13 AM
> Subject: Re: sudo fink install octave-atlas still running after 24 hours
> 
> 
> On Jan 7, 2013, at 11:02 PM, Richard Shinn wrote:
>>  On Jan 6, 2013, at 9:55 AM, Benjamin Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>>  On Jan 6, 2013, at 10:21 AM, Richard Shinn <address@hidden> 
> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>  Hello,
>>>> 
>>>>  I'm trying to install octave on Mountain Lion on an Intel Core 
> 2 Duo MacBook Pro . I  followed the instructions on this page. web page:
>>>> 
>>>>  www.finkproject.org/download/srcdist.php
>>>> 
>>>>  After doing the following and entering the last command to install, 
> my machine was still, apparently installing (at 100% CPU capacity) 24 hours 
> later. I finally killed the install. Can you help me figure out what when 
> wrong? 
> I can't believe the install could possibly take that long, even on my old 
> Core Duo.
>>>> 
>>>>  $ xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
>>>>  $ sudo xcodebuild -license
>>>>  $ cd $HOME/Downloads
>>>>  # Downloaded the tar ball
>>>>  $ tar -xvf fink-0.34-4.tar.gz
>>>>  $ cd fink-0.34.4
>>>>  $ ./bootstrap
>>>>  $ /sw/bin/pathsetup.sh
>>>>  $ fink selfupdate-rsync
>>>>  $ fink index -f
>>>>  # This command was still running 24 hours later at full CPU 
> capacity
>>>>  $ sudo fink install octave-atlas
>>>> 
>>>>  Thanks very much.
>>>> 
>>>>  Rich Shinn
>>> 
>>>  Fink displays a lot info to keep the user informed as it is doing its 
> work.  What was being displayed when you killed it?
>>> 
>>>  Ben
>> 
>>  Ben,
>> 
>>  I've attached a sample of the output. Just reams and reams of what 
> looks to me like "typical" build output. It literally ran at 100% cpu 
> capacity for well over 25 hours. Is it conceivable it could take that long? 
> I'm thinking it got into some kind of loop in the build script that just 
> kept trying to build it over and over again instead of erroring out properly.
>> 
>>  Thanks very much for any help you can provide. I'd very much like to 
> get this working.
>> 
>>  Rich Shinn
> 
> I don't see anything unusual there.  I had a mac mini with a Intel Core 2 
> Duo, but it died last week.  So, I'm not able to check. 
> 
> I recommend you try again.  What you showed me doesn't look to have gotten 
> to Octave yet.  The good news is that many dependencies have probably already 
> been built, so the build you terminated isn't a total waste.
> 
> Ben
> 


Shouldn't there be some logs somewhere ?

Regards,
  Sergei.