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Re: Re: instrument-control package
From: |
Juan Pablo Carbajal |
Subject: |
Re: Re: instrument-control package |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:36:45 +0100 |
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Stefan Mahr <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> I assume gpib cannot be build since linux-gpib is not installed. An option
>>> would be to make a dummy function if libs are not installed.
>>
>> Would it be possible to write some autoconf checks for that library?
>
> autoconf already checks for gpib libs. If not installed, gpib functions will
> not build. As fas as I understand that's the problem with octave forge
> release script. If the gpib part can't be build, the script can't parse the
> help text to build the documentation.
>
> One solution is to build dummy functions if libs are not installed, so the
> help text can be parsed.
>
> Stefan
If the autoconf checks are already in place. Can't we add an warning
when the libraries are not installed? I can help with that if Stefan
doesn't have the time.