Re: [Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #59935] [doctest] Build failure with octave 6.1.0

[Dmitri A. Sergatskov]

I open ticket with savannah

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59935

seful.

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>                       Summary: [doctest] Build failure with octave 6.1.0
>                       Project: GNU Octave
>                  Submitted by: opoplawski
>                  Submitted on: Sun 24 Jan 2021 03:28:27 AM UTC
>                      Category: Octave Forge Package
>                      Severity: 3 - Normal
>                      Priority: 5 - Normal
>                    Item Group: Build Failure
>                        Status: None
>                   Assigned to: None
>               Originator Name:
>              Originator Email:
>                   Open/Closed: Open
>                       Release: 6.1.0
>               Discussion Lock: Any
>              Operating System: GNU/Linux
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>          _______________________________________________________
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>     Details:
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>     I'm getting a build test failure building doctest for Fedora with octave
>     6.1.0:
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>     + octave -H -q --no-window-system --no-site-file --path
>     /builddir/build/BUILD/doctest-0.7.0/inst --path
>     /builddir/build/BUILD/doctest-0.7.0/src --eval
>     'r=doctest({"doctest","test/","test/examples/"}); exit(~r);'
>     Doctest v0.7.0: this is Free Software without warranty, see source.
>     error: regexprep: nothing to repeat at position 9 of _expression_
>     error: called from
>          doctest_collect>parse_texinfo at line 480 column 9
>          doctest_collect>extract_docstring at line 336 column 26
>          doctest_collect>collect_targets_function at line 250 column 36
>          doctest_collect at line 142 column 10
>          doctest at line 349 column 11
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> For some reason i cannot reply at
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> I can install doctest on local Fedora with octave 6.1.1 (3926dcfde203
> (stable)):
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> octave:1> pkg install -forge -verbose doctest
> mkdir (/tmp/oct-mXvt3Q)
> untar (/tmp/doctest-0.7.0-90IMx7.tar.gz, /tmp/oct-mXvt3Q)
> For information about changes from previous versions of the doctest
> package, run 'news doctest'.
> octave:2> pkg list
> Package Name        | Version | Installation directory
> --------------------+---------+-----------------------
>             control  |   3.2.0 | /home/dima/octave/control-3.2.0
>             doctest  |   0.7.0 | /home/dima/octave/doctest-0.7.0
> instrument-control  |   0.6.0 | /home/dima/octave/instrument-control-0.6.0
>              signal  |   1.4.1 | /home/dima/octave/signal-1.4.1
> octave:3>
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> Dmitri.
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My apologies, this error came from some extra code in the Fedora package
not in the doctest package itself.

However, I also get a permission denied error trying to update the bug
(despite being the person who filed it).

Orion

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