From: tornaria <tornaria@users.noreply.github.com>
To: ml@inbox.vuxu.org
Subject: Re: octave: update to 9.2.0.
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 03:28:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240613012858.011F526B45@inbox.vuxu.org> (raw)
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New comment by tornaria on void-packages repository
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/50807#issuecomment-2164182885
Comment:
Also: I added `texinfo` as a dependency of `octave` to close #50442.
It could be argued that it is an optional dependency (it's required only for the help system) but it's small compared to octave + all its dependencies that it doesn't seem out of reason to make it mandatory.
OTOH, the error when one tries to use help texinfo is very reasonable:
```
octave:1> help help
sh: 1: makeinfo: not found
sh: 1: makeinfo: not found
warning: help: Texinfo formatting filter exited abnormally; raw Texinfo source of help text follows...
'help' is a function from the file /usr/share/octave/9.1.0/m/help/help.m
```
in the sense that it's obvious what to do (assuming one has install-powers).
I'm fine either way, leaning slightly towards add the dependency (which I did in this PR).
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2024-06-12 21:14 [PR PATCH] " tornaria
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2024-06-13 22:28 ` [PR PATCH] [Closed]: " abenson
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