[MacPorts] #40621: Octave fails to upgrade with fortran compiler error (illegal instruction)

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#40621: Octave fails to upgrade with fortran compiler error (illegal instruction)
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  Reporter:  urilabob@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:  2.2.0
Resolution:              |   Keywords:
      Port:  octave      |
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Comment (by urilabob@…):

 Hi S.T., and welcome to the club 8). Your data really helps in
 triangulating the problem, since it's clearly not due to the OSX 10.6 I am
 using (your version seems to be 10.8) or my use of an external drive for
 the build files (you appear to be building in the standard places). But
 it's a bit weird that no-one else is reporting it. One possibility is that
 no-one else is using (or at least updating) octave. The more likely
 possibility is that we have some other common factor that is causing the
 problem. I guess my xcode could be a little out-of-date (not sure when it
 got its last software update, I assume apple have dropped maintenance for
 it by now). Is your xcode up-to-date? If not, updating it might cure your
 problem (and tell me where mine derives from). Other than that, I really
 can't think of any other way in which my installation might be
 nonstandard.

 It's a big issue for me though, I really need octave. It's serious enough
 that I am looking at linux laptops - I could get one and give my macbook
 to my wife (she doesn't need octave). But it'll be a bit of a wrench, as a
 mac has always been my primary machine, since way back in 1985.

 Cheers, Bob

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