[MacPorts] #45003: Cannot install control package in Octave 3.8.1 on Mac OSX

[MacPorts]

#45003: Cannot install control package in Octave 3.8.1 on Mac OSX
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  Reporter:  MacPorts@…             |      Owner:  michaelld@…
      Type:  defect                 |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  Normal                 |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports                  |    Version:  2.3.1
Resolution:  worksforme             |   Keywords:
      Port:  octave octave-control  |
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Changes (by michaelld@…):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => worksforme


Comment:

 Please use MacPorts to install new stuff, not the build-in methods.
 Instead of issuing "pkg -forge install control" from within Octave, try
 "sudo port install octave-control" ... changes are the forge module exists
 in MacPorts; and, if MacPorts can install it it'll work better this way.
 If you need a new Octave module that MacPorts does not provide, try
 creating a new Portfile modeled after one of the existing octave-*
 modules.

 I just updated the octave-control package to 2.6.5 in revision [125649].
 It installs cleanly for me as is on OSX 10.8, and I can then do:
 {{{
 octave> pkg load control
 octave> pkg unload control
 }}}
 cleanly too.

 I think the issue here is not a failure of MacPorts or Octave itself;
 rather, it's knowing how to use the MacPorts package system to do
 installations.

 I'm closing this ticket as "works for me". If you feel otherwise, please
 reopen it and provide the log files for octave and octave-control that
 show otherwise.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/45003#comment:8>
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