Re: [MacPorts] #51424: octave @4.0.2: The file “Info.plist” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file

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#51424: octave @4.0.2: The file “Info.plist” couldn’t be opened because there is no
such file
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  Reporter:  dohertyt@…  |      Owner:  mcalhoun@…
      Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:  2.3.4
Resolution:              |   Keywords:
      Port:  octave      |
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Comment (by dohertyt@…):

 ok.  Thx for your suggestion.  Tried that.  Looks like the binary version
 of Info.plist was not created or was deleted or something before further
 work could be done using it.   Here is copy of my session at terminal to
 check things per your recommendation:

 ______________
 Macintosh-0016cbd130da:~ tommyD$ cd
 /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave/octave/work/octave-4.0.2/Octave.app/Contents/
 Macintosh-0016cbd130da:Contents tommyD$ pwd
 /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave/octave/work/octave-4.0.2/Octave.app/Contents
 Macintosh-0016cbd130da:Contents tommyD$ ls -al
 total 0
 drwxr-xr-x  4 macports  admin  136 May 17 20:21 .
 drwxr-xr-x  3 macports  admin  102 May 17 20:21 ..
 drwxr-xr-x  3 macports  admin  102 May 17 20:21 MacOS
 drwxr-xr-x  2 macports  admin   68 May 17 20:21 Resources
 Macintosh-0016cbd130da:Contents tommyD$ ls -al file Info.plist
 ls: Info.plist: No such file or directory
 ls: file: No such file or directory
 Macintosh-0016cbd130da:Contents tommyD$ ls
 MacOS           Resources
 Macintosh-0016cbd130da:Contents tommyD$
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 You can see from above that the Info.plist file does not exist in the
 Contents directory.

 I already did the port clean step and retried the port install, leaving
 the state of the machine as is which on inquiry shows no Info.plist .
 Could the octave-devel failed installation be conflicting with this octave
 port attempt?  I believe the same problem was at the root of that port
 failing as well.

 Thanks for your continued help on this.  I really look forward to using
 Octave with the Featool m-script to do some finite element analysis hobby
 work during my retirement years!

 Too bad that current Apple Customer Care department policy prevents their
 staff from helping out on install of 3rd party packages on their nice
 machines.  The onus to debug problems falls on the customer and their 3rd
 party package developers which in this case is the purchaser of their Mac
 Mini, (non-software developer retired me seeking home based finite element
 analysis capability on same machine as my thousands of photographs
 stored), and the open source code Octave and Macports volunteer
 communities, (you and others on this Trac list for this ticket).   I'm
 surprised that so many good science / tech' / math oriented software
 install and run well on Windows machines but not Apple machines, given the
 HUGE economic impact of the STEM community which should be of high
 interest to Apple Inc.. This is the case be it "non-profit" oriented open
 source s/w developed by volunteers or "for profit" 3rd party s/w
 companies.  In my humble opinion Apple Inc. should shake loose a million
 or two to fix this glaring problem of theirs.  Volunteers and 3rd party
 STEM s/w developers can fix things but sometimes only at very slow pace
 due to low or zero economic motivation factors.  At a minimum I hope Apple
 Inc. will change their policy to enable their good Customer Care folks to
 help on these matters.

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