Can't build GNU Octave because of missing/broken hdf5?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Sep 5, 2007, at 02:53, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:

> I'm trying to build GNU Octave, but one of the pre-requisites hdf5
> seems broken:
>
> --->  Fetching hdf5
> --->  Attempting to fetch hdf5-1.6.5.tar.gz from ftp:// 
> ftp.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/current/src/
> --->  Attempting to fetch hdf5-1.6.5.tar.gz from http:// 
> svn.macports.org/repository/macports/distfiles/hdf5
> --->  Attempting to fetch hdf5-1.6.5.tar.gz from http:// 
> svn.macports.org/repository/macports/distfiles/general/
> --->  Attempting to fetch hdf5-1.6.5.tar.gz from http:// 
> svn.macports.org/repository/macports/downloads/hdf5
> Error: Target org.macports.fetch returned: fetch failed
> Error: The following dependencies failed to build: hdf5
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>
> What should I do to fix it?

A bug about hdf5 has already been filed:

http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/12592

The maintainer has not yet responded.