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

[Bernard Desgraupes]

I have built octave two days ago and have met this same problem. Here's 
the recipe. To work around it, edit the Portfile 
(/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/science/hdf5/Portfile)
and modify two things:
* the version : replace 1.6.5  by 1.6.6
* the checksum: I did not keep a copy of the new checksum, but after you 
changed the version and tried again to "port install hdf5" there will be 
an error message in which the checksum is printed. So replace the 
current value by the expected one. No the build should go fine.

When hdf5 has completed its build, execute
sudo port install octave
to finish the job.

HTH

Bernard




Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> 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.
>
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