error building Octave in parallel

[Ryan Schmidt]

On May 12, 2010, at 17:57, Liam Groener wrote:

> On May 11, 2010, at 11:38 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
>> To work around this for now, build with fewer build make jobs, i.e.
>> 
>> sudo port clean octave
>> sudo port install octave build.jobs=1
> 
> That got me a working copy of octave; thanks. However, it just reinstalled 3.2.3, not  3.2.4. I tried following the install with:
> sudo port upgrade octave
> Things paused for a few seconds like something was being done, but no upgrade. This is not a big deal for me as I've had no problems with 3.2.3. But, if you have any ideas....

Did you not update your ports in awhile, or backdate your ports? If so, "sudo port selfupdate" to update them again, then try again.

Or, did you create a local port repository containing this older version of octave? If so, remove octave from your local port repository and try again.