Octave

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jul 2, 2011, at 22:04, mark brethen wrote:

> There's an octave package (symbolic) I wanted to install, but the portfile doesn't exist, and it requires ginac-devel, which contains the libraries, include files and other resources you use to develop GiNaC applications.

FYI, some other package managers have this distinction of binaries in the foo port and include files and other resources in a corresponding foo-devel port. MacPorts does not have this distinction. Everything you need for GiNaC should be in the GiNaC port. If it is not, file an enhancement request ticket. Also, it appears not to be up-to-date. If you require a newer version of GiNaC than is in MacPorts, you should file a port update request ticket.

MacPorts does have -devel ports, but they serve an entirely different and unrelated purpose, described here:

https://trac.macports.org/ticket/14540