Problem with Octave while doing "port upgrade outdated"

[Jerry]

On Dec 19, 2013, at 2:49 PM, Michael Dickens <michaelld at macports.org> wrote:

> Hi Jerry - I just updated my 10.9 boot to 10.9.1, then updated MacPorts
> to latest; Xcode did not change. Then uninstalled octave and reinstalled
> it. No issues for me.  Just a guess: Your MacPorts install is out of
> date.  Try:
> {{{
> sudo port clean octave
> sudo port selfupdate
> sudo port install octave [+variants]
> }}}
> and see if that works. You'll want to make "[+variants]" be whatever you
> need/want for the install. If that fails, open a ticket once MacPorts
> trac is up again and I'll help you there. - MLD

I'm using OS X 10.8.5. Does that change anything?

Also, can you comment on Ryan's suggestion? I'm getting differing suggestions.

Thanks,
Jerry
> 
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013, at 04:00 PM, Jerry wrote:
>> According to the main.log, it’s having fortran problems:
>> 
>> :info:configure checking whether LSAME is called correctly from Fortran... no
>> :info:configure checking whether ISAMAX is called correctly from Fortran... no
>> :info:configure checking whether SDOT is called correctly from Fortran... no
>> :info:configure checking whether DDOT is called correctly from Fortran... no
>> :info:configure checking whether CDOTU is called correctly from Fortran... no
>> :info:configure checking whether ZDOTU is called correctly from Fortran... no
>> :info:configure checking whether the integer size is correct... no
>> :info:configure configure: error: A BLAS library was detected but found incompatible with your Fortran 77 compiler settings.
>> 
>> From the config.log, we see why: all the tests go something like this:
>> 
>> configure:54810: checking whether the integer size is correct
>> configure:54844: /opt/local/bin/gfortran-mp-4.5 -o conftest -pipe -Os -m64  -arch x86_64 conftest.f -framework vecLib -lm   >&5
>> f951: error: unrecognized command line option "-arch”