octave: Undefined symbols _SuiteSparse_time

[darrell@…]

Looks like it built a whole lot of stuff, then failed close to the end.

[darrell@…]

Log file

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

The log says:

:info:build Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
:info:build   "_SuiteSparse_time", referenced from:
:info:build       _umfpack_tic in libumfpack.a(umfpack_gn_tictoc.o)
:info:build       _umfpack_toc in libumfpack.a(umfpack_gn_tictoc.o)
:info:build ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
:info:build collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

So it could be an incompatibility with the new version of SuiteSparse that was recently committed. If so, you could try the newer octave-devel port instead.

But the log also says:

:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.archivefetch (octave)
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.fetch (octave)
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.checksum (octave)
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.extract (octave)
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.patch (octave)
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.configure (octave)

which means this was not a clean attempt. Please "sudo port clean octave" and try again, and if it fails again, attach the new main.log so that we have a complete record of what happened.

[benjf5+macports@…]

I've hit this same problem with octave-devel and a clone of the Octave mercurial repository; this build error showed up relatively recently. (I'm attaching my log file from a clean build attempt.)

[benjf5+macports@…]

Replying to benjf5+macports@…:

I've hit this same problem with octave-devel and a clone of the Octave mercurial repository; this build error showed up relatively recently. (I'm attaching my log file from a clean build attempt.)

I take that back! My octave-devel build failed on CGDisplayBitsPerPixel; the fix for that is however documented. I'm surprised it cropped up. As for just octave, it failed in a completely different area, compiling DLD-FUNCTIONS/urlwrite.cc, when it couldn't find curl/types.h. I'm baffled. (New log being posted now.)

[benjf5+macports@…]

Log of attempt to build octave. Failed in a call to a curl header.

[anddam (Andrea D'Amore)]

Cc Me!

[michaelld (Michael Dickens)]

Please do:

sudo port clean octave
sudo port selfupdate

and then try installing it again. Should be fixed with r114034.