octave @3.2.4 -- failure during build compiling oct-alloc.cc

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(Note that I am a complete newbie to MacPorts, I have installed Mountain Lion, Xcode, MacPorts, etc., all in the last day or two so this is as likely to be due to any number of missteps in my set-up as opposed to a problem with the port or build. I could not find an obvious duplicate report, but then I wasn't sure what I should be looking for...)


On a new install (of Mountain Lion, Xcode, MacPorts) I tried to '''sudo port install octave'''. It went smoothly until it got to '''Building octave'''. Looking at the log (excerpted below) the problem seems to have been with files '''oct-alloc.cc/.h'''

Looking for advice about how to proceed.


:info:build /opt/local/bin/g++-mp-4.7 -c -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include -I. -I.. -I../liboctave -I../src -I../libcruft/misc  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -mieee-fp -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include -Wall -W -Wshadow -Wold-style-cast -Wformat -pipe -O2 -m64 -D_THREAD_SAFE  oct-alloc.cc -o oct-alloc.o
:info:build In file included from oct-alloc.cc:30:0:
:info:build oct-alloc.h:33:28: error: expected ')' before 'item_sz'
:info:build oct-alloc.h:40:9: error: expected ';' at end of member declaration
:info:build oct-alloc.h:40:23: error: expected ')' before 'size'
:info:build oct-alloc.h:43:23: error: 'size_t' has not been declared
:info:build oct-alloc.h:58:3: error: 'size_t' does not name a type
:info:build oct-alloc.cc:33:26: error: 'void* octave_allocator::alloc' is not a static member of 'class octave_allocator'
:info:build oct-alloc.cc:33:26: error: 'size_t' was not declared in this scope
:info:build oct-alloc.cc:33:26: note: suggested alternative:
:info:build In file included from /opt/local/include/gcc47/c++/new:41:0,
:info:build                  from oct-alloc.cc:28:
:info:build /opt/local/include/gcc47/c++//x86_64-apple-darwin12/bits/c++config.h:173:26: note:   'std::size_t'
:info:build oct-alloc.cc:34:1: error: expected ',' or ';' before '{' token
:info:build make[2]: *** [oct-alloc.o] Error 1
:info:build make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave/octave/work/octave-3.2.4/liboctave'
:info:build make[1]: *** [liboctave] Error 2
:info:build make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave/octave/work/octave-3.2.4'
:info:build make: *** [all] Error 2
:info:build make: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave/octave/work/octave-3.2.4'
:info:build Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave/octave/work/octave-3.2.4" && /usr/bin/make -w all 
:info:build Exit code: 2
:error:build org.macports.build for port octave returned: command execution failed
:debug:build Error code: CHILDSTATUS 49260 2
:debug:build Backtrace: command execution failed
    while executing
"system -nice 0 $fullcmdstring"
    ("eval" body line 1)
    invoked from within
"eval system $notty $nice \$fullcmdstring"
    invoked from within
"command_exec build"
    (procedure "portbuild::build_main" line 8)
    invoked from within
"$procedure $targetname"
:info:build Warning: targets not executed for octave: org.macports.activate org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
:notice:build Please see the log file for port octave for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave/octave/main.log

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