cannot install octave-optiminterp

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port install octave-optiminterp fails - details:

> port installed | grep octave
  octave @4.0.3_0+accelerate+app+docs+fltk+gfortran+graphicsmagick+java+qt4gui+sound (active)
  octave-control @3.0.0_0+gcc5 (active)

> sudo port install octave-optiminterp
--->  Computing dependencies for octave-optiminterp
--->  Configuring octave-optiminterp
Error: reinplace: couldn't read file "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave-optiminterp/octave-optiminterp/work/optiminterp/DESCRIPTION": no such file or directory
Error: org.macports.configure for port octave-optiminterp returned: reinplace sed(1) failed

Here is the tail of the log file:

...
:notice:configure --->  Configuring octave-optiminterp
:debug:configure Using compiler 'Xcode Clang'
:debug:configure Executing proc-pre-org.macports.configure-configure-0
:info:configure --->  Patching DESCRIPTION: /Autoload/s@yes@no@g
:debug:configure Executing reinplace: /usr/bin/sed /Autoload/s@yes@no@g < /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave-optiminterp/octave-optiminterp/work/optiminterp/DESCRIPTION >@ file10 2>@stderr
:debug:configure couldn't read file "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave-optiminterp/octave-optiminterp/work/optiminterp/DESCRIPTION": no such file or directory
    while executing
"exec /usr/bin/sed /Autoload/s@yes@no@g < /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_..."
    ("eval" body line 1)
    invoked from within
"eval exec $cmdline"
:error:configure reinplace: couldn't read file "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave-optiminterp/octave-optiminterp/work/optiminterp/DESCRIPTION": no such file or directory
:error:configure org.macports.configure for port octave-optiminterp returned: reinplace sed(1) failed
:debug:configure Error code: NONE
:debug:configure Backtrace: reinplace sed(1) failed
    while executing
"proc-pre-org.macports.configure-configure-0 org.macports.configure"
    ("eval" body line 1)
    invoked from within
"eval $pre $targetname"
:info:configure Warning: targets not executed for octave-optiminterp: org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
:notice:configure Please see the log file for port octave-optiminterp for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave-optiminterp/octave-optiminterp/main.log

The missing file is in fact not there. There is only an empty directory named "install" in the otherwise empty directory /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave-optiminterp/octave-optiminterp/work/optiminterp/

Finally, I tried uninstall and clean followed by port -v install:

> sudo port -v install octave-optiminterp                                                              

--->  Computing dependencies for octave-optiminterp.
--->  Fetching archive for octave-optiminterp
--->  octave-optiminterp-0.3.4_0.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2 doesn't seem to exist in /opt/local/var/macports/incoming/verified
--->  Attempting to fetch octave-optiminterp-0.3.4_0.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2 from https://packages.macports.org/octave-optiminterp
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0--->  Attempting to fetch octave-optiminterp-0.3.4_0.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2 from http://sea.us.packages.macports.org/macports/packages/octave-optiminterp
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0--->  Attempting to fetch octave-optiminterp-0.3.4_0.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/octave-optiminterp
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   308  100   308    0     0    165      0  0:00:01  0:00:01 --:--:--   165
--->  Fetching distfiles for octave-optiminterp
--->  Verifying checksums for octave-optiminterp
--->  Checksumming optiminterp-0.3.4.tar.gz
--->  Extracting octave-optiminterp
--->  Extracting optiminterp-0.3.4.tar.gz
--->  Configuring octave-optiminterp
--->  Patching DESCRIPTION: /Autoload/s@yes@no@g
xinstall: mkdir /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave-optiminterp/octave-optiminterp/work/optiminterp
2016-09-15 07:56:57.730 octave-gui[80696:2529640] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:56:57.731 octave-gui[80696:2529640] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:56:57.731 octave-gui[80696:2529640] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:56:57.734 octave-gui[80696:2529640] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:56:57.909 octave-gui[80696:2529686] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
mkdir (/var/tmp/oct-GJ4Jeb)
untar (/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave-optiminterp/octave-optiminterp/work/.tmp/optiminterp.tar.gz, /var/tmp/oct-GJ4Jeb)
checking for gcc... /usr/bin/clang
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether /usr/bin/clang accepts -g... yes
checking for /usr/bin/clang option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for mkoctfile... /opt/local/bin/mkoctfile-4.0.3 --verbose
/usr/bin/clang++ -c -I/opt/local/include -fPIC -I/opt/local/include/octave-4.0.3/octave/.. -I/opt/local/include/octave-4.0.3/octave -I/opt/local/include -D_THREAD_SAFE -pthread -pipe -Os -arch x86_64 -stdlib=libc++    conftest.cc -o conftest.o
/usr/bin/clang++ -I/opt/local/include/octave-4.0.3/octave/.. -I/opt/local/include/octave-4.0.3/octave -I/opt/local/include -D_THREAD_SAFE -pthread -pipe -Os -arch x86_64 -stdlib=libc++ -bundle -bundle_loader /opt/local/bin/octave-4.0.3  -o conftest.oct  conftest.o   -L/opt/local/lib/octave/4.0.3 -L/opt/local/lib -loctinterp -loctave -L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -framework JavaVM  
clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-pthread'
retrieving compile and link flags from /opt/local/bin/mkoctfile-4.0.3 --verbose
checking for F77_FUNC... /usr/bin/clang++ -c -I/opt/local/include -fPIC -I/opt/local/include/octave-4.0.3/octave/.. -I/opt/local/include/octave-4.0.3/octave -I/opt/local/include -D_THREAD_SAFE -pthread -pipe -Os -arch x86_64 -stdlib=libc++    conftest.cc -o conftest.o
yes
checking for octave... /opt/local/bin/octave-4.0.3
checking for OCTAVE_VERSION in Octave... 2016-09-15 07:57:02.074 octave-gui[80913:2530092] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:02.075 octave-gui[80913:2530092] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:02.075 octave-gui[80913:2530092] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:02.076 octave-gui[80913:2530092] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:02.096 octave-gui[80913:2530106] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:02.161 octave-gui[80913:2530092] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:02.161 octave-gui[80913:2530092] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
4.0.3
checking for octave_config_info('canonical_host_type') in Octave... 2016-09-15 07:57:02.972 octave-gui[80916:2530117] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:02.973 octave-gui[80916:2530117] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:02.973 octave-gui[80916:2530117] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:02.973 octave-gui[80916:2530117] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:02.995 octave-gui[80916:2530129] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:03.056 octave-gui[80916:2530117] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:03.056 octave-gui[80916:2530117] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
x86_64-apple-darwin15.5.0
checking for octave_config_info('SHLEXT') in Octave... 2016-09-15 07:57:03.860 octave-gui[80919:2530134] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:03.861 octave-gui[80919:2530134] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:03.861 octave-gui[80919:2530134] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:03.861 octave-gui[80919:2530134] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:03.886 octave-gui[80919:2530150] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:03.945 octave-gui[80919:2530134] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:03.945 octave-gui[80919:2530134] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
dylib
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for ranlib... /usr/bin/ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking for mkoctfile... mkoctfile
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran compiler... yes
checking whether mkoctfile accepts -g... yes
checking for Fortran flag to compile .F90 files... none
checking whether mkoctfile accepts Fortran 90... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makeconf
 
  "$prefix" is /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave-optiminterp/octave-optiminterp/work/optiminterp/install/optiminterp-0.3.4
  "$exec_prefix" is ${prefix}

octave commands will install into the following directories:
   m-files:   /opt/local/share/octave/4.0.3/site/m/octave-forge
   oct-files: /opt/local/lib/octave/4.0.3/site/oct/x86_64-apple-darwin15.5.0/octave-forge
   binaries:  /opt/local/libexec/octave/4.0.3/site/exec/x86_64-apple-darwin15.5.0
alternatives:
   m-files:   /opt/local/share/octave/4.0.3/site/octave-forge-alternatives/m
   oct-files: /opt/local/lib/octave/4.0.3/site/octave-forge-alternatives/oct/x86_64-apple-darwin15.5.0

shell commands will install into the following directories:
   binaries:  ${exec_prefix}/bin
   man pages: ${datarootdir}/man
   libraries: ${exec_prefix}/lib
   headers:   ${prefix}/include

octave-forge is configured with
   octave:      /opt/local/bin/octave-4.0.3 (version 4.0.3)
   mkoctfile:	/opt/local/bin/mkoctfile-4.0.3 --verbose for Octave 3
   optiminterp toolbox: yes

find . -name NOINSTALL -print    # shows which toolboxes won't be installed

/opt/local/bin/mkoctfile-4.0.3 --verbose -DHAVE_OCTAVE_ -v -c optiminterp.cc
FFLAGS="-Os" /opt/local/bin/mkoctfile-4.0.3 --verbose -DHAVE_OCTAVE_ -v -c optimal_interpolation.F90
FFLAGS="-Os" /opt/local/bin/mkoctfile-4.0.3 --verbose -DHAVE_OCTAVE_ -v -c optiminterp_wrapper.F90
/usr/bin/clang++ -c -I/opt/local/include -fPIC -I/opt/local/include/octave-4.0.3/octave/.. -I/opt/local/include/octave-4.0.3/octave -I/opt/local/include -D_THREAD_SAFE -pthread -pipe -Os -arch x86_64 -stdlib=libc++    -DHAVE_OCTAVE_ optiminterp.cc -o optiminterp.o
/opt/local/bin/gfortran-mp-5 -c -fPIC -Os    -DHAVE_OCTAVE_  optiminterp_wrapper.F90 -o optiminterp_wrapper.o
/opt/local/bin/gfortran-mp-5 -c -fPIC -Os    -DHAVE_OCTAVE_  optimal_interpolation.F90 -o optimal_interpolation.o
optiminterp_wrapper.F90:20:5:

  use optimal_interpolation
     1
Fatal Error: Can't open module file 'optimal_interpolation.mod' for reading at (1): No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make: *** [optiminterp_wrapper.o] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

pkg: error running `make' for the optiminterp package.
error: called from 'configure_make' in file /opt/local/share/octave/4.0.3/m/pkg/private/configure_make.m near line 96, column 9
2016-09-15 07:57:07.186 octave-gui[80696:2529640] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2016-09-15 07:57:07.186 octave-gui[80696:2529640] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave-optiminterp/octave-optiminterp/work/optiminterp" && /opt/local/bin/octave -q -f --eval 'pkg build -verbose -nodeps /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave-optiminterp/octave-optiminterp/work/optiminterp /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave-optiminterp/octave-optiminterp/work/.tmp/optiminterp.tar.gz' 
Exit code: 1
Error: org.macports.configure for port octave-optiminterp returned: configure failure: command execution failed
Warning: targets not executed for octave-optiminterp: org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
Please see the log file for port octave-optiminterp for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave-optiminterp/octave-optiminterp/main.log
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port octave-optiminterp failed

[MarcusCalhoun-Lopez (Marcus Calhoun-Lopez)]

optiminterp_wrapper.F90:20:5:

  use optimal_interpolation
     1
Fatal Error: Can't open module file 'optimal_interpolation.mod' for reading at (1): No such file or directory

seems to be caused by by Octave attempting to build the package in parallel.
optimal_interpolation.mod is required before it is generated.

[MarcusCalhoun-Lopez (Marcus Calhoun-Lopez)]

In 5c63c970/macports-ports:

octave and packages: update version 4.0.3 -> 4.2.0

upgrading octave necessitated rebuilding every octave package,
so take this opportunity to fix some longstanding issues.

Fixes #52917
Fixes #50261
Fixes #50262
Fixes #52255
Fixes #51670