octave-financial fails to build with syntax error

[barracuda156]

Executing:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_octave_octave-financial/octave-financial/work/financial" && /opt/local/bin/octave-cli -q -f -H --eval 'try; pkg prefix /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_octave_octave-financial/octave-financial/work/destroot/opt/local/share/octave/packages /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_octave_octave-financial/octave-financial/work/destroot/opt/local/lib/octave/packages; pkg install -verbose -nodeps -local /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_octave_octave-financial/octave-financial/work/tmp-build/financial-0.5.3-any-none.tar.gz; catch; disp(lasterror.message); exit(1); end_try_catch;' 
mkdir (/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_octave_octave-financial/octave-financial/work/.tmp/oct-64PpWf)
untar (/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_octave_octave-financial/octave-financial/work/tmp-build/financial-0.5.3-any-none.tar.gz, /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_octave_octave-financial/octave-financial/work/.tmp/oct-64PpWf)
parse error near line 64 of file /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_octave_octave-financial/octave-financial/work/destroot/opt/local/share/octave/packages/financial-0.5.3/bolling.m

  syntax error

>>>     h = plot (x, asset, x, avg, x, avg .+ [-s, s], "-r");
                                            ^
Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_octave_octave-financial/octave-financial/work/financial" && /opt/local/bin/octave-cli -q -f -H --eval 'try; pkg prefix /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_octave_octave-financial/octave-financial/work/destroot/opt/local/share/octave/packages /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_octave_octave-financial/octave-financial/work/destroot/opt/local/lib/octave/packages; pkg install -verbose -nodeps -local /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_octave_octave-financial/octave-financial/work/tmp-build/financial-0.5.3-any-none.tar.gz; catch; disp(lasterror.message); exit(1); end_try_catch;' 
Exit code: 1

[Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)]

I recently was notified of a similar error for a different octave package. I’ll notify the upstream maintainer.

[Marius Schamschula <mschamschula@…>]

In c838385fd94edf7c98a5151dd1736228a2cefe39/macports-ports (master):

octave-financial: fix octave 9.1.0+ build issue

See: ​https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65520
Closes: #70119