Description of problem: Installing octave-NLopt results in some installation errors: Installing : octave-NLopt-2.4.1-1.fc20.x86_64 8/26 skipping line skipping line skipping line skipping line error: description is missing needed field name error: called from: error: /usr/share/octave/3.6.4/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 1768, column 7 error: /usr/share/octave/3.6.4/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 562, column 12 error: /usr/share/octave/3.6.4/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 472, column 25 warning: %post(octave-NLopt-2.4.1-1.fc20.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 Non-fatal POSTIN scriptlet failure in rpm package octave-NLopt-2.4.1-1.fc20.x86_64 The problem appears to be that the DESCRIPTION file contains free text, rather than the formatted text described in http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/The-DESCRIPTION-File.html. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): octave-NLopt-2.4.1-1.fc20.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install octave-NLopt 2. 3. Actual results: Errors resulting from an incorrect DESCRIPTION file. Expected results: No errors. Additional info:
NLopt-2.4.1-5.el5 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 5. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NLopt-2.4.1-5.el5
NLopt-2.4.1-5.el6 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 6. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NLopt-2.4.1-5.el6
NLopt-2.4.1-5.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NLopt-2.4.1-5.fc18
NLopt-2.4.1-5.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NLopt-2.4.1-5.fc19
NLopt-2.4.1-5.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NLopt-2.4.1-5.fc20
Package NLopt-2.4.1-5.el5: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=epel-testing NLopt-2.4.1-5.el5' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2014-0165/NLopt-2.4.1-5.el5 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
NLopt-2.4.1-5.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
NLopt-2.4.1-5.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
NLopt-2.4.1-5.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
NLopt-2.4.1-5.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.