Bug 458277 - GDL package needs dependency on plplot added
Summary: GDL package needs dependency on plplot added
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Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gdl
Version: 9
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Orion Poplawski
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-08-07 13:35 UTC by Jacques
Modified: 2008-10-01 06:42 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-10-01 06:42:20 UTC
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Description Jacques 2008-08-07 13:35:05 UTC
Description of problem:
Package needs plplot, but this is not in the dependency list

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
0.9.0-rc1.1

How reproducible:
Install gdl, run a plot command and it generates an error. Install plplot and it is OK.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. $ sudo yum install gdl
2. $ gdl
3. GDL> plot, [0]
4. GDL> exit
5. $ sudo yum install plplot
6. GDL> plot, [0]
7. GDL> exit
  
Actual results:
plot command fails with the error

*** PLPLOT ERROR, ABORTING OPERATION ***
plInitDispatchTable: Could not open drivers directory, aborting operation
Requested device xwin not available

Plotting Options:

Enter device number or keyword:

Expected results:
"sudo yum install gdl" should install plplot (not just plplot-libs)

Additional info:

Comment 1 Orion Poplawski 2008-09-06 03:47:27 UTC
Hmm, probably should try to split up the plplot package to handle this better, but I'm not up for it at the moment.  gdl-0.9-0.rc1.2 will be pushed shortly with this added.  Thanks for the report.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2008-09-06 04:02:32 UTC
gdl-0.9-0.rc1.2.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gdl-0.9-0.rc1.2.fc9

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-09-11 17:09:12 UTC
gdl-0.9-0.rc1.2.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update gdl'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-7922

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2008-10-01 06:42:17 UTC
gdl-0.9-0.rc1.2.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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