Bug 733932 - pkg build fails to build octave-optim
Summary: pkg build fails to build octave-optim
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: octave
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Rakesh Pandit
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Reported: 2011-08-28 18:22 UTC by Thomas Sailer
Modified: 2011-08-28 18:36 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-08-28 18:34:43 UTC
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Description Thomas Sailer 2011-08-28 18:22:18 UTC 
Description of problem:
current fc16 octave fails to build octave-optim with the following message:

copyfile /builddir/build/BUILD/optim-1.0.16/src/__bfgsmin.oct /builddir/build/BUILD/optim-1.0.16/src/numgradient.oct /builddir/build/BUILD/optim-1.0.16/src/numhessian.oct /builddir/build/BUILD/optim-1.0.16/src/samin.oct /builddir/build/BUILD/optim-1.0.16/inst/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-api-v45+
warning: gen_doc_cache: unusable help text found in file 'test_d2_min_1'
warning: gen_doc_cache: unusable help text found in file 'test_d2_min_2'
warning: gen_doc_cache: unusable help text found in file 'test_d2_min_3'
warning: optimset: no defaults for function `__nonlin_residmin__'
error: tar: all arguments must be character strings
error: called from:
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.4.2/m/miscellaneous/tar.m at line 46, column 5
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.4.2/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 1236, column 7
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.4.2/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 602, column 5
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.4.2/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 471, column 7


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
octave.x86_64 6:3.4.2-1.fc16

working:
octave.x86_64 6:3.4.2-2.fc17
octave.x86_64 6:3.4.0-8.fc16


How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.fedpkg clone -B octave-optim
2.cd octave-optim/f16
3.fedpkg build
  
Actual results:
see above

Expected results:
built binary rpms
Comment 1 Thomas Sailer 2011-08-28 18:22:42 UTC 
failed koji task:
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=3307748
Comment 2 Susi Lehtola 2011-08-28 18:34:43 UTC 
This was already fixed some weeks ago in 3.4.2-2, which should have hit the stable repo in the last push.
Comment 3 Susi Lehtola 2011-08-28 18:36:54 UTC 
Actually, this was my mistake, I had accidentally tagged -1 not -2 in the last override.
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