[Pkg-octave-devel] Build of octave-parallel fails

[Thomas Weber]

On 22/03/08 18:01 +0100, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> Still one: octave-parallel fails with:
> 
> pserver.cc: In function 'int reval_loop(int)':
> pserver.cc:205: warning: overflow in implicit constant conversion
> pserver.cc:207: warning: comparison is always true due to limited range of
> data type
> pserver.cc:209: error: cast from 'char*' to 'int' loses precision
> pserver.cc: In function 'octave_value_list Fpserver(const
> octave_value_list&, int)':
> pserver.cc:416: warning: overflow in implicit constant conversion
> make[1]: *** [pserver.oct] Error 1
> 
> I think this should be related to a 64-bit architecture.

I guess with the parallel package, we have to discuss its inclusion. It's
part of octave-forge, but the last commit of its author was in 2005.

So, the original author seems to have abandoned it. Should we try to fix
it? Personally, I'd say we are better off trying to include mpitb.

	Thomas