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| -rw-r--r-- | academic/octave-forge/README | 11 |
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diff --git a/academic/octave-forge/README b/academic/octave-forge/README index 71ae40f084..eb97213c91 100644 --- a/academic/octave-forge/README +++ b/academic/octave-forge/README @@ -9,17 +9,16 @@ variable. For example, will build only the "main" and "extra" repositories. Parallel compilation is not supported. +Some packages have dependencies on external components that are not +available on stock Slackware or SlackBuilds.org. These components +(and, more generally, packages failing compilation) are automatically +excluded from the package. + If you want to build a newer version of Octave-Forge, you need to regenerate the Octave script that performs the build itself. To do this, run generate-installscript.sh after updating the usual variables near the beginning. -This script requires Octave, available on SlackBuilds.org. -Some packages also have dependencies on external components, not -available on stock Slackware or SlackBuilds.org. These components -(and, more generally, packages failing compilation) are automatically -excluded from the package. - Note: on package removal, you should run as root: mkdir -p /usr/share/octave/packages && \ octave --silent --eval "pkg rebuild" |