bug#17198: Octave fails to build

bug#17198: Octave fails to build

[Mark H Weaver]

In recent master, GNU Octave fails to build on my x86_64 system.
Here's the tail of the log.

     Mark

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ld: /gnu/store/k42ljxy7g8av6jv99bjdh4wcv1ddqpg8-lapack-3.5.0/lib/liblapack.a(sgbtrf.f.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/gnu/store/k42ljxy7g8av6jv99bjdh4wcv1ddqpg8-lapack-3.5.0/lib/liblapack.a: error adding symbols: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile:3616: recipe for target 'liboctave.la' failed
make[4]: *** [liboctave.la] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory '/tmp/nix-build-octave-3.8.0.drv-0/octave-3.8.0/liboctave'
Makefile:8975: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/tmp/nix-build-octave-3.8.0.drv-0/octave-3.8.0/liboctave'
Makefile:3398: recipe for target 'all' failed
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/tmp/nix-build-octave-3.8.0.drv-0/octave-3.8.0/liboctave'
Makefile:2103: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/nix-build-octave-3.8.0.drv-0/octave-3.8.0'
Makefile:1968: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2
phase `build' failed after 870 seconds
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bug#17198: Octave fails to build

[Mark H Weaver]

Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:
> In recent master, GNU Octave fails to build on my x86_64 system.

This was fixed in 57e544e8f7f0c907bb1ea3b4432a9a3d3da57365.
I'm closing this bug.

     Mark