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authorStephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@FreeBSD.org>2011-06-30 20:52:08 +0000
committerStephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@FreeBSD.org>2011-06-30 20:52:08 +0000
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- Update math/octave-forge-base to 1.1. Now includes the script
load-octave-pkg to link the octave packaging system to the FreeBSD ports. - Update Mk/bsd.octave.mk so that octave-forge-* ports use this script. Approved by: gabor (mentor)
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=276747
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@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@ which is intended to be a central location for custom scripts, functions and
extensions for GNU Octave. contains the source for all the functions plus
build and install scripts.
-This baseport provides the basic directory structure. Deleting this package
-will completely erase all the structure, and remaining files, associated with
-the octave packaging system. This is useful if things go wrong with the
-octave packaging system.
+This baseport provides the basic directory structure, and installs a script
+"load-octave-pkg", that synchronizes the FreeBSD ports structure to the octave
+packaging system.
+
+Another purpose of the script "load-octave-pkg" is to attempt to correct any
+errors created by the octave packaging system.
+
+Also, deinstalling this port will completely clean the octave packages.
WWW: http://octave.sourceforge.net/