[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #57750] [octave forge] (example-package): Unusable example for new contributors

[Kai Torben Ohlhus]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57750>

                 Summary: [octave forge] (example-package): Unusable example
for new contributors
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: siko1056
            Submitted on: Thu 06 Feb 2020 05:41:27 AM CET
                Category: Octave Forge Package
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Build Failure
                  Status: Patch Submitted
             Assigned to: None
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        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: other
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

Dear OF maintainers,

As recently reported on the help mailing list

   https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-octave/2020-02/msg00016.html

The OF example-package 

   https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/example-package

cannot be used in it's current shape.

Two changes need to be done to make it work again.

1. Backout the latest changeset 0b5ba58fde08 (2017), as it creates a subfolder
which does not work with the default maintainer's Makefile.

2. Remove the test for PostgreSQL.  This might be a relic from the database
package, which served as prototype.  At least my Linux does contain it by
default and seems to be unnecessary for the package, thus keep the
requirements low, the happiness of first usage high.

Patch attached.




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File Attachments:


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Date: Thu 06 Feb 2020 05:41:27 AM CET  Name: of_example-package.patch  Size:
191KiB   By: siko1056

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=48357>

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