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markz79

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Registered: 2009-05-17

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Pacman "error: command failed to execute (octave 3.4.0-1 x86_64)"

After performing a system upgrade of the 4 packages below I got "error: command failed to execute". No errors are listed in "pacman.log". How do I know what command failed to execute? "octave" seems to be running OK.

Thanks.

<Edit>
It appears the error is due to upgrading octave. When upgrading only octave on another machine I got the same error.
</Edit>

...
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
 mono-2.10.2-1-x86_64     31.3M 1157.8K/s 00:00:28 [######################] 100%
 ntfs-3g-2011.4.12-...   232.8K  166.4K/s 00:00:01 [######################] 100%
 qhull-2010.1-1-x86_64   190.9K  148.8K/s 00:00:01 [######################] 100%
 octave-3.4.0-1-x86_64     7.2M 1345.1K/s 00:00:05 [######################] 100%
(4/4) checking package integrity                   [######################] 100%
(4/4) checking for file conflicts                  [######################] 100%
(1/4) upgrading mono                               [######################] 100%
(2/4) upgrading ntfs-3g                            [######################] 100%
(3/4) installing qhull                             [######################] 100%
(4/4) upgrading octave                             [######################] 100%
error: command failed to execute correctly

Last edited by markz79 (2011-04-27 15:58:42)

ngoonee

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Registered: 2009-03-17

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Re: Pacman "error: command failed to execute (octave 3.4.0-1 x86_64)"

info_dir=/usr/share/info
info_files=(octave.info octave.info-1 octave.info-2 octave.info-3 octave.info-4 octave.info-5)

post_install() {
  for f in ${info_files[@]}; do
    install-info ${info_dir}/$f.gz ${info_dir}/dir 2> /dev/null
  done
}

post_upgrade() {
        post_install
}

pre_remove() {
  for f in ${info_files[@]}; do
    install-info --delete ${info_dir}/$f.gz ${info_dir}/dir 2> /dev/null
  done
}

The mentioned files (/usr/share/info/octave.info*) do not exist in the package, so the command fails to execute correctly. Please report a bug against octave at flyspray.

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markz79

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Registered: 2009-05-17

Posts: 74

Re: Pacman "error: command failed to execute (octave 3.4.0-1 x86_64)"

Bug has been filed.

pressh

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2005-08-14

Posts: 1,719

Re: Pacman "error: command failed to execute (octave 3.4.0-1 x86_64)"

I disabled the install file in 3.4.0-2. I'll enable it again when I succeed to build the documentation.

I have no idea where you filed a bug, I can't find one on flyspray?

markz79

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Registered: 2009-05-17

Posts: 74

Re: Pacman "error: command failed to execute (octave 3.4.0-1 x86_64)"

I filed the bug here:
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/23962

Was that not the correct place?

pressh

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2005-08-14

Posts: 1,719

Re: Pacman "error: command failed to execute (octave 3.4.0-1 x86_64)"

Correct place, wrong project (community instead of arch linux). I didn't look under the community project.