Dear all! I think we can finish this thread with the Polish mex staying in place. Furthermore, ubuntu should update to the latest texlive packages AND octave-forge packages as there is no mex in the octave-forge anymore.
On Mon, 18 Dez 2006, Thomas Weber wrote: > We discussed this with Norbert Preining some time ago. The mex binary in > octave* packages will vanish (this is an unrelated upstream decision). > [..] > > > TeXlive upstream has recently discussed this and decided to keep things > > unchanged, you can read the thread starting at > > > > http://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2006-December/011670.html > > I don't consider this to be a real bug. Matlab should be installed under > the /usr/local hierarchy and users can then set up aliases as they > please (btw, we have Matlab here and most users don't use the mex > interface at all). > > > > P.S. in Ubuntu ($whatever_strange_animal) there's a file conflict > > between the packages... > > Yes, from the time when octave-forge was a real package. > > Thomas Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Università di Siena Debian Developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And wow! Hey! What's this thing coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding word like... ow... ound... round... ground! That's it! That's a good name - ground! I wonder if it will be friends with me? --- For the sperm whale, it wasn't. --- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]