Re: [sage-devel] Serious-looking error in spkg-install for pari-2.3.5.p1

2010-07-20 Thread John Cremona
That's relief -- thanks. I think my mind is frying, as it is hot & humid (well, by English standards). Now I see what is happening. It is easy to get confused since under the src/ directorythere is another one called src, so some of the targets for cp do start src John On 20 July 2010 17:

Re: [sage-devel] Serious-looking error in spkg-install for pari-2.3.5.p1

2010-07-20 Thread Mike Hansen
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 9:08 AM, John Cremona wrote: > Amazing discovery -- the script spkg-install is VERY broken, even the one >  currently distributed with sage 4.5!  (pari-2.3.5.p1) > >  There are several lines like >  {{{ >  # pjeremy: fix for FreeBSD: #7825 >  cp "$TOP"/patches/get_kernel co

[sage-devel] Serious-looking error in spkg-install for pari-2.3.5.p1

2010-07-20 Thread John Cremona
The following came to light while woring on #9343 (pari upgrade) which I thought deserved a wider circulation. John Amazing discovery -- the script spkg-install is VERY broken, even the one currently distributed with sage 4.5! (pari-2.3.5.p1) There are several lines like {{{ # pjeremy: fix