Re: MacOS X 10.3.9 build but load-save.m test failure

John W. Eaton wrote:
> On 27-Apr-2005, Dmitri A. Sergatskov <dasergatskov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> | Did you try this:
> | 
> | http://www.octave.org/octave-lists/archive/help-octave.2005/msg00466.html
>
> In that message, I wrote:
>
>   It would be much better for this problem to be fixed in gfortran
>   instead of trying to work around it in Octave, so I don't plan to
>   apply this patch to Octave's sources unless gfortran is released
>   without the fix for this bug.  Let's hope that doesn't happen.
>
> I think it is reasonable to wait just a bit longer before applying
> the patch.  At least we should see what happens in the 4.0.x bug-fix
> releases, and maybe even wait until 4.1.  If anyone has any influence
> over gfortran development, it would be helpful to try to get some
> attention given to the bug report for ENTRY statements in functions.

I am sorry -- I meant the message to Bill Northcott. May be it is
easier to apply the patch (temporary) and build with pure Apple
toolchain than try to circumvent problems with different compilers.

As far as I can tell from:
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13082

the bug has been fixed in the release version.
I am waiting for RH to put out the RPMs...

> Thanks,
>
> jwe

Dmitri.
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