From bug-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Tue Oct  3 13:33:56 1995
Subject: Octave problem
From: daniel <nichita at quake dot usc dot edu>
To: bug-octave at che dot utexas dot edu
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 11:32:25 +0800

Hi...My name is Daniel Nichita and I am the sysadmin for the biomedical engineering neural
computation laboratory at the Univ. of Southern California. I have tried emailing John W.
Eaton at jwe at che dot utexas dot edu , but my message came back, so perhaps someone here can help.
 We have recently aquired a 
copy of Octave-1.1.1, but so far I have been unsuccessful in installing it.  I have 
gcc version 2.7.0 and the gnu make version 3.74, and I am using an f2c translator to handle
the source files written in fortran.  I am trying to compile Octave on a Sun sparcstation 20
running Solaris v. 2.3.  I have also installed gnuplot v. 3.5 for Octave's plotting.  
However, I get an error when the compilation reaches /liboctave/Bounds.cc.  I listed
the actual error below:
make[2]: Leaving directory `/export/freeway/nichita/octave-1.1.1/libcruft'
echo making all in liboctave
making all in liboctave
cd liboctave ; /export/freeway/nichita/make-3.74/make all
make[2]: Entering directory `/export/freeway/nichita/octave-1.1.1/liboctave'
gcc -c  -I. -I../src -I.. -I../liboctave -I../src -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -fno-implici-templates  -g -O Bounds.cc
In file included from /usr/include/iostream.h:31,
                 from Bounds.cc:28:
/usr/include/streambuf.h:218: `ios::operator void *(...)' must take `void'
/usr/include/streambuf.h:218: confused by earlier errors, bailing out
make[2]: *** [Bounds.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/export/freeway/nichita/octave-1.1.1/liboctave'
make[1]: *** [liboctave] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/export/freeway/nichita/octave-1.1.1'
make: *** [all] Error 2


I don't really know what to make of it.  I am not sure if there is a problem with my header
files iostream.h or streambuf.h, perhaps you have a better idea.  I would really appreciate
any input you can provide on this problem.  I have been struggling with this for some time
now and I can seeem to get to the bottom of it.  I have also attempted at compiling Octave
on a DEC Alpha Station 250, runing digital unix (OSF/1 v.3.2), also unsuccessfully. Please,
do let me know if you have any ideas.

Sincerely,
Daniel Nichita