[FTBFS] inline-octave

[Stephan Rügamer]

TODO:
- updating debian/rules to tell perl Makefile to use octave3.0
- FTBFS in Octave.pm because of preset builtin vars which are not used anymore...workaround it...

buildd snippet of the error

FAILED tests 1, 3
 Failed 2/3 tests, 33.33% okay
t/3_defines..........crash_dumps_octave_core is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_screen_output is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; silent_functions is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_screen_output is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_output_immediately is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; (in octave code) at t/3_defines.t line 0
ok
t/4_multisections....crash_dumps_octave_core is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_screen_output is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; silent_functions is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_screen_output is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_output_immediately is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; (in octave code) at t/4_multisections.t line 9
ok
t/5_hilbert..........crash_dumps_octave_core is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_screen_output is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; silent_functions is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_screen_output is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_output_immediately is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; (in octave code) at t/5_hilbert.t line 0
ok
t/6_nargout..........crash_dumps_octave_core is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_screen_output is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; silent_functions is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_screen_output is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_output_immediately is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; (in octave code) at t/6_nargout.t line 9
ok
t/7_nargin...........crash_dumps_octave_core is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_screen_output is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; silent_functions is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_screen_output is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_output_immediately is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; (in octave code) at t/7_nargin.t line 9
ok
t/8_operators........crash_dumps_octave_core is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_screen_output is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; silent_functions is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_screen_output is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_output_immediately is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; (in octave code) at t/8_operators.t line 10
`isstream' undefined near line 28 column 12; evaluating assignment expression near line 28, column 10; called from `is_stream' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.0/m/deprecated/is_stream.m'; (in octave code) at /build/shermann/inline-octave-0.22/blib/lib/Inline/Octave.pm line 1083
 (in cleanup) octave interpreter not alive at /build/shermann/inline-octave-0.22/blib/lib/Inline/Octave.pm line 920
dubious
 Test returned status 9 (wstat 2304, 0x900)
DIED. FAILED tests 64-119
 Failed 56/119 tests, 52.94% okay
t/9_types............crash_dumps_octave_core is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_screen_output is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; silent_functions is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_screen_output is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; page_output_immediately is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details; (in octave code) at t/9_types.t line 8
ok
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[Alessio Treglia (quadrispro)]

I've reported it to debian.

[Fabrice Coutadeur (fabricesp)]

Package has been dropped from the archive in Intrepid, and dropped from Debian, so I don't think we will fix it now, 2 years after. Closing as Won't fix.