gnu-octave / gnu-octave/pkg-control
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Description
At the moment building control package from git sources is problematic on macOS.
Attached diff improves build subsystem (in particular on MacOS): it use POSIX sed syntax, replaces grep (that uses GNU extensions) with sed, and tries to figure out qhelpgenerator location (that also helps on Linux) if QHELPGENERATOR is not set.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the attached control_make_fix_20260826_100.diff.gz and the package's build subsystem. Check the build commands that use sed, grep, and QHELPGENERATOR, then verify the build from git sources on macOS and Linux with QHELPGENERATOR unset. Done means the control package builds successfully without GNU-specific sed or grep behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- build-system, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100