Re: [Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #59935] [doctest] Build failure with octave 6.1.0

On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 10:28 PM Orion Poplawski <[email protected]>
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>                  Summary: [doctest] Build failure with octave 6.1.0
>                  Project: GNU Octave
>             Submitted by: opoplawski
>             Submitted on: Sun 24 Jan 2021 03:28:27 AM UTC
>                 Category: Octave Forge Package
>                 Severity: 3 - Normal
>                 Priority: 5 - Normal
>               Item Group: Build Failure
>                   Status: None
>              Assigned to: None
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>              Open/Closed: Open
>                  Release: 6.1.0
>          Discussion Lock: Any
>         Operating System: GNU/Linux
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> I'm getting a build test failure building doctest for Fedora with octave
> 6.1.0:
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> + octave -H -q --no-window-system --no-site-file --path
> /builddir/build/BUILD/doctest-0.7.0/inst --path
> /builddir/build/BUILD/doctest-0.7.0/src --eval
> 'r=doctest({"doctest","test/","test/examples/"}); exit(~r);'
> Doctest v0.7.0: this is Free Software without warranty, see source.
> error: regexprep: nothing to repeat at position 9 of expression
> error: called from
>     doctest_collect>parse_texinfo at line 480 column 9
>     doctest_collect>extract_docstring at line 336 column 26
>     doctest_collect>collect_targets_function at line 250 column 36
>     doctest_collect at line 142 column 10
>     doctest at line 349 column 11
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For some reason i cannot reply at
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I can install doctest on local Fedora with octave 6.1.1 (3926dcfde203
(stable)):

octave:1> pkg install -forge -verbose doctest
mkdir (/tmp/oct-mXvt3Q)
untar (/tmp/doctest-0.7.0-90IMx7.tar.gz, /tmp/oct-mXvt3Q)
For information about changes from previous versions of the doctest
package, run 'news doctest'.
octave:2> pkg list
Package Name        | Version | Installation directory
--------------------+---------+-----------------------
           control  |   3.2.0 | /home/dima/octave/control-3.2.0
           doctest  |   0.7.0 | /home/dima/octave/doctest-0.7.0
instrument-control  |   0.6.0 | /home/dima/octave/instrument-control-0.6.0
            signal  |   1.4.1 | /home/dima/octave/signal-1.4.1
octave:3>

Dmitri.
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