C++ error while compiling octave 3.0.3 from source, using SuiteSparse

[Kennel, Matthew B]

Hi, I installed the suitesparse library and am attempting to build Octave 3.0.3 from source. (I do not have root access to machines and I am not
permitted to install binary packages so that is not an option.).   I have successfully compiled it without suitesparse using default options.

I am experiencing C++ errors here:

g++ -c -I/apps/usr/local64/include -fPIC -I. -I.. -I../liboctave -I../src -I../libcruft/misc  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -Wall -W -Wshadow -Wold-style-cast -g -O2 SparsedbleLU.cc -o pic/SparsedbleLU.o
CSparse.cc: In member function 'ComplexMatrix SparseComplexMatrix::fsolve(MatrixType&, const Matrix&, octave_idx_type&, double&, void (*)(double), bool) const':
CSparse.cc:5769: error: invalid conversion from 'void (*)(int, char*, int, char*)' to 'void (*)(int, const char*, int, const char*)'
CSparse.cc: In member function 'SparseComplexMatrix SparseComplexMatrix::fsolve(MatrixType&, const SparseMatrix&, octave_idx_type&, double&, void (*)(double), bool) const':
CSparse.cc:6012: error: invalid conversion from 'void (*)(int, char*, int, char*)' to 'void (*)(int, const char*, int, const char*)'
CSparse.cc: In member function 'ComplexMatrix SparseComplexMatrix::fsolve(MatrixType&, const ComplexMatrix&, octave_idx_type&, double&, void (*)(double), bool) const':
CSparse.cc:6303: error: invalid conversion from 'void (*)(int, char*, int, char*)' to 'void (*)(int, const char*, int, const char*)'
CSparse.cc: In member function 'SparseComplexMatrix SparseComplexMatrix::fsolve(MatrixType&, const SparseComplexMatrix&, octave_idx_type&, double&, void (*)(double), bool) const':
CSparse.cc:6525: error: invalid conversion from 'void (*)(int, char*, int, char*)' to 'void (*)(int, const char*, int, const char*)'
dSparse.cc: In member function 'Matrix SparseMatrix::fsolve(MatrixType&, const Matrix&, octave_idx_type&, double&, void (*)(double), bool) const':
dSparse.cc:5985: error: invalid conversion from 'void (*)(int, char*, int, char*)' to 'void (*)(int, const char*, int, const char*)'
dSparse.cc: In member function 'SparseMatrix SparseMatrix::fsolve(MatrixType&, const SparseMatrix&, octave_idx_type&, double&, void (*)(double), bool) const':
dSparse.cc:6201: error: invalid conversion from 'void (*)(int, char*, int, char*)' to 'void (*)(int, const char*, int, const char*)'
dSparse.cc: In member function 'ComplexMatrix SparseMatrix::fsolve(MatrixType&, const ComplexMatrix&, octave_idx_type&, double&, void (*)(double), bool) const':
dSparse.cc:6463: error: invalid conversion from 'void (*)(int, char*, int, char*)' to 'void (*)(int, const char*, int, const char*)'
dSparse.cc: In member function 'SparseComplexMatrix SparseMatrix::fsolve(MatrixType&, const SparseComplexMatrix&, octave_idx_type&, double&, void (*)(double), bool) const':
dSparse.cc:6697: error: invalid conversion from 'void (*)(int, char*, int, char*)' to 'void (*)(int, const char*, int, const char*)'
make[2]: *** [pic/CSparse.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[2]: *** [pic/dSparse.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/work/falcon7/mbk/downloaded_software/octave-3.0.3/liboctave'
make[1]: *** [liboctave] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/work/falcon7/mbk/downloaded_software/octave-3.0.3'
make: *** [all] Error 2

It appears to be a const vs non const problem.  Has anybody seen this recently?  Is there a fix?

Octave configure line:

./configure --prefix=/apps/usr/local64 --with-blas=/apps/usr/local64/lib/libgoto.a CPPFLAGS="-I/apps/usr/local64/include" LDFLAGS="-L/apps/usr/local64/lib/" LIBS="-lmetis -lpthread"



[e28425 at lux172 octave-3.0.3]% g++ -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: x86_64-redhat-linux
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-java-awt=gtk --disable-dssi --enable-plugin --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/jre --with-cpu=generic --host=x86_64-redhat-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-42)

Platform: Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.x, x86_64

[e28425 at lux172 octave-3.0.3]% uname -a
Linux lux172 2.6.18-92.el5 #1 SMP Tue Apr 29 13:16:15 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


Matthew B. Kennel, PhD 
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