Problem compiling Octave on Mac OS X

[Ben Abbott]

On Jun 1, 2009, at 2:49 PM, Rob Mahurin wrote:

> On May 31, 2009, at 4:59 PM, ws wrote:
>> I just ALMOST compiled octave on my mac, linking to the Mac Port
>> libraries.
>
>
> Well now I have a similar question.  My missing symbols are
>
> Undefined symbols:
>   "_CGDisplayPixelsHigh", referenced from:
>       display_info::init()      in display.o
>   "_CGDisplayPixelsWide", referenced from:
>       display_info::init()      in display.o
>   "_CGDisplayBitsPerPixel", referenced from:
>       display_info::init()      in display.o
>   "_CGMainDisplayID", referenced from:
>       display_info::init()      in display.o
>   "_CGDisplayScreenSize", referenced from:
>       display_info::init()      in display.o
> ld: symbol(s) not found
>
> and come when linking liboctinterp.dylib.  Any hint what I'm missing?
>
> This is on an Intel Mac running 10.5, where I haven't compiled Octave
> before.  I don't seem to have the problem on my 10.4 powerbook.  Same
> problem in 3.2.0-rc4 and in the current tip.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob

I took a quick glance at the sources. It looks like these are part of  
Apple's  Carbon framework.  Make sure your Xcode is up to date.

Are you really running 10.5.0. I'm running 10.5.7.

Ben