On 2019-1-23 00:48 , Marcus Calhoun-Lopez wrote: > In trying to fix one bug [1], I seem to have created another [2]. > I have been unable to fix the second bug, so I am revisiting the first. > > When building, octave tries to open a window (using Qt). > As far as I can tell, this caused an error with the buildbots [1]. > Is it true that the buildbots cannot open a window?
Yes. Trying to do things that require a GUI will be a problem on any "headless" system. There have been a few other ports that ran into similar issues, e.g. <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/26686>. > If so, can anyone think of a workaround? Well it boils down to "don't try to open a window". Unfortunately I have no idea how you would go about that with Qt or Octave. Maybe check other distros for patches? Headless build servers are not uncommon. - Josh