Bugzilla – Bug 242160
GSL 1.8 documentation incomplete
Last modified: 2007-02-09 16:29:38 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a copy of Bug #154129 +++ The formulas describing the different function are missing from the package gsl-devel under SuSE 10.2: As an example, compare the two pages: SuSE 10.2, gsl-devel-1.8-23 : /usr/share/doc/packages/gsl-devel/gsl-ref_20.html#SEC340 GSL 1.8 homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/manual/gsl-ref.html#Mean-and-standard-deviat ion-and-variance For the function "gsl_stats_mean()", the definition of the mean is missing in the file "gsl-ref_20.html" from SuSE 10.2 : "This function returns the arithmetic mean of data, a dataset of length n with stride stride. The arithmetic mean, or sample mean, is denoted by \Hat\mu and defined as, << MISSING FORMULA >> where x_i are the elements of the dataset data. For samples drawn from a gaussian distribution the variance of \Hat\mu is \sigma^2 / N." I have not checked all other pages of the GSL documentation. But I would guess that these formulas are missing on at least some of the other pages as well.
I guess we miss -l2h in the texinfo command line and latex2html in the BuildRequires: ... testing ...
... correct. (Obviously, above should read texi2html, not texinfo). With a slight complication, that in the build path, which contains gsl-1.8 as a path component, latex2html fails (claiming dvips would not be able to handle path names with a . in it), so a few hacks were needed in the spec file. It is fixed for future versions, feel free to verify FACTORY. I can also publish RPMs for 10.x if you like. I'll have to check whether this problem warrants an official update for 10.x. AJ?
This does not warrant an official update for older products. Marking as fixed for 10.3.
Armin, let me know (private mail) if you want to see updated RPMs for 10.2 at an unofficial place. Thanks for the report!