[Bug 1048510] New: octave-NLopt install errors

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048510

            Bug ID: 1048510
           Summary: octave-NLopt install errors
           Product: Fedora
           Version: 20
         Component: NLopt
          Severity: medium
          Assignee: bjoern.esser(a)gmail.com
          Reporter: loganjerry(a)gmail.com
        QA Contact: extras-qa(a)fedoraproject.org
                CC: bjoern.esser(a)gmail.com, ml(a)lists.fedoraproject.org



Description of problem:
Installing octave-NLopt results in some installation errors:

Installing : octave-NLopt-2.4.1-1.fc20.x86_64                            8/26 
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error: description is missing needed field name
error: called from:
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.6.4/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 1768, column 7
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.6.4/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 562, column 12
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.6.4/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 472, column 25
warning: %post(octave-NLopt-2.4.1-1.fc20.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status
1
Non-fatal POSTIN scriptlet failure in rpm package
octave-NLopt-2.4.1-1.fc20.x86_64

The problem appears to be that the DESCRIPTION file contains free text, rather
than the formatted text described in
http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/The-DESCRIPTION-File.html.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
octave-NLopt-2.4.1-1.fc20.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install octave-NLopt
2.
3.

Actual results:
Errors resulting from an incorrect DESCRIPTION file.

Expected results:
No errors.

Additional info:

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