problem compiling octave package java on cygwin 1.7

[Stefan Holst]

Hi Marco,

after working my way through all the packages that octave does not 
declare as being dependent on, but mkoctfile actually needs, I still get 
to the following problem:
I'm curious to get jhandles to work. The first step is to get the java 
package installed. And there I'm getting stuck. I tried to do it inside 
octave using pkg install
But this does not succeed. Now I try to perform ./configure and make 
manually and get to the following problem:
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/stefanh/java-1.2.6/src'
if [ "XX" = "XX" ]; then \
               mkoctfile -DHAVE_OCTAVE_32 -v -DJAVAPKG_BUILD 
-IC:"/home/stefanh
/JVM/include" -IC:"/home/stefanh/JVM/include/win32" -o __java__.oct 
__java__.cc
-ladvapi32; \
       else \
               mkoctfile -DHAVE_OCTAVE_32 -v -DJAVAPKG_BUILD 
-DJAVA_ARCH=\\\"\\
\" -DJAVA_HOME=\\\"/home/stefanh/JVM\\\" -IC:"/home/stefanh/JVM/include" 
-IC:"/h
ome/stefanh/JVM/include/win32" -o __java__.oct __java__.cc -ladvapi32; \
       fi
g++-4 -c -I/usr/include/octave-3.2.3 -I/usr/include/octave-3.2.3/octave 
-mieee-f
p -O2 -pipe -IC:/home/stefanh/JVM/include 
-IC:/home/stefanh/JVM/include/win32 -D
HAVE_OCTAVE_32 -DJAVAPKG_BUILD __java__.cc -o __java__.o
__java__.cc: In function `void initialize_jvm()':
__java__.cc:339: error: `JAVA_HOME' was not declared in this scope
__java__.cc:339: error: `JAVA_ARCH' was not declared in this scope

lots of warnings afterwards. From the little that I  understand I think 
__java__.cc does not recognize the cygwin environment. At least 
__WIN32__ does not seem to be defined and there are no other pragmas 
that cater for cygwin. Can your or Michael have a look at this? Many 
many thanks in advance.

A strong m-file addict