[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #43603] ltfat 2.0.1: fails to build and install on mxe-octave installation

[John Donoghue]

URL:
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                 Summary: ltfat 2.0.1: fails to build and install on
mxe-octave installation
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: lostbard
            Submitted on: Thu 13 Nov 2014 08:49:42 PM GMT
                Category: Octave Forge Package
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Build Failure
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: JohnD
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.8.2
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

Attempting to install ltfat package from octave-forge fails:

>> pkg -forge -verbose install ltfat
mkdir (C:\Users\JDONOG~1.ECE\AppData\Local\Temp\oct-5)
untar (C:\Users\jdonoghue.ECE\ltfat-2.0.1.tar.gz,
C:\Users\JDONOG~1.ECE\AppData\Local\Temp\oct-5)
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.exe
checking for suffix of executables... .exe
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... -std=gnu99
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking for mkoctfile... yes
checking for Pa_GetHostApiCount in -lportaudio... no
configure: WARNING: Portaudio lib not found. Disabling support of the block
processing framework.
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
make: Entering directory `/tmp/oct-5/ltfat/src'
make -f Makefile_unix
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/oct-5/ltfat/src'
cc -O3 -fPIC -std=c99 -Ithirdparty  -DLTFAT_DOUBLE  -c dgt.c -o ddgt.o
make[1]: cc: Command not found
make[1]: *** [ddgt.o] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/oct-5/ltfat/src'
make: *** [oct] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/oct-5/ltfat/src'


The issue appears to be that it attempts to use the unix makefile instead of
the mingw one, and doesn't know uses 'cc' instead of gcc, even though
configure found gcc.

Making it run the Makefile_mingwoct also appears to have issues that appear to
be related with setting the SHELL variable to COMSPEC.

Attached is a patch to the package that ensures it uses CC from configure,
only sets SHELL to COMSPEC if SHELL is  not already set.

With this patch, ltfat installs for me using mxe-octave 3.8.2 and hopefully
doesn't break the linux build.





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Date: Thu 13 Nov 2014 08:49:42 PM GMT  Name: ltfat.diff  Size: 690B   By:
lostbard

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