R: linking (DLD_FUCTION)s give .dll files but not .oct files. (MinGW build 3.3.50+)

[John W. Eaton]

On 16-Jan-2010, Marco Atzeri wrote:

| however only the dll are installed
| /usr/local/lib/octave-3.3.50+/urlwrite-0.dll

Then that is a bug, because when these files are installed, they are
supposed to be installed with .oct names, not .dll or .so names.  That
works correctly on my system, so can you please investigate what is
happening on yours to cause this problem?

| In any case octave is functional, so I see no problem..

Can you call the urlwrite function in your installed copy of Octave?
I would guess not, because the code that searches for functions looks
for .oct files, not .dll files.  What does

  octave> which urlwrite

say on your system when you are running the installed copy of Octave?

jwe