Re: How to compile e.g., tip in MXE

[John W. Eaton]

On 03/01/2013 01:53 PM, Philip Nienhuis wrote:

> However I'd like to try to build a "tip" (or recent version) of the default
> branch. That failed, as no matter what I tried I consistently got the 3.7.2
> snapshot you made a while ago - it is downloaded quite autonomously by some
> other command in the MXE tree.
> I couldn't find where that download is initiated so that I could circumvent
> it for octave itself. Grepping for "[download]" (one of the repeated
> messages during an MXE build) didn't help me.
>
> (I made a "snapshot" by hg-cloning the default octave branch, doing a
> ./bootstrap inside, and tar/zipping it. Maybe naive, but it is just a start)

Make a regular distribution tarball with "make dist".  Then do the same 
for this new version as you did for 3.6.4.

I don't have a shortcut for building from hg yet.  If you decide to do 
something along those lines instead it would be great if you would share 
your changes.

The rules that perform the download steps for MXE are in the top-level 
Makefile.  Search for WGET.

jwe