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Re: building mxe-octave: download of package src-msys-bash


From: HG
Subject: Re: building mxe-octave: download of package src-msys-bash
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 23:51:03 +0200
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Am 26.07.2015 um 14:03 schrieb John Donoghue:
> On 07/26/2015 07:55 AM, John Donoghue wrote:
>> On 07/26/2015 02:58 AM, address@hidden wrote:
>>> Message: 7 Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 15:58:35 +0900 (JST) From:
>>> "address@hidden" <address@hidden> To: HG
>>> <address@hidden>, address@hidden Subject: Re: building
>>> mxe-octave: download of package src-msys-bash fails Message-ID:
>>> <address@hidden> Content-Type:
>>> text/plain; charset=utf-8 --- hg_code
>>>> >Hello,
>>>> >
>>>> >I am trying to build an Octave Windows installer (or zip-dist) for
>>>> the
>>>> >first time (for helping with bug #45610). I use an Ubuntu 14.04 linux
>>>> >system. But I got stuck during the build process, could someone
>>>> give me
>>>> >a hint how to proceed?
>>>> >
>>>> >Here is what I did so far:
>>>> >
>>>> >* I have installed all the prerequisites packages for mxe-octave, as
>>>> >listed for Debian systems inhttp://wiki.octave.org/Windows_Installer
>>>> >* I cloned the mxe-octave repo
>>>> >* I copied a small patch file (for bug #45610) into my local
>>>> repository,
>>>> >as mxe-octave-repo/src/stable-octave-1-patchname.patch
>>>> >* in a command shell I changed to my local repository of
>>>> mxe-octave and
>>>> >typed the following commands:
>>>> >* export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java
>>>> >* autoconf
>>>> >* ./configure
>>>> >* make zip-dist
>>>> >
>>>> >Then the mxe-octave compilation procedure runs for some hours.
>>>> >Eventually it stops and says something like "unable to download
>>>> package
>>>> >src-msys-bash". When I have a look at the (attached) log file, then I
>>>> >see that mxe-octave tried to download
>>>> >"bash-3.1.17-4-msys-1.0.13-src.tar.lzma" from three different
>>>> servers. I
>>>> >have tried all three web adresses directly with my web browser,
>>>> and they
>>>> >all return something like "404 - file not found".
>>>> >
>>>> >Am I doing something wrong? How can I go on?
>>>> >
>>>> >I would be thankful for a helpful hint. Thanks
>>>> >
>>>> >      Hartmut
>>> Perhaps JohnD will make full reply the above.
>>> But I noticed that file name is not correct.
>>> On MinGW+msys site, the corresponding file name is
>>> bash-3.1.17-4-msys-1.0.16-src.tar.lzma but not
>>> bash-3.1.17-4-msys-1.0.13-src.tar.lzma
>>> onhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MSYS/Base/bash/bash-3.1.17-4/.
>>>
>>> perhaps this is an origin of the error.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately I am writing from my smart phone I cannot help you
>>> further now.
>>>
>>> Tatsuro
>>>
>> Yeah - I have a patch for that that I hadnt pushed yet, as been
>> trying to get the dev branch of octave compiling.
>> I will push it up.
>>
>> Recently, i believe msys cleaned up(removed) some of the older files,
>> which broke builds for anyone doing a new clone of mxe.
>>
>>
> Pushed http://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave/rev/317642e93df5
>
>
Thanks for this patch John. With this, I was now able to build a Windows
dist-zip sucessfully "from scratch" with mxe-octave. And the resulting
Windows executable even runs fine (on my very first glance at least)   :)
    Hartmut



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