Dear all,
When attempting to cross-build Octave and create a development i.e.
patched (bug #39257: handles to nested functions are not yet supported)
version of octave-4.2.0 for Windows with mxe-octave, I get the below
error in the final step of creating the Windows Installer (or just an
archive of the files to install on Windows).
I was doing it using MinGW/MSYS 1.0 having installed the required
packages including msys-m4 1.4.16-2-msys-1.0.17.
Obviously, the download attempt of build-m4-1.4.17 in the final step was
completed successfully and the respective dist archive appears in the
/pkg subfolder.
I must admit that I just assumed both Python and Ghostscript to be
installed on my machine running on Windows XP SP3.
I am by no means an advanced user and would appreciate any hints or
comments in this regard.
Thanks, and best wishes,
Sascha
Extract from the attached log file:
make[5]: *** [binary-io.o] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory
`/c/octave/mxe-octave-1cb1ce8f351c/tmp-build-m4/m4-1.4.17.build/lib'
make[4]: *** [all] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory
`/c/octave/mxe-octave-1cb1ce8f351c/tmp-build-m4/m4-1.4.17.build/lib'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/c/octave/mxe-octave-1cb1ce8f351c/tmp-build-m4/m4-1.4.17.build'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/c/octave/mxe-octave-1cb1ce8f351c/tmp-build-m4/m4-1.4.17.build'
make[1]: *** [build-only-build-m4] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/octave/mxe-octave-1cb1ce8f351c'