Fw: Re: testing binaries octave-3.4.2 on MinGW

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

--- Tatsuro MATSUOKA <address@hidden> wrote:

> From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re:  testing binaries octave-3.4.2 on MinGW
> To: "Philip Nienhuis" <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:37:18 +0900
> 
> Hello
> 
> --- On Wed, 2011/6/29, Philip Nienhuis  wrote:
> 
> > Tatsuro:
> > 
> > (Just to you, not to the list)
> > 
> > <quote author="Tatsuro MATSUOKA-2">
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > I have built octave-3.4.2 today. Although one serious error
> > > was found, (http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?33652)
> > >
> > > I  uploaded binaries, dependency libraries and
> > > Msys+MinGW+GnuWin32 systems used for build for testing
> > > purpose.
> > >
> > > http://www.tatsuromatsuoka.com/octave/Eng/Win/
> > 
> > Thank you very much!
> > 
> > I very much appreciate that you put up the complete development 
> > environment. It helps other people (amongst others, myself) to get started 
> > to also build Octave on MingW.
> > Nice!
> > 
> > 
> > Some issues of the Octave-3.4.2.zip (btw, called octave-3.2.4.zip):
> > ===================================
> 
> > (1) every time I issue the "path" command, another extra empty line 
> > (linefeed) is added between the entries, like so:
> > 
> > octave.exe:1>path
> > C:\Programs\Octave\<some entry>
> > C:\Programs\Octave\<some other entry>
> > :
> > octave.exe:1>path
> > C:\Programs\Octave\<some entry>
> >                        <= empty line
> > C:\Programs\Octave\<some other entry>
> > :
> > octave.exe:1>path
> > C:\Programs\Octave\<some entry>
> >                        <= empty lines
> > 
> > C:\Programs\Octave\<some other entry>
> > :
> > octave.exe:1>path
> > C:\Programs\Octave\<some entry>
> > 
> >                        <= empty lines
> > 
> > C:\Programs\Octave\<some other entry>
> > :
> > ....until the entire screen is taken up by empty lines.
> 
> Hmmm. I will see further.
>   
> > (2) In the octave binary, pcre3.dll is missing (e.g., "help foo" complains 
> > about it).
> > Easily fixed by copying it over from 3.3.91 version or from one of the 
> > other zip files (gnuwin32).
> > 
> > (3) Installing packages doesn't work because gzip.exe cannot be found:
> > "'gzip' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> > operable program or batch file."
> > But it IS in the path, in the .\shared\...\miscellaneous subdir, and I 
> > copied the exe in the \bin directory.
> 
> Thank you for your pointed out. I will fix them.
> 
>  
> > 
> > As to the development environment:
> > ==================================
> > (4) Do you have an outline of what files to put where, and what environment 
> > settings we should set up?
> 
> OK I will add the description my build command setting to ReadMe.
> 
> Thank you for your reply.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tatsuro
> 
>