[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #41249] cygwin : unable to find the mkoctfile command

[marco atzeri]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41249>

                 Summary: cygwin : unable to find the mkoctfile command
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: matzeri
            Submitted on: Thu 16 Jan 2014 02:19:34 PM GMT
                Category: Configuration and Build System
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Regression
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.8.0
        Operating System: Other

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Details:


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$ octave
GNU Octave, version 3.8.0

[cut]

octave:1> pkg install general-1.3.2.tar.gz
pkg: unable to find the mkoctfile command, Octave installation is incomplete
error: called from '__gripe_missing_component__' in file
/usr/share/octave/3.8.0/m/help/__gripe_missing_component__.m near line 53,
column 3
error: called from:
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.8.0/m/pkg/private/install.m at line 199, 
column 5
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.8.0/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 394, column 9
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It is caused by wrong assumption on
   https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?40180

"EXEEXT is only set on systems like Windows, and Windows uses the compiled
versions."

Cygwin uses EXEEXT for compatibility with the rest of Windows,
but mkoctfile and octave-config are script...

attached patches solve the issue on cygwin, but likely 

  +#include <unistd.h>

need a if clause on not Unix platform



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File Attachments:


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Date: Thu 16 Jan 2014 02:19:34 PM GMT  Name: configure.patch  Size: 314B   By:
matzeri

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=30289>
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Date: Thu 16 Jan 2014 02:19:34 PM GMT  Name: mkoctfile_unlink.cc.patch  Size:
335B   By: matzeri

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=30290>

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