[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51632] MS Windows portable (i.e. zip) version cannot find pre-installed packages, needs pkg rebuild, not mentioned at first run

[Nicholas Jankowski]

Follow-up Comment #17, bug #51632 (project octave):

maintainers list discussion [1] advises trying to just make the change to the
windows zip-distribution if possible. 

I think this could be done changing the following in binary-dist-rules.mk in
the 'define make-zip-dist' section (near line 194):


define make-zip-dist
  cd $(TOP_BUILD_DIR)/dist/share/octave/site/m/startup \
    && echo "## autogenerate the global octave_packages file for the Octave
zipfile distro" >> octaverc  \
    && echo "if (exist (pkg ('global_list'), 'file') == 0), try, pkg rebuild,
catch, end_try_catch, endif" >> octaverc

  echo "generating zip file..."
  cd $(TOP_BUILD_DIR)/dist \
    && zip -q -9 -r $(OCTAVE_DIST_NAME).zip $(OCTAVE_DIST_NAME)
endef



can anyone who actually knows how the makefile/building process works comment
on whether that's right?

[1]
http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/any-impacts-of-adding-this-line-to-default-octaverc-tp4684287.html

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