Re: dirty but most simple method by which pkg install will be successful in mingw octave

[Benjamin Lindner]

David Bateman wrote:
> John W. Eaton wrote:
> > I don't understand why this is needed.  As far as I know, Windows
> > should not care whether the directory separator is \ or /.  So what is
> > rejecting \ on a Windows system?  If it is Octave, then we should fix
> > it so that either \ or / will work.  I don't think the correct
> > solution can be to change the default file separator to /.

I also do not understand ad hoc why there is a problem.
Yes, Windows does allow '/' and '\' as directory seperators, I found 
that it works even in mixtures.
My octave build uses '\', also in pkg.m

octave:1:T:\octave_2.9.12-2\bin
> pkg list
Package Name       | Version | Installation directory
-------------------+---------+-----------------------
    combinatorics *|   1.0.1 | 
T:\octave_2.9.12-2\share\octave\packages\combinatorics-1.0.1
octave:2:T:\octave_2.9.12-2\bin
> pkg prefix
T:\octave_2.9.12-2\share\octave\packages


> I didn't analyze the situation just proposed the fix that was equivalent
> to what was done in the propose filesep function.. Someone on mingw will
> have to figure this one out.

Personally, I'd be very careful to change the file separator to '/'.

Tatsuro, at which stage in the pkg build process does the error occur? 
during configure or during make?
What does a system("which make") yield?

benjamin