Re: Further on MEX

[David Bateman]

John W. Eaton wrote:
> On  7-Jan-2009, David Bateman wrote:
>
> | We'd also then need to use the same mex extensions as matlab itself
> | does though.
>
> Why?  Can't you just rename the files to change the extension when you
> install them?
>   
Yes, you can. However, that is an additional step that a novice users 
has to do to get it to work.
> The only reason for having the different extensions is so that MEX
> files for multiple platforms can be installed in the saem directory.
> Doing that causes trouble for people packaging Octave, doesn't it?
> The assumption is that binary files go in specific directories
> (/usr/lib or /usr/libexec instead of /usr/share).  But we still have
> problems because of the way the loadpath works (the assumption being
> that you can add a package in Matlab by adding a directory to the
> path).
>   
I thought the LSB specified architecture dependent and independent 
directories and so the mex files should always be in different 
directories for different platforms if packaged correctly.

D.

> jwe
>
>   


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