Re: Mingw Octave-3.4.3 binaries for testing on windows

[nitnit]

PhilipNienhuis wrote:
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> nitnit wrote:
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>> PhilipNienhuis wrote:
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>>> - chk_spreadsheet-support is easier, but you'd still have to check if
>>> the java package is loaded (!), then infer the directory where the jar
>>> files reside during startup of Octave, process this into some string,
>>> and feed that string to chk_spreadsheet_support. It's doable, but
>>> perhaps too involved.
>>> 
>>> - You can also have a look at how it is done in the 3.2.4 MinGW binary.
>>> Benjamin also put the jars in /lib, and used PKG_ADD to add them to the
>>> javaclasspath; have a look in 
>>> /libexec/octave/packages/java-1.2.7 
>>> to see how he did it.
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> Benjamin has put all the jars in the bin subdir and it looks OK to me 
>> since I have put there other dlls which are required for other OF
>> packages.
>> 
>> Regarding classpath.txt, I can use Benjamin's solution but it requires a
>> change in java pkg in order to support the io pkg. It looks more logical
>> to me to implement similar lines or alternative chk_spreadsheet_support
>> calls as an PKG_ADD of the io pkg.
>> 
>> This way maintenance of those pkgs will be much more independent.
>> 
>> What do you think ?
>> 
> 
> Looks good. 
> In fact, this is what I originally had in mind for
> chk_spreadsheet_support, before I added problem analysis stuff.
> 
> Philip
> 


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