RE: Octave 3.8.0-rc2 release candidate available for ftp

[John D]

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Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 10:45:44 -0800 (PST)
From: PhilipNienhuis <address@hidden>
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Subject: Re: Octave 3.8.0-rc2 release candidate available for ftp
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John W. Eaton wrote
> The second release candidate of Octave 3.8.0 is now available from 
> alpha.gnu.org in the directory /gnu/octave:
> 
>     2198cea81c0b56b1571743e7d5f6b83a  octave-3.8.0-rc2.tar.gz  
> (md5sum)
> 
>     -rw-r--r-- 1 3003 3002 20597018 Dec 21 21:04 
> octave-3.8.0-rc2.tar.gz
> 
> Please help make the 3.8.0 release a success by building from this 
> release candidate and reporting any problems.
> 
> I'll be making this the default build for mxe-octave soon.

Just tried cross-building with latest mxe-octave checkout (still at rc1 but
that label is easily patched).

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Failed for me in cross build.
My guess is src/Makefile.am needs a patch like attached (I am trying it now)
- if correct, it will need to get pushed into the octave repo for the next
rc.

octave-cli-exe.patch
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