Re: How can I make patch for mxe-build ? (was Re: Windows Octave compilation)

[John Donoghue]

On 07/15/2014 08:42 PM, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
> I have posted:
> http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Re-Windows-Octave-compilation-td4665267i40.html#a4665493
>
>
> > > Failed to build package pstoedit!
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > > make[3]: *** [libpstoedit_la-dynload.lo] Error 1
> > > make[3]: Leaving directory
> > >   
> > `/e/usr/Tatsu/mingw32work/octave/mxe-octave/mxe-octave/tmp-pstoedit/pstoedit-3.62/.build/src'
> > > make[2]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
> > > make[2]: Leaving directory
> > >   
> > `/e/usr/Tatsu/mingw32work/octave/mxe-octave/mxe-octave/tmp-pstoedit/pstoedit-3.62/.build'
> > > make[1]: *** [build-only-pstoedit] Error 2
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory
> > > `/e/usr/Tatsu/mingw32work/octave/mxe-octave/mxe-octave'
> > > real    8m50.839s
> > > user    0m20.291s
> > > sys     1m49.394s
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > > [log]
> >   /e/usr/Tatsu/mingw32work/octave/mxe-octave/mxe-octave/log/pstoedit
> > >   
> > > The log file is attached.
> > > The origin of the error, very MS-win like functions, strcpy_s, and
> > strcat_s.
> > > These can be replaced by strncpy and  strncat, respectively.
> > >   
> > Sorry I have mislead.  MinGW-w64 (32 and 64 bit) has a definition verry MS like
> > secure functions like (function name)_s.  The definition of in pstoedit and
> > MinGW-w64 seems to be inconsistent.
> To overcome this issue, the patch is needed.  In src directory, there are patch 
> files related to each dependency exist.  For example, for gnuplot, 
> gnuplot-1-fixes.patch and gnuplot-2-win64.patch exist and applied them before 
> the build process.  How can I make such patch for pstoedit? In the each mk 
> file, patch file does not refer.
> Perhaps the procedure to apply is described elsewhere. How can I find this?
>
> Regards
>
> Tatsuro


Not sure if this will work as I dont have the issue on my version of 
mingw, however try this patch in the mxe-octave/src directory.

pstoedit-3-strcat_s-fix.patch
Description: Text Data