Failed to build package build-m4

[Sascha Suessspeck]

Dear all,

When attempting to cross-build Octave and create a development i.e. patched (bug #39257: handles to nested functions are not yet supported) version of octave-4.2.0 for Windows with mxe-octave, I get the below error in the final step of creating the Windows Installer (or just an archive of the files to install on Windows).

I was doing it using MinGW/MSYS 1.0 having installed the required packages including msys-m4 1.4.16-2-msys-1.0.17.

Obviously, the download attempt of build-m4-1.4.17 in the final step was completed successfully and the respective dist archive appears in the /pkg subfolder.

I must admit that I just assumed both Python and Ghostscript to be installed on my machine running on Windows XP SP3.

I am by no means an advanced user and would appreciate any hints or comments in this regard.

Thanks, and best wishes,

Sascha

Extract from the attached log file:

make[5]: *** [binary-io.o] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory `/c/octave/mxe-octave-1cb1ce8f351c/tmp-build-m4/m4-1.4.17.build/lib'
make[4]: *** [all] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory `/c/octave/mxe-octave-1cb1ce8f351c/tmp-build-m4/m4-1.4.17.build/lib'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/c/octave/mxe-octave-1cb1ce8f351c/tmp-build-m4/m4-1.4.17.build'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/c/octave/mxe-octave-1cb1ce8f351c/tmp-build-m4/m4-1.4.17.build'
make[1]: *** [build-only-build-m4] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/octave/mxe-octave-1cb1ce8f351c'

build-m4
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