Re: (mxe-octave) forge package build issues with compiler and dev octave

[JohnD]

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> Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 13:33:52 -0700
> From: Mike Miller <address@hidden>
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> Subject: Re: (mxe-octave) forge package build issues with compiler and
>       dev     octave
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> On Fri, Jul 07, 2017 at 15:52:20 -0400, JohnD wrote:
> > Octave builds fine, however when trying to install packages (after
> > installing it in Windows), I get a constant compile error of:
> >
> > g++: error: unrecognized command line option '-R', from mkoctave.
> >
> > Looking at the output there is a -R<lib_path_to_octave_build_lib>,
similar
> > to other -L options, that I don't recall seeing before.
> >
> > mkoctfile -p OCTAVE_LINK_DEPS, outputs the same -R option as seen in the
> > mkoctave g++ command.
> 
> Is it OCTAVE_LINK_DEPS, OCTAVE_LINK_OPTS, OCT_LINK_DEPS, or
> OCT_LINK_OPTS? Might as well show us all four.
> 
> OCTAVE_LINK_{DEPS,OPTS} are intended for building Octave itself, or
> embedding Octave in a standalone executable (mkoctfile --standalone).
> OCT_LINK_{DEPS,OPTS} are intended for building oct files.
> 
> In case you weren't sure, -R is libtool's option for adding a rpath
> directory to a shared library or executable (it gets translated into the
> appropriate linker option, -Wl,-rpath on GNU/Linux). It's very useful
> for building with libtool, but not so useful if it's exported outside of
> a libtool-based build system like this problem.
> 
> Other than that, I would trace it backwards, look for it in the build
> log of default-octave, try to find where the definition is coming from.
> 
> I do see a "-Wl,-rpath-link" option being passed in default-octave.mk, I
> wonder if it's possibly being translated into "-R" somewhere. I'm not
> sure where that would be happening though.
> 
> --
> mike

OCTAVE_LINK_DEPS has the -R
OCTAVE_LINK_OPTS does not
OCT_LINK_DEPS has the -R
OCT_LINK_OPTS does not

I'm trying a compile to take a look at default-octaves config.log to see
what it says