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RE: Using msys2 for mxe-octave
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JohnD |
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RE: Using msys2 for mxe-octave |
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Wed, 15 Aug 2018 08:07:38 -0400 |
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John W. Eaton [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 5:22 PM
> To: JohnD; address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Using msys2 for mxe-octave
>
> On 08/13/2018 04:59 PM, JohnD wrote:
>
> > Currently, it does not attempt to build from source
>
> OK.
>
> > I am not sure if it can without some Cygwin stuff, but would be something to
> look at.
>
> Yeah, I couldn't see an easy way to make that happen for msys either,
> which is why it was never done.
>
> > It also currently doesn’t grab the sources, which is really just a matter of
> adding additional source rules like was done for msys.
> > Does it have to package the sources ?
> > They are available from
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/files/REPOS/MSYS2/Sources/
>
> We don't have to include them in the binaries that we distribute, but I
> need an easy way to download them so I can distribute them alongside the
> binaries.
>
> jwe
>
I added the src-msys2- makefiles and a new rule msys2-sources and pushed up to
the repo