R: problem compiling octave package java on cygwin 1.7

[Marco Atzeri]

> Da: Stefan Holst <address@hidden>
> Oggetto: problem compiling octave package java on cygwin 1.7
> A: address@hidden
> Cc: address@hidden
> Data: Venerdì 20 novembre 2009, 14:44
> Hi Marco,
> 
> after working my way through all the packages that octave
> does not declare as being dependent on, but mkoctfile
> actually needs, I still get to the following problem:
> I'm curious to get jhandles to work. The first step is to
> get the java package installed. And there I'm getting stuck.
> I tried to do it inside octave using pkg install
> But this does not succeed. Now I try to perform ./configure
> and make manually and get to the following problem:
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/stefanh/java-1.2.6/src'
> if [ "XX" = "XX" ]; then \
>            
>    mkoctfile -DHAVE_OCTAVE_32 -v
> -DJAVAPKG_BUILD -IC:"/home/stefanh
> /JVM/include" -IC:"/home/stefanh/JVM/include/win32" -o
> __java__.oct __java__.cc
> -ladvapi32; \
>        else \
>            
>    mkoctfile -DHAVE_OCTAVE_32 -v
> -DJAVAPKG_BUILD -DJAVA_ARCH=\\\"\\
> \" -DJAVA_HOME=\\\"/home/stefanh/JVM\\\"
> -IC:"/home/stefanh/JVM/include" -IC:"/h
> ome/stefanh/JVM/include/win32" -o __java__.oct __java__.cc
> -ladvapi32; \
>        fi
> g++-4 -c -I/usr/include/octave-3.2.3
> -I/usr/include/octave-3.2.3/octave -mieee-f
> p -O2 -pipe -IC:/home/stefanh/JVM/include
> -IC:/home/stefanh/JVM/include/win32 -D
> HAVE_OCTAVE_32 -DJAVAPKG_BUILD __java__.cc -o __java__.o
> __java__.cc: In function `void initialize_jvm()':
> __java__.cc:339: error: `JAVA_HOME' was not declared in
> this scope
> __java__.cc:339: error: `JAVA_ARCH' was not declared in
> this scope
> 
> lots of warnings afterwards. From the little that I 
> understand I think __java__.cc does not recognize the cygwin
> environment. At least __WIN32__ does not seem to be defined
> and there are no other pragmas that cater for cygwin. Can
> your or Michael have a look at this? Many many thanks in
> advance.
> 
> A strong m-file addict
> 
Hi Stefan,
as there is no real java package on cygwin, why do you thinks 
that octave can overcome this problem ?
I skipped some package of octave forge for this type of
problems.

Regards
Marco