Re: glob library, octave compilation on mingw

[Benjamin Lindner]

Naveen Garg wrote:
> >  The installer does not ship with the source code of
> >  every library built as that's not the intended purpose
> >  of a binary distribution.
> How about shipping the intermediate install for a binary distribution 
> (developer version)?

Is is already included in the installer. The whole intermediate
installation tree is simply copied by the gcc44_install_deps.sh
script, so the -devel part is included in the installer.

All header files and import libararies (as created by the
gcc44_build_deps.sh script) are included in the installation
tree in lib/ and include/.

It does not include the sources, and it won't do so in future.
It's supposed to be a binary package, and it also includes the
delevlopment part, to be able to e.g. install octave-forge
packages by using "pkg install foo".

> IMO, Its much easier to have the installer optionally perform    
> gcc44_install_deps.sh then it is to build all the dependencies, which is 
> really just a big waste of time if you are an end user / developer and 
> just want to change a few things in the octave source.

Is it really now?
Building octave from source requires you to go through the whole build
process at least once even if you change only a single line of code.
If you view this as a waste of time then I don't really understand
your point.

benjamin