Re: strange message while installing tsa-4.2.4.tar.gz package

[marco atzeri]

On 5/21/2012 11:25 AM, Carnë Draug wrote:
> On 20 May 2012 22:38, Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > while installing tsa-4.2.4.tar.gz package I've noticed the following strange 
> > messages:
> >
> >
> > make: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2010b/bin/mexext: Command not found
> > make: Entering directory 
> > `/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/build/octave_forge_bundle/oct-eXZ1Jq/tsa/src'
> > make: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2010b/bin/mexext: Command not found
> > make: Nothing to be done for `mex4o'.
> > ...
> > /home/qemu/octave-3.6.1/tsa-4.2.4/i686-pc-linux-gnu-api-v48+/covm_mex.mex: 
> > failed to load: 
> > /home/qemu/octave-3.6.1/tsa-4.2.4/i686-pc-linux-gnu-api-v48+/covm_mex.mex: 
> > wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
> > .
> >
> > Any idea what this all can be ?
> >
> > I.e., for example, why Matlab is called during Octave package installation ?
> >
> > What is that "ELFCLASS64" ? My machine is a 32 bit one.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >    Sergei.
>
> Hi Sergei,
>
> this belongs to the octave-forge mailing list. I'm CC'ing this e-mail
> there. I'm also CC'ing Alois Schloegl, the author and package
> maintaner of tsa.
>
> Carnë

the tsa-4.2.4 package is incorrectly including the mex files
built for a specific platform.

tsa/src/covm_mex.mexw32
tsa/src/covm_mex.mexa64
tsa/src/sumskipnan_mex.cpp
tsa/src/covm_mex.mexw64
tsa/src/covm_mex.mex
tsa/src/sumskipnan_mex.mexa64
tsa/src/sumskipnan_mex.mexw32
tsa/src/sumskipnan_mex.mex
tsa/src/Makefile
tsa/src/sumskipnan_mex.mexw64
tsa/src/covm_mex.cpp

so the Makefile will not recompile them for the right platform.

On my cygwin :

$ file *.mex
covm_mex.mex:       ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 
(SYSV), dynamically linked, 
BuildID[sha1]=0x7b9f63a496a41bb490ebb7d6239da5c7dbb2e130, not stripped
sumskipnan_mex.mex: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 
(SYSV), dynamically linked, 
BuildID[sha1]=0x38057facd70b6f315b722c6749d6b872d425b619, not stripped

while before

$ file *.mex
covm_mex.mex:       PE32 executable (DLL) (console) Intel 80386, for MS 
Windows
sumskipnan_mex.mex: PE32 executable (DLL) (console) Intel 80386, for MS 
Windows

can the package source be cleaned and released ?

I will also appreciate a more clean build (same on NaN)
avoiding the usage of mexext if not present.


mkdir (/tmp/oct-28cc1c.39)
untar (tsa-4.2.4.tar.gz, /tmp/oct-28cc1c.39)
make: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2010b/bin/mexext: Command not found
make: Entering directory `/tmp/oct-28cc1c.39/tsa/src'
make: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2010b/bin/mexext: Command not found
make: Entering directory `/tmp/oct-28cc1c.39/tsa/src'
make: Entering directory `/tmp/oct-28cc1c.39/tsa/src'
make: Nothing to be done for `mex4o'.
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/oct-28cc1c.39/tsa/src'
copyfile /tmp/oct-28cc1c.39/tsa/src/covm_mex.mex 
/tmp/oct-28cc1c.39/tsa/src/sumskipnan_mex.mex 
/tmp/oct-28cc1c.39/tsa/inst/i686-pc-cygwin-api-v48+

Regards
MArco