RE: compiling octave fails on building flex

[JohnD]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marshall Floyd [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2017 1:40 PM
> To: JohnD
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: compiling octave fails on building flex
> 
> ./configure --enable-devel-tools --enable-binary-packages --enable-
> octave=default --enable-qt5 --enable-64 --enable-windows-64
> 
> [build]    build-flex
> 
> Failed to build package build-flex!
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Makefile:533: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
> make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory
> '/home/marshall/mxe-octave-f89c67818a6b/tmp-build-flex/flex-2.6.4.build'
> /home/marshall/mxe-octave-f89c67818a6b/Makefile:852: recipe for target
> 'build-only-build-flex' failed
> make[2]: *** [build-only-build-flex] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/marshall/mxe-octave-f89c67818a6b'
> real    0m13.483s
> user    0m11.572s
> sys    0m1.533s
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> [log]      /home/marshall/mxe-octave-f89c67818a6b/log/build-flex
> 
> Makefile:852: recipe for target
> '/home/marshall/mxe-octave-f89c67818a6b/installed-packages/build-flex'
> failed
> make[1]: ***
> [/home/marshall/mxe-octave-f89c67818a6b/installed-packages/build-flex]
> Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/marshall/mxe-octave-f89c67818a6b'
> Makefile:565: recipe for target 'all' failed
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> (I can add info from the logs specified if that will be useful, I've looked 
> at the
> errors before).
> -------------
> 
> ./configure --enable-devel-tools --enable-binary-packages --enable-
> octave=default --disable-system-opengl --enable-native-build --enable-lib64-
> directory --enable-pic-flag --disable-system-x11-libs 
> --disable-system-fontconfig
> --disable-system-gcc --enable-qt5 gnu-linux
> 
> 
> 
> [download] build-gcc
> [build]    build-gcc
> 
> Failed to build package build-gcc!
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Makefile:931: recipe for target 'all' failed
> make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[3]: Leaving directory
> '/home/marshall/mxe-octave-f89c67818a6b/tmp-build-gcc/gcc-7.2.0.build'
> /home/marshall/mxe-octave-f89c67818a6b/Makefile:852: recipe for target
> 'build-only-build-gcc' failed
> make[2]: *** [build-only-build-gcc] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/marshall/mxe-octave-f89c67818a6b'
> real    15m14.593s
> user    13m55.151s
> sys    0m57.155s
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> [log]      /home/marshall/mxe-octave-f89c67818a6b/log/build-gcc
> 
> Makefile:852: recipe for target
> '/home/marshall/mxe-octave-f89c67818a6b/installed-packages/build-gcc'
> failed
> make[1]: ***
> [/home/marshall/mxe-octave-f89c67818a6b/installed-packages/build-gcc]
> Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/marshall/mxe-octave-f89c67818a6b'
> Makefile:565: recipe for target 'all' failed
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> 
> It has never failed on gcc before, but it didn't try building flex this time 
> either.
> 
> On 12/8/2017 5:52 AM, JohnD wrote:
> >> Message: 5
> >> Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 21:33:17 -0700
> >> From: Marshall Floyd <address@hidden>
> >> To: address@hidden
> >> Subject: compiling octave fails on building flex
> >> Message-ID: <address@hidden>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
> >>
> >> I have tried building mxe-octave in Ubuntu (in Virtual Box) with the
> >> intent of eventually cross compiling for Windows, but I'd be happy if
> >> I could get a linux version. I want many of the bug fixes and
> >> enhancements in the development version. I have used instructions
> >> from http://wiki.octave.org/Windows_Installer,
> >> http://wiki.octave.org/MXE, and
> >> http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_Debian_systems. Compilation fails
> >> while building flex. How can I fix the problem with building flex, or
> >> compile octave using the installed version of flex? I've tried a few
> >> things to avoid building flex, but I'm not sure exactly how to do
> >> that, e.g. ./configure --without-flex or make PKG_EXCLUDE='flex', and
> >> other variations. I can't find it now, but I've seen a partial answer
> >> on the help email list to a similar problem of setting some make
> >> option or looking at one of the .mk files for guidance suggesting that
> building make shouldn't have to be done. How can I do that?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > What options do you pass to configure when building, and what error occurs?
> >
> > For creating a 64 bit windows installer I use the following configure
> > options:
> >
> > ./configure --enable-devel-tools --enable-binary-packages
> > --enable-octave=default --enable-qt5 --enable-64 --enable-windows-64
> >
> > For creating a linux native, I use:
> >
> > ../configure --enable-devel-tools --enable-binary-packages
> > --enable-octave=default --disable-system-opengl --enable-native-build
> > --enable-lib64-directory --enable-pic-flag --disable-system-x11-libs
> > --disable-system-fontconfig --disable-system-gcc --enable-qt5
> > gnu-linux
> >
> >
> >

For each was it a clean build ? ie:
# make clean
# ./configure --enable-devel-tools --enable-binary-packages 
--enable-octave=default --enable-qt5 --enable-64 --enable-windows-64
# make

What version of Ubuntu ?