Re: Source changes as a result of working to port Octave for Android

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 14 October 2012 02:13, Corbin Champion <address@hidden> wrote:
> All source code modifications necessary, so far, to port Octave to Android
> have been related to Android not being a "normal" distribution of Linux.

I would say the trouble is more that Android isn't a distribution of
GNU, unlike Debian, Slackware, or Red Hat. ;-)

> 1)  Android doesn't have /tmp.  To this end, could we have get_P_tmpdir()
> (found within src/sysdep.cc) use the environment variable TMPDIR if present,
> like what is done by tmpnam (eventually calls, liboctave/tempname.c)?

Windows share this problem. What's done there?

> 2)  Android doesn't have sh found at /bin/sh , instead it is at
> /system/bin/sh (not my fault).  This is a problem in toplev.cc and in
> oct-procbuf.cc.  Can this be changed to being dependent on a ifdef based on
> some variable, such that it defaults to /bin/sh if not already defined?

Sure, what's your specific suggestion? Have you already written this patch?

- Jordi G. H.