Re: MXE cross-build distribution problem with octave-gui.exe

[Thorsten Liebig]

Am 03.01.2014 19:24, schrieb John W. Eaton:
> On 01/03/2014 01:10 PM, Rik wrote:
>> 1/3/14
>>
>> When trying to create a zip file of the MXE distribution I use
>> './mk-dist
>> --stable' (no installer, just zip file).  There seems to be a race
>> condition somewhere in the script because I get the following output:
>>
>> rik:~/wip/Projects_Mine/mxe-octave: ./mk-dist --stable
>> deleting previous dist directory...
>> building octave and dependencies...
>> make: Nothing to be done for `stable-octave'.
>> make: Nothing to be done for `msys-base'.
>> make: Nothing to be done for `native-gcc'.
>> make: Nothing to be done for `native-binutils'.
>> make: Nothing to be done for `octave-forge-packages'.
>> make: Nothing to be done for `npp'.
>> make: Nothing to be done for `units'.
>> make: Nothing to be done for `transfig'.
>> generating lists of files to exclude...
>>    native files...
>>    gcc cross compiler files...
>> copying files...
>>    octave and dependencies...
>> tar: ./bin/octave-gui.exe: File removed before we read it
>>    octaverc file...
>>    native tools...
>>
>> And indeed, there is no octave-gui.exe in the bin directory of the
>> resulting zip file.
>
> With the 3.8.0 sources, octave-gui.exe should not be in the bin
> directory.  It should be in the libexec directory.  I'm not sure
> what's causing the error though.
>
> jwe
>
>
>
The build from the latest mxe-octave went flawless for me, with and
without installer...

regards
Thorsten