Re: dlgtest() no longer needs Octave package

[Mike Miller]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 06:22:46PM -0600, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> On 11/27/2012 06:14 PM, Mike Miller wrote:
> >On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 05:42:13PM -0600, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> >>On 11/27/2012 05:14 PM, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> >>
> >>>Perhaps your definition of JAVA_HOME is wrong, but in my case I can set
> >>>JAVA_HOME to any valid directory and "dlgtest(0)" functions properly.
> >>
> >>dlgtest(1) is supposed to reinstall Java Octave package.  I presume
> >>that is obsolete now:
> >
> >I'm catching up on all these Java developments, but I think so, yes.
> >That also means dlgtest has no need for JAVA_HOME.
> 
> Why is that?  Please explain because I'm wondering what the roll of
> JAVA_HOME is in configuration and once Octave is running.  How about
> the compiled javaexac.c and javacomp.c that disable JAVA_HOME.
> What's happening there?

I don't see those files being used anywhere in the Octave build. They
are part of gnulib, but not a part that is currently used by Octave.

I do not have JAVA_HOME in my environment and Octave builds and runs
fine on my setup. I have to set it for dlgtest(0), but as you noticed,
it can be set to any directory, I set it to /tmp and the demos work just
fine for me.

-- 
mike