Re: Windows Octave compilation

[PhilipNienhuis]

John W. Eaton wrote
> On 07/15/2014 01:14 PM, PhilipNienhuis wrote:
>> John W. Eaton wrote
>>> On 07/15/2014 12:08 PM, PhilipNienhuis wrote:
>>>> Jan Tomášek wrote
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> 
> <snip>
>>>>> I was able to build the unstable octave(4.1.0) on my mingw. But when I
>>>>> try
>>>>> to run it I have this error:
>>>>> "The procedure entry point _ftelli64 could not be located in the
>>>>> dynamic
>>>>> link library msvcrt.dll"
>>>>
>>>> Did you try to compile a 64-bit indexing Octave? (--enable-64 in the
>>>> configure options ?)
>>>>
>>>> If yes I'm afraid you're a bit SOL, as building Windows binaries with
>>>> 64-bit
>>>> indexing hasn't been attempted by anyone yet.
>>>
>>> That's not correct.  I've done it, so it has been attempted and it is
>>> possible.
>>
>> Thanks for setting this straight.
>>
>> Is 64-bit indexing possible right away with current mxe-octave?
> 
> It should be.  Have you tried configuring mxe-octave with --enable-64? 
> You'll need to start fresh so that you build a 64-bit GCC and all 
> dependencies are built with that compiler.

No I haven't tried yet (I didn't know mxe-octave was already that far).
But your message came right on time to initiate a 64-b build tonight before
going to sleep. Starting soon after clicking "send"....

Tomorrow morning I'll see how far it went. BTW I'm building on a32-b Linux,
I hope that doesn't spoil the party...

Thanks,

Philip



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