Re: building mxe-octave: download of package src-msys-bash fails

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--- tmacchant
> --- hg_code
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am trying to build an Octave Windows installer (or zip-dist) for the
> > first time (for helping with bug #45610). I use an Ubuntu 14.04 linux
> > system. But I got stuck during the build process, could someone give me
> > a hint how to proceed?
> > 
> > Here is what I did so far:
> > 
> > * I have installed all the prerequisites packages for mxe-octave, as
> > listed for Debian systems in http://wiki.octave.org/Windows_Installer
> > * I cloned the mxe-octave repo
> > * I copied a small patch file (for bug #45610) into my local repository,
> > as mxe-octave-repo/src/stable-octave-1-patchname.patch
> > * in a command shell I changed to my local repository of mxe-octave and
> > typed the following commands:
> > * export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java
> > * autoconf
> > * ./configure
> > * make zip-dist
> > 
> > Then the mxe-octave compilation procedure runs for some hours.
> > Eventually it stops and says something like "unable to download package
> > src-msys-bash". When I have a look at the (attached) log file, then I
> > see that mxe-octave tried to download
> > "bash-3.1.17-4-msys-1.0.13-src.tar.lzma" from three different servers. I
> > have tried all three web adresses directly with my web browser, and they
> > all return something like "404 - file not found".
> > 
> > Am I doing something wrong? How can I go on?
> > 
> > I would be thankful for a helpful hint. Thanks
> > 
> >      Hartmut
> 
> Perhaps JohnD will make full reply the above.
> But I noticed that file name is not correct.
> On MinGW+msys site, the corresponding file name is  
> bash-3.1.17-4-msys-1.0.16-src.tar.lzma but not 
> bash-3.1.17-4-msys-1.0.13-src.tar.lzma on 
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MSYS/Base/bash/bash-3.1.17-4/.
> 
> perhaps this is an origin of the error.
> 
> Unfortunately I am writing from my smart phone I cannot help you further now.
> 
> Tatsuro
> 
> 
Or bash-3.1.17-3-msys-1.0.13-src.tar.lzma might be correct.

Tatsuro