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

[John Donoghue]

On 07/26/2015 02:58 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> Message: 7 Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 15:58:35 +0900 (JST) From: 
> "address@hidden" <address@hidden> To: HG 
> <address@hidden>, address@hidden Subject: Re: building 
> mxe-octave: download of package src-msys-bash fails Message-ID: 
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> > >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 inhttp://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 
> onhttp://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
Yeah - I have a patch for that that I hadnt pushed yet, as been trying 
to get the dev branch of octave compiling.
I will push it up.

Recently, i believe msys cleaned up(removed) some of the older files, 
which broke builds for anyone doing a new clone of mxe.