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Re: Compiling from source "The right way"
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Carnë Draug |
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Re: Compiling from source "The right way" |
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Tue, 16 May 2017 15:23:48 +0100 |
On 16 May 2017 at 15:12, JuanPi <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 3:57 PM, Carnë Draug <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On 16 May 2017 at 14:14, JuanPi <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> In the wiki we menton a INSTALL.OCTVAE file which I do not see int he
>>> source tree. http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_Debian_systems#The_right_way
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>>> Does anybody know where it is or how it is called now?
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>> It is still called INSTALL.OCTAVE and is created during the build of
>> the distributed packaged [1, 2].
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>> The instructions on the wiki don't look aimed at building Octave
>> releases, it doesn't even mention bootstrap.
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>> Carnë
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>> [1]
>> http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/file/f45402b9dcc4/Makefile.am#l103
>> [2]
>> http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/file/f45402b9dcc4/doc/interpreter/module.mk#l317
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> Well, they are aimed at building from source, so it should be correct.
> The file mentioned is not on the source tree. Should it be included?
No. It is built from other sources like texi and pdf files.
> Is it worth to update that wiki page?
Maybe a separate section named building from development sources would
be appropriate.