Re: (mxe-octave) forge package build issues with compiler and dev octave

[John W. Eaton]

On 07/08/2017 09:56 PM, Mike Miller wrote:

> I think it's fair for gnulib to put a libtool-specific option into a
> variable called LTLIBICONV. The problem is when those options get used
> by a non-libtool-aware build system, like calling gcc directly. Gnulib
> also provides the corresponding LIBICONV for use by non-libtool-based
> builds. This variable does not contain the -R option.
>
> LTLIBICONV should be used for building Octave, but maybe LIBICONV should
> be exported for use by mkoctfile and other build tools.

Thanks.  I pushed a couple of changesets and now default-octave cross 
compiles.

The next issue is that of-control is failing to build, apparently 
because of a change I made to octave-config.  Looking at that now.

jwe