[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #56184] mkoctfile: add a run-mkoctfile wrapper to compile and link oct files in build tree

[Mike Miller]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56184>

                 Summary: mkoctfile: add a run-mkoctfile wrapper to compile
and link oct files in build tree
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mtmiller
            Submitted on: Sat 20 Apr 2019 10:17:27 AM PDT
                Category: Configuration and Build System
                Severity: 1 - Wish
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

Add a run-mkoctfile wrapper script, similar to run-octave, that allows
mkoctfile to compile and link oct files for the Octave that was just compiled
but has not yet been installed. This will require many overrides of built in
variables in mkoctfile, and may require some refactoring of which -I and -L
options are in which variables to make this cleaner.

I had already planned on working on adding this feature for Octave 6, just
filing it as a blocker for another bug that has come up in the mean time.




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