[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #57370] (mxe-octave) run issues after binutils update

[John Donoghue]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57370>

                 Summary: (mxe-octave) run issues after binutils update
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: lostbard
            Submitted on: Fri 06 Dec 2019 01:19:22 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Unexpected Error
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: JohnD
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:


After the update to use binutils 2.33.1

https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave/rev/36a76b7be686

I did a clean compile of mxe-octave and installed it.

If I go to run the test suite in octave, or open a shell window, or run pkg
install, I get a error message window popup:


msys-2.0.dll is either not designed to run on windows or it contains and
error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media
or contact your system administrator or software vendor for support. Error
status 0xc000007b.


If I install a version compiled from the commit just before the binutils
update, all works ok.

We don't compile msys-2.0.dll, so it hasn't changed between commits, so
something else has changed that invalidates loading of the dll.


Not sure if anyone else using a recent build of mxe sees the same issue on
windows, or if its just me.


The easy fix is go back to the previous version, unless there was a specific
reason that we needed the updated version ?




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