Raymond Toy wrote:
> On 10/26/10 5:52 PM, David Billinghurst wrote:
>
>> Raymond Toy wrote:
>>
>>> Anyway, I've checked in the changes. If someone who has windows could
>>> test this out for me, that would be great.
>>>
>>>
>> Windows "./configure; make; make check" is OK. Haven't tried to build
>> a distribution.
>>
> Fantastic! Thanks for testing this for me.
>
> BTW, did your checkout include the changes to generate the list of share
> files to be installed? Just look for src/sharefiles.mk. If you have
> this, then a quick check to see that it contains a long list of files
> indicates that everything is working on Windows.
>
> The final test would be if make install copies the files to the right place.
>
Windows fails at the final hurdle. An installed maxima can't load
files, even though ./maxima-local works.
I don't have time to follow up this evening, but I notice one
difference. maxima-local has a windows path, while installed the newly
installed maxima has a unix style path.
$ ./maxima-local
(%i1) file_search_maxima;
(%o1) [C:/msys/1.0/home/dabilling/maxima/###.{mac,mc},
C:/msys/1.0/local/src/maxima-20101027/share/###.{mac,mc},
C:/msys/1.0/local/sr\
c/maxima-20101027/share/{affine,
,algebra,
,algebra/charsets,
,algebra/solver,
,calculus,
...
$ maxima
Maxima 5.22post http://maxima.sourceforge.net
using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.8 (a.k.a. GCL)
Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information.
(%i2) file_search_maxima;
(%o2) [C:/msys/1.0/home/dabilling/maxima/###.{mac,mc},
/usr/local/share/maxima/5.22post/share/###.{mac,mc},
/usr/local/share/maxima/5\
.22post/share/{affine,
,algebra,
,algebra/charsets,
,algebra/solver,
,calculus,
....