Raymond Toy wrote:
> On 10/27/10 3:32 AM, David Billinghurst wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
> Sorry about that. I'm pretty sure I didn't change that; I only changed
> the part that computed the list affine, algebra/charsets,
> algebra/solver, etc. The format of that didn't change from the previous
> version.
>
> And doesn't the prefix /usr/local/share come from the variable
> maxima-prefix? I didn't change that either.
>
> I will see if I can get a windows box to try this.
>
I should have some time on the weekend to look at this. I haven't done
a "make install" or built an installer for a while, so there may be some
other breakage.