[OctDev] Issue Building/Installing liboctave_fixed.dll.a

[Phillips, J. R <jam...@ho...>]

Hi,

I have been trying to build/install octave-2.1.60 together with
octave-forge-2004.09.09 on cygwin.  Octave-2.1.60 is configured with
--enable-shared, --disable-static, and compiles and installs successfully.
The octave-forge configure and compile seem to complete successfully, but
during installation of main/fixed, the error message

****** WARNING: liboctave_fixed.dll.a not correctly installed
****** To ensure correct operation liboctave_fixed.dll.a
****** should be in the same directory as liboctave.dll.a
/usr/bin/install: cannot stat `liboctave_fixed.dll.a': No such file or
directory

is generated.

It appears that the makefile is not generating instructions to build the
liboctave_fixed.dll.a, while the install is requiring it.  The library
liboctave_fixed.dll _is_  present in the main/fixed directory.  The only
workaround I have found is to create main/fixed/NOINSTALL, so the main/fixed
libraries will not be installed.  

Since the build seemed to be successful, it seems a shame not to install the
fixed point tools.  Can anyone point me to a workaround?

Thanks,

James R. Phillips