Build runs fine until it gets at qt; last part of log:
:
# need to 'install' mkspecs for the native mingw to build during its build
if [ "yes" = yes ]; then cp -r
'/home/Philip/mxe-octave/tmp-qt/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/mkspecs'
'/home/Philip/mxe-octave/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/'; fi make -C
'/home/Philip/mxe-octave/tmp-qt/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3'
-j '1'
make[2]: Entering directory
`/home/Philip/mxe-octave/tmp-qt/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3'
X:/MinGW/msys/1.0/home/Philip/mxe-octave/tmp-qt/qt-everywhere-opensource-src
-4.8.3/bin/qmake
X:/MinGW/msys/1.0/home/Philip/mxe-octave/tmp-qt/qt-everywhere-opensource-src
-4.8.3//projects.pro
-o Makefile -spec win32-g++
"make" -w -- JOBS=1 -f Makefile