Re: building mxe-octave: download of package src-msys-bash fails

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--- hg_code
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to build an Octave Windows installer (or zip-dist) for the
> first time (for helping with bug #45610). I use an Ubuntu 14.04 linux
> system. But I got stuck during the build process, could someone give me
> a hint how to proceed?
> 
> Here is what I did so far:
> 
> * I have installed all the prerequisites packages for mxe-octave, as
> listed for Debian systems in http://wiki.octave.org/Windows_Installer
> * I cloned the mxe-octave repo
> * I copied a small patch file (for bug #45610) into my local repository,
> as mxe-octave-repo/src/stable-octave-1-patchname.patch
> * in a command shell I changed to my local repository of mxe-octave and
> typed the following commands:
> * export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java
> * autoconf
> * ./configure
> * make zip-dist
> 
> Then the mxe-octave compilation procedure runs for some hours.
> Eventually it stops and says something like "unable to download package
> src-msys-bash". When I have a look at the (attached) log file, then I
> see that mxe-octave tried to download
> "bash-3.1.17-4-msys-1.0.13-src.tar.lzma" from three different servers. I
> have tried all three web adresses directly with my web browser, and they
> all return something like "404 - file not found".
> 
> Am I doing something wrong? How can I go on?
> 
> I would be thankful for a helpful hint. Thanks
> 
>      Hartmut

Perhaps JohnD will make full reply the above.
But I noticed that file name is not correct.
On MinGW+msys site, the corresponding file name is  
bash-3.1.17-4-msys-1.0.16-src.tar.lzma but not 
bash-3.1.17-4-msys-1.0.13-src.tar.lzma on 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MSYS/Base/bash/bash-3.1.17-4/.

perhaps this is an origin of the error.

Unfortunately I am writing from my smart phone I cannot help you further now.

Tatsuro