{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dmlc/xgboost/issues/840","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dmlc/xgboost","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dmlc/xgboost/issues/840/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dmlc/xgboost/issues/840/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dmlc/xgboost/issues/840/events","html_url":"https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/issues/840","id":134516785,"number":840,"title":"Installation issue: errors while making rabit (on Windows)","user":{"login":"FACE1E55","id":16034663,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16034663?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/FACE1E55","html_url":"https://github.com/FACE1E55","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/FACE1E55/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/FACE1E55/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/FACE1E55/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/FACE1E55/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/FACE1E55/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/FACE1E55/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/FACE1E55/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/FACE1E55/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/FACE1E55/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2016-02-18T08:50:03Z","updated_at":"2016-02-18T17:58:40Z","closed_at":null,"body":"As I understood from some installation guides, latest versions of xgboost  require rabit \"made\".\r\nI tried  mingw32-make with the following results:\r\n[console output.txt](https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/files/135834/console.output.txt),\r\nas well as MVSC 2013 with these errors\r\n![mvsc](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/16034663/13137977/1b14eb90-d62d-11e5-9588-91f26a545546.jpg)\r\n\r\nWhat should I do to resolve it? "},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dmlc/xgboost/issues/comments/185835887","html_url":"https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/issues/840#issuecomment-185835887","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dmlc/xgboost/issues/840","id":185835887,"user":{"login":"tqchen","id":2577440,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2577440?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/tqchen","html_url":"https://github.com/tqchen","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tqchen/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tqchen/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tqchen/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tqchen/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tqchen/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tqchen/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tqchen/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tqchen/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tqchen/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-02-18T17:58:40Z","updated_at":"2016-02-18T17:58:40Z","body":"@thirdwing can you open a PR to rabit to resolve this issue? Also if the instruction is followed and the mingw64.mk is copied to root folder as config.mk The rabit build should result in a dummy build that skips this step"}}