Bug#373965: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#373965: error: `LOADPATH' undefined

[John W. Eaton]

On 16-Jun-2006, Kim Hansen wrote:

| Package: octave2.9
| Version: 2.9.6-1
| Severity: normal
| 
| The new octave package has a problem with its path, my octave programs fails 
| with 2.9.6-1 and works with 2.9.5-7.
| 
| kim at kanon:~$ octave
| GNU Octave, version 2.9.6 (i486-pc-linux-gnu).
| Copyright (C) 2006 John W. Eaton.
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| 
| error: `LOADPATH' undefined near line 10 column 51
| error: evaluating assignment expression near line 10, column 10
| error: near line 10 of file `/usr/share/octave/2.9.6/m/startup/octaverc'
| octave:1>
| kim at kanon:~$

This is not a bug, but a change in functionality.  In 2.9 (a
development version leading to 3.0, which will be a major new release
with some backward-incompatible changes) all the built-in variables
have been removed and replaced by functions.  In most cases the
functions have the same names as the old built-in variables, but some
have been completely removed.  LOADPATH is one that has been removed.
Now you need to use addpath, rmpath, etc. to manipulate the path.

See the current NEWS file for more information.

jwe