[Pkg-octave-devel] mfiles installed with pkg -auto install are not found

[Thomas Weber]

[Forwared from bug at octave.org]

On 15/02/08 17:41 +0100, David Bateman wrote:
> Eric Chassande-Mottin wrote:
> > mine doesn't. the bug is thus in the script that calls "pkg load auto".
> >
> > ~$ octave -q
> >
> > octave:1> pkg list
> > Package Name  | Version | Installation directory
> > --------------+---------+-----------------------
> >       signal  |   1.0.5 | octave/signal-1.0.5
> > octave:2> hilbert
> > error: `hilbert' undefined near line 2 column 1
> >
> > octave:2> pkg load auto
> >
> > octave:3> hilbert
> > usage: h = hilbert(f,N,dim);
> > error: evaluating if command near line 45, column 3
> > error: called from `hilbert' in file `octave/signal-1.0.5/hilbert.m'
> 
> It appears that debian modifies the octaverc file. 

We need to take over the changes upstream did to this file. Should we
replace in/PACKAGE.conf by version-specific patches? That way, if the
file changes significantly, we should notice.

	Thomas