Re, Debian bug #593447: http://bugs.debian.org/593447 I propose the following patch: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-octave/qtoctave.git;a=blob;f=debian/patches/fix-exec-script-in-editor;h=371f12bb42e406ee2d173f81be4050f38b3cb19b;hb=cc713075f9762004fcdcd9a55c9a97ecfe0642ef HTH, - Jordi G. H.