[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#691311: error: feval: function `unimplemented' not found

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Package: octave
Version: 3.6.3-2
Architecture: i386

Upgrading from 3.6.2-5 is failing:

# dpkg --configure octave
Setting up octave (3.6.3-2) ...
error: feval: function `unimplemented' not found

dpkg: error processing octave (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for menu ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 octave

This error seems to affect a lot:

# octave
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octave:1> help
error: feval: function `unimplemented' not found
octave:1>