[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#876363: octave fetches network resources when network access disabled

[D Haley]

Hello,

Thanks for getting back so quickly.  That command yields no output (no
such line) - the file does however exist.

$ grep allow_web_connection ~/.config/octave/qt-settings
$

On 21/09/17 17:55, Mike Miller wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 11:50:24 +0100, D Haley wrote:
>> I was a little concerned at this message, as in the settings, the option
>> "Allow Octave to connect to the Octave web site to display current news
>> and information" is unchecked.
> 
> This is troubling, thanks for reporting it.
> 
> I have looked at the code, and the only way the message you quoted can
> appear is indeed if Octave has attempted a web request, either
> automatically at startup, or when the menu item under the News menu.
> 
> Can you verify that the option is actually disabled? What does
> 
>     grep allow_web_connection ~/.config/octave/qt-settings
> 
> yield?
>