[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#876363: octave fetches network resources when network access disabled
D Haley
mycae at gmx.com
Thu Sep 21 16:58:04 UTC 2017
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?
>
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