[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#672651: Bug#672651: octave-common: pkg prefix global config breaks local package installation

[Sébastien Villemot]

reassign 536839 octave 3.6.1-5
forcemerge 536839 672651
thanks

Mike Miller <mtmiller at ieee.org> writes:

> Setting pkg prefix in /etc/octave.conf breaks the default behavior of allowing
> users to install packages into their home directory with "pkg install -local".

The Debian way of installing Octave Forge packages is to use the package
manager (see the octave-* packages), not "pkg install -local". So we had
to modify the prefix in /etc/octave.conf so that these octave-* packages
work out of the box.

> Workaround is for the user to execute "pkg prefix ~/octave ~/octave" to restore
> the default setting.

Note that you can also edit /etc/octave.conf. It is a conffile for a reason.

I don't think we are going to change the current setup because it would
break the support of the Octave Forge packages in Debian. So far we have
not come up with a way of fixing your problem without breaking support
for Octave Forge packages; but if you think about a solution, then we
will gladly implement it.

Best,

-- 
Sébastien Villemot
Researcher in Economics & Debian Maintainer
http://www.dynare.org/sebastien
Phone: +33-1-40-77-84-04 - GPG Key: 4096R/381A7594
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