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

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 12 May 2012 12:45, Mike Miller <mtmiller at ieee.org> wrote:
> 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".

I always thought that Debian users shouldn't be using pkg at all.
There's a stable Octave release and the Debian packagers have worked
to package corresponding OF packages at versions known to work with
Octave.

Not that pkg should be intentionally broken, but it shouldn't be too
much of a priority for Debian users.

- Jordi G. H.