Re: octave-4.0.1-installer-w64-3

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

> From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA 
> To: Martin Kunz ; "help-octave
> Cc: 
> Date: 2016/4/16, Sat 10:23
> Subject: Re: octave-4.0.1-installer-w64-3
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: Martin Kunz 
>>  To: help-octave
>>  Cc: 
>>  Date: 2016/4/15, Fri 21:18
>>  Subject: Re: octave-4.0.1-installer-w64-3
>> 
>>  Am 15.04.2016 um 03:41 schrieb Tatsuro MATSUOKA:
>>>   I have upload 64 bit binaries of octave-4.0.1 for windows (release 3).
>>>   http://www.tatsuromatsuoka.com/octave/Eng/Win/
>>  Apparently there is something wrong with this build:
>> 
>>>>   help nchoosek
>>  syntax error at C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.1\bin\makeinfo line 
> 54, 
>>  near "my "
>>  Global symbol "$package" requires explicit package name at
>>  C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.1\bin\makeinfo line 54.
>>  Global symbol "$package" requires explicit package name at
>>  C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.1\bin\makeinfo line 70.
>>  Global symbol "$package" requires explicit package name at
>>  C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.1\bin\makeinfo line 72.
>>  BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at
>>  C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.1\bin\makeinfo line 104.
>>  warning: help: Texinfo formatting filter exited abnormally; raw Texinfo
>>  source of help text follows...
>>  'nchoosek' is a function from the file
>> 
> C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.1\share\octave\4.0.1\m\specfun\nchoosek.m
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  Additional help for built-in functions and operators is
>>  available in the online version of the manual.  Use the command
>>  'doc <topic>' to search the manual index.
>> 
>>  Help and information about Octave is also available on the WWW
>>  at http://www.octave.org and via the address@hidden
>>  mailing list.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  A similar error occurs when I try to run the build_packages script:
>> 
>>>>   build_packages
>> 
>>  ## cd to script directory as the packages files are in the same place
>>  packagedir = fileparts (mfilename ("fullpathext"));
>>  if length (packagedir) > 0
>>    cd (packagedir);
>>  endif;
>>  cd (packagedir);
>>  ## helper function to try install a package, and recover
>> 
>>  function try_install (pkgname)
>>    currdir = pwd ();
>>    try
>>      pkg ('install', pkgname, '-noauto')
>>    catch err
>>      warning (err.identifier, err.message);
>>    end_try_catch;
>>    cd (currdir);
>>    endfunction;
>> 
>>  ;
>>  ## install the packages
>>  try_install ('general-2.0.0.tar.gz')
>>  syntax error at C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.1\bin\makeinfo line 
> 54, 
>>  near "my "
>>  Global symbol "$package" requires explicit package name at
>>  C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.1\bin\makeinfo line 54.
>>  Global symbol "$package" requires explicit package name at
>>  C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.1\bin\makeinfo line 70.
>>  Global symbol "$package" requires explicit package name at
>>  C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.1\bin\makeinfo line 72.
>>  BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at
>>  C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.1\bin\makeinfo line 104.
>>  warning: doc_cache_create: unusable help text found in file 
> 'adresamp2'
>>  syntax error at C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.1\bin\makeinfo line 
> 54, 
>>  near "my "
>>  Global symbol "$package" requires explicit package name at
>>  C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.1\bin\makeinfo line 54.
>>  Global symbol "$package" requires explicit package name at
>>  C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.1\bin\makeinfo line 70.
>>  Global symbol "$package" requires explicit package name at
>>  C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.1\bin\makeinfo line 72.
>>  [and so on]
>> 
>>  Do you have any idea how to fix this?
> 
> 
> I cannot reproduce the above
> 
>>>  more off
>>>  help nchoosek
> 'nchoosek' is a function from the file 
> C:\octave\Octave-4.0.1-w64\share\octave\4.0.1\m\specf
> un\nchoosek.m
> 
>  -- Function File: C = nchoosek (N, K)
>  -- Function File: C = nchoosek (SET, K)
>      Compute the binomial coefficient of N or list all possible
>      combinations of a SET of items.
> 
>      If N is a scalar then calculate the binomial coefficient of N and
>      K which is defined as
> 
>            /   \
>            | n |    n (n-1) (n-2) ... (n-k+1)       n!
>            |   |  = ------------------------- =  ---------
>            | k |               k!                k! (n-k)!
>            \   /
> 
>      This is the number of combinations of N items taken in groups of
>      size K.
> 
>      If the first argument is a vector, SET, then generate all
>      combinations of the elements of SET, taken K at a time, with one
>      row per combination.  The result C has K columns and
>      `nchoosek (length (SET), K)' rows.
>   
> <snip>
> 
> and also
> build_packages.m works as well
> 
> Please try uninstall octave-4.0.1, reboot your PC and re-install.
> 
> Tatsuro  
> 


Mmm I reproduced the same phenomena on other PC

>> help nchoosek
syntax error at C:\octave\Octave-4.0.1-w64\bin\makeinfo line 54, near "my "
Global symbol "$package" requires explicit package name at 
C:\octave\Octave-4.0.1-w64\bin\makeinfo line 54.
Global symbol "$package" requires explicit package name at 
C:\octave\Octave-4.0.1-w64\bin\makeinfo line 70.
Global symbol "$package" requires explicit package name at 
C:\octave\Octave-4.0.1-w64\bin\makeinfo line 72.
BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at 
C:\octave\Octave-4.0.1-w64\bin\makeinfo line 104.
warning: help: Texinfo formatting filter exited abnormally; raw Texinfo source 
of help text follows...
'nchoosek' is a function from the file 
C:\octave\Octave-4.0.1-w64\share\octave\4.0.1\m\specfun\nchoosek.m



Additional help for built-in functions and operators is
available in the online version of the manual.  Use the command
'doc <topic>' to search the manual index.

Help and information about Octave is also available on the WWW

The issue seems to depend on the environments.

Perhaps it is a bug.

Before registering to bug tracker, I would like to know this is know issue on 
32 bit octave-4.0.1 for windows?

Tatsuro