Re: octave-4.0.1-installer-w64-3

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> > 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  

Looking into the messages  in detail,

> warning: help: Texinfo formatting filter exited abnormally; raw Texinfo 
> source of help text follows...     

Errors is related to texinfo.

When I have a time, I will look into further.

Tatsuro