pkg install -forge issues?

[Nicholas Jankowski]

I came across a stackoverflow question about getting a pkg install error [1], and realized the one time I've attempted a pkg update since going to 4.2.0 I got the same error.  I wound up manually installing figuring the issue was something temporary, but I'm getting the same issue now:

>> pkg install -forge gsl
error: get_forge_pkg: could not read URL, please verify internet connectio
n
error: called from
    get_forge_pkg at line 66 column 7
    get_forge_download at line 26 column 12
    pkg at line 382 column 29

>> pkg install -forge image
error: get_forge_pkg: could not read URL, please verify internet connectio
n
error: called from
    get_forge_pkg at line 66 column 7
    get_forge_download at line 26 column 12
    pkg at line 382 column 29

>> pkg update
>> pkg update
warning: pkg: package communications not found on forge - skipping update
warning: pkg: package control not found on forge - skipping update
warning: pkg: package data-smoothing not found on forge - skipping update
warning: pkg: package database not found on forge - skipping update
...

(same for all packages)

Also, have noticed a number of issues on the help lists about issues with pkg commands and paths.  Make those are separate issues but did something change?  The path issues seem to all be on Windows. Is it OS specific?

Using Octave 4.2.0 64bit (zip installer) on Windows 7.

nickj

[1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41179187/can-not-install-image-acquisition-package-in-octave