Re: pkg cannot install signal 1.4.1 RC

[Malcolm Clarke]

Dear Colin

I am using 5.1.0. I receive the same error for doctest.

Regards

Malcolm

>> pkg install -forge doctest
unpack: unarchiving program exited with status: -1073741515
error: called from
    unpack at line 274 column 5
    untar at line 48 column 5
    install at line 81 column 9
    pkg at line 441 column 9
>>

On 24/03/2019 23:28, Colin Macdonald wrote:
> (replying to address@hidden)
>
> On 2019-03-24 2:36 p.m., Malcolm Clarke wrote:
> > What am I doing wrong
> >
> >  >> pkg install signal-1.4.1.tar.gz
> > unpack: unarchiving program exited with status: -1073741515
> > error: called from
> >      unpack at line 274 column 5
> >      untar at line 48 column 5
> >      install at line 81 column 9
> >      pkg at line 441 column 9
> >  >>
> >
> >
> > I downloaded from here
> >
> > https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/package-releases/_discuss/thread/63336d9c1a/3b68/attachment/signal-1.4.1.tar.gz 
>
>
> Others,
>
> `pkg install -forge signal` seems to give the same or similar error 
> for Malcolm.
>
> Malcolm,
>
> What does `pkg install -forge doctest` say?  The very large error 
> number is bit odd.  What OS, what Octave version etc?  Have you tried 
> with Octave 5.1.0?
>
> Colin