[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #57489] pkg, m doesn't convey multiple package names as argument to all actions

[Philip Nienhuis]

URL:
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                 Summary: pkg,m doesn't convey multiple package names as
argument to all actions
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: philipnienhuis
            Submitted on: Fri 27 Dec 2019 10:33:41 PM CET
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Philip Nienhuis
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 5.1.0
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

Steps to reproduce:
1. Be sure you have multiple packages installed, e.g., a, b, c, ...
2. type: pkg list a b
Result:
pkg only lists package 'a'
Expected result:
pkg lists all requested packages.

>> pkg list
Package Name  | Version | Installation directory
--------------+---------+-----------------------
    geometry  |   4.0.0 | /home/philip/octave/geometry-4.0.0
          io  |  2.4.13 | /home/philip/octave/io-2.4.13
     mapping  |   1.4.0 | /home/philip/octave/mapping-1.4.0
     matgeom  |   1.0.0 | /home/philip/octave/matgeom-1.0.0
     octproj  |   1.1.5 | /home/philip/octave/octproj-1.1.5
>> pkg list io geometry
Package Name  | Version | Installation directory
--------------+---------+-----------------------
          io  |  2.4.13 | /home/philip/octave/io-2.4.13
>> pkg list geometry io
Package Name  | Version | Installation directory
--------------+---------+-----------------------
    geometry  |   4.0.0 | /home/philip/octave/geometry-4.0.0


E.g., 'pkg unload', 'pkg install' etc. do it right as they use a different
mechanism to process the list of user-specified packages and don't rely on the
output of installed_packages.m

The culprit is in private function installed_packages.m.

I'll upload a cset as soon as I have a bug number.





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