[Octave-patch-tracker] [patch #8664] pkg: after installing a pkg, tell people how to load it

[Kai Torben Ohlhus]

Update of patch #8664 (project octave):

                Category:                    None => Core : new feature     
                Priority:              5 - Normal => 3 - Low                
                  Status:                    None => Wont Do                
             Open/Closed:                    Open => Closed                 

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Follow-up Comment #3:

Review for Octave 6.

Rather short patch


# HG changeset patch
# User Colin Macdonald <address@hidden>
# Date 1430404512 -3600
#      Thu Apr 30 15:35:12 2015 +0100
# Node ID 522bfe4f2d2773442ef79875836416e3b69a3324
# Parent  3797df9219887163675da937e707536d0cfe55ce
pkg: after installing a pkg, tell people how to load it

Hopefully reduces email from people saying they installed a package
but "it doesn't work".

diff -r 3797df921988 -r 522bfe4f2d27 scripts/pkg/private/install.m
--- a/scripts/pkg/private/install.m     Wed Apr 29 17:09:24 2015 -0700
+++ b/scripts/pkg/private/install.m     Thu Apr 30 15:35:12 2015 +0100
@@ -335,10 +335,12 @@
   ## If there is a NEWS file, mention it.
   ## Check if desc exists too because it's possible to get to this point
   ## without creating it such as giving an invalid filename for the package
-  if (exist ("desc", "var")
-      && exist (fullfile (desc.dir, "packinfo", "NEWS"), "file"))
-    printf ("For information about changes from previous versions of the %s
package, run 'news %s'.\n",
-            desc.name, desc.name);
+  if (exist ("desc", "var"))
+    printf ("Run 'pkg load %s' to use this package.\n", desc.name);
+    if (exist (fullfile (desc.dir, "packinfo", "NEWS"), "file"))
+      printf ("Run 'news %s' for information about changes from previous
versions.\n",
+              desc.name);
+    endif
   endif
 
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But not interest for five years.  Thus closing this item.

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