From bug-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Tue Nov 19 10:08:20 2002
Subject: Re: Unidentified subject!
From: Paul Kienzle <pkienzle at jazz dot ncnr dot nist dot gov>
To: "Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Zimmermann" <sz at soundzentrum dot de>
Cc: bug-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu, sz@lapita.soundzentrum.de
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:08:10 -0500

This is probably another instance of the sprintf bug.  Try the following:

octave:3> sprintf("%s",setstr(toascii('0')+mod([1:160],10)))
ans = 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890

John gave a patch for sprintf in:

	http://www.octave.org/mailing-lists/bug-octave/2002/221

You can work around the problem by replacing

      p = sprintf ("%s:%s", p, varargin{i});

with

      p = [ p, ":", varargin{i} ]

in path.m (assuming CVS version of octave-forge --- if you are using the
last distribution from May, then the code will still use the va_arg()
syntax rather than varargin{i}).

Paul Kienzle
pkienzle at users dot sf dot net

On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 07:49:46AM -0600, Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Zimmermann wrote:
> To: bug-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
> Cc: sz
> Subject: LOADPATH variable is not set correctly from octaverc with path-command
> 
> Bug report for Octave 2.1.39 configured for i586-suse-linux-gnu
> 
> Description:
> -----------
> 
> The LOADPATH variable does not contain the path-names is should when I
> use my matlab compatible startup-file. This contains several commands
> like: path(path,'newdir'); but only a few of them get actually set
> correctly in LOADPATH.  The same octaverc worked fine with the 2.1.35
> from redhat but in 2.1.36 and 2.1.39 (this is what I checked) it does not
> work. 
> 
> 
> Repeat-By:
> ---------
> 
> Use this as octaverc: Pathnames must exist of course:
> ----Snip-----
> % $Id: startup.m,v 2.0 2002/09/19 15:40:37 sz Exp $
> % Startup-File for matlab for shz/sz on ISVR Computers
> % and octave (~/.octaverc has to be a link to this file)
> 
> % Test if it is windows, otherwise unix
> if strcmp(computer,'PCWIN')
>    verz='C:/home/shz/matlab/';
> else
>   verz=[getenv('HOME') '/matlab/'];
> end
> 
> % Customize search-path
> path(path,'.');
> path(path,verz);
> path(path,[verz 'acoustic']);
> path(path,[verz 'raumakustik']);
> path(path,[verz 'absorber']);
> path(path,[verz 'resonator']);
> path(path,[verz 'math']);
> path(path,[verz 'fileio']);
> path(path,[verz 'kanal']);
> path(path,[verz 'sort']);
> path(path,[verz 'ts']);
> path(path,[verz 'ts/KEF']);
> path(path,[verz 'ts/img']);
> path(path,[verz 'ts/Visaton']);
> path(path,[verz 'ts/Nokia']);
> path(path,[verz 'ts/Dynacord']);
> path(path,[verz 'contrib']);
> 
> % Variables to make octave matlab-compatible
> % They won't harm matlab, but try to be secure
> if (strcmp(version,'2.0.16') | strcmp(version,'2.1.34') | strcmp(version,'2.1.35'))
>   do_fortran_indexing=1;
>   prefer_column_vectors=0;
> 
>   % and support nice gnuplot features as matlab does
>   gnuplot_has_frames=1;
>   gnuplot_has_multiplot=1;
>   path(path,[verz 'gnuplot']);
> end
> 
> % Clear the variables used so far (won't affect the settings from above)
> clear
> 
> ----Snip----
> 
> Start octave and type LOADPATH gives:
> LOADPATH = ::.:/home/sz/matlab/:/home/sz/matlab/acoustic:/home/sz/matlab/raumakustik:/home/sz/matlab/absorber::/home/sz/matlab/contrib
> 
> All the directories exist and are readable, but are not added to LOADPATH.
> 
> 
> Configuration (please do not edit this section):
> -----------------------------------------------
> 
> uname output:     Linux lapita 2.4.19-4GB #1 Fri Sep 13 13:14:56 UTC 2002 i686 unknown
> configure opts:   'i586-suse-linux' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/usr/com' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--enable-dl' '--enable-shared=yes' '--enable-rpath' '--enable-lite-kernel' '--enable-picky-flags' '--enable-static=no' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -march=i586' 'CXXFLAGS=-O2 -march=i586 -fno-use-cxa-atexit' 'FFLAGS=-O2 -march=i586' 'build_alias=i586-suse-linux' 'host_alias=i586-suse-linux' 'target_alias=i586-suse-linux'
> Fortran compiler: g77
> FFLAGS:           -O2 -march=i586
> F2C:              
> F2CFLAGS:         
> FLIBS:            -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2 -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2/../../../../i486-suse-linux/lib -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2/../../.. -lfrtbegin -lg2c -lm -lgcc_s
> CPPFLAGS:         
> INCFLAGS:         -I. -I. -I./liboctave -I./src -I./libcruft/misc  -I./glob -I./glob
> C compiler:       gcc, version 3.2
> CFLAGS:           -O2 -march=i586
> CPICFLAG:         -fPIC
> C++ compiler:     g++, version 3.2
> CXXFLAGS:         -O2 -march=i586 -fno-use-cxa-atexit
> CXXPICFLAG:       -fPIC
> LD_CXX:           g++
> LDFLAGS:          
> LIBFLAGS:         -L.
> RLD_FLAG:         -Xlinker -rpath -Xlinker /usr/lib/octave-2.1.39
> BLAS_LIBS:        -llapack -lblas
> FFTW_LIBS:        
> LIBS:             -lreadline  -lncurses -ldl -lm 
> LEXLIB:           
> LIBPLPLOT:        
> LIBDLFCN:         
> LIBGLOB:          ./glob/glob.o ./glob/fnmatch.o
> SED:              /bin/sed
> DEFS:
> 
>   -DPACKAGE_NAME="" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME="" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=""
>   -DPACKAGE_STRING="" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT="" -DOCTAVE_SOURCE=1
>   -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1
>   -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1
>   -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DSEPCHAR=1
>   -DSEPCHAR_STR=":" -D__NO_MATH_INLINES=1 -DCXX_NEW_FRIEND_TEMPLATE_DECL=1
>   -DCXX_ISO_COMPLIANT_LIBRARY=1 -DCXX_ABI=unknown -DHAVE_LIBM=1
>   -DF77_FUNC(name,NAME)=name ## _ -DF77_FUNC_(name,NAME)=name ## __
>   -DHAVE_BLAS=1 -DHAVE_GETHOSTNAME=1 -DHAVE_GETPWNAM=1 -DSIZEOF_SHORT=2
>   -DSIZEOF_INT=4 -DSIZEOF_LONG=4 -DSIZEOF_LONG_LONG=8 -DHAVE_ALLOCA_H=1
>   -DHAVE_ALLOCA=1 -DNPOS=std::string::npos -DSTDC_HEADERS=1
>   -DHAVE_DIRENT_H=1 -DTIME_WITH_SYS_TIME=1 -DHAVE_SYS_WAIT_H=1
>   -DHAVE_ASSERT_H=1 -DHAVE_CURSES_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H=1
>   -DHAVE_FLOAT_H=1 -DHAVE_GRP_H=1 -DHAVE_LIMITS_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1
>   -DHAVE_NCURSES_H=1 -DHAVE_POLL_H=1 -DHAVE_PWD_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1
>   -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1
>   -DHAVE_SYS_POLL_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_SELECT_H=1
>   -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIME_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIMES_H=1
>   -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H=1 -DHAVE_TERMCAP_H=1
>   -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_VARARGS_H=1 -DHAVE_SSTREAM=1 -DHAVE_TERMIO_H=1
>   -DHAVE_SGTTY_H=1 -DHAVE_GLOB_H=1 -DHAVE_FNMATCH_H=1 -DHAVE_ATEXIT=1
>   -DHAVE_BCOPY=1 -DHAVE_BZERO=1 -DHAVE_DUP2=1 -DHAVE_ENDGRENT=1
>   -DHAVE_ENDPWENT=1 -DHAVE_EXECVP=1 -DHAVE_FCNTL=1 -DHAVE_FORK=1
>   -DHAVE_GETCWD=1 -DHAVE_GETEGID=1 -DHAVE_GETEUID=1 -DHAVE_GETGID=1
>   -DHAVE_GETGRENT=1 -DHAVE_GETGRGID=1 -DHAVE_GETGRNAM=1 -DHAVE_GETPGRP=1
>   -DHAVE_GETPID=1 -DHAVE_GETPPID=1 -DHAVE_GETPWENT=1 -DHAVE_GETPWUID=1
>   -DHAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY=1 -DHAVE_GETUID=1 -DHAVE_GETWD=1 -DHAVE_KILL=1
>   -DHAVE_LINK=1 -DHAVE_LOCALTIME_R=1 -DHAVE_LSTAT=1 -DHAVE_MEMMOVE=1
>   -DHAVE_MKDIR=1 -DHAVE_MKFIFO=1 -DHAVE_ON_EXIT=1 -DHAVE_PIPE=1
>   -DHAVE_POLL=1 -DHAVE_PUTENV=1 -DHAVE_RAISE=1 -DHAVE_READLINK=1
>   -DHAVE_RENAME=1 -DHAVE_RINDEX=1 -DHAVE_RMDIR=1 -DHAVE_SELECT=1
>   -DHAVE_SETGRENT=1 -DHAVE_SETPWENT=1 -DHAVE_SETVBUF=1 -DHAVE_SIGACTION=1
>   -DHAVE_SIGPENDING=1 -DHAVE_SIGPROCMASK=1 -DHAVE_SIGSUSPEND=1 -DHAVE_STAT=1
>   -DHAVE_STRCASECMP=1 -DHAVE_STRDUP=1 -DHAVE_STRERROR=1 -DHAVE_STRFTIME=1
>   -DHAVE_STRNCASECMP=1 -DHAVE_STRPTIME=1 -DHAVE_SYMLINK=1 -DHAVE_TEMPNAM=1
>   -DHAVE_UMASK=1 -DHAVE_UNLINK=1 -DHAVE_USLEEP=1 -DHAVE_VFPRINTF=1
>   -DHAVE_VSPRINTF=1 -DHAVE_VSNPRINTF=1 -DHAVE_WAITPID=1 -DHAVE_LIBDL=1
>   -DHAVE_DLOPEN=1 -DHAVE_DLSYM=1 -DHAVE_DLERROR=1 -DHAVE_DLCLOSE=1
>   -DHAVE_DLOPEN_API=1 -DENABLE_DYNAMIC_LINKING=1 -DHAVE_TIMEVAL=1
>   -DHAVE_FINITE=1 -DHAVE_ISNAN=1 -DHAVE_ISINF=1 -DHAVE_ACOSH=1
>   -DHAVE_ASINH=1 -DHAVE_ATANH=1 -DHAVE_ERF=1 -DHAVE_ERFC=1
>   -DHAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BLKSIZE=1 -DHAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BLOCKS=1
>   -DHAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_RDEV=1 -DHAVE_STRUCT_TM_TM_ZONE=1
>   -DHAVE_TM_ZONE=1 -DUSE_READLINE=1 -DEXCEPTION_IN_MATH=1
>   -DRETSIGTYPE=void -DSYS_SIGLIST_DECLARED=1 -DHAVE_SYS_SIGLIST=1
>   -DHAVE_POSIX_SIGNALS=1 -DHAVE_DEV_T=1 -DHAVE_INO_T=1 -DHAVE_NLINK_T=1
>   -DHAVE_NLINK_T=1 -DHAVE_SIGSET_T=1 -DHAVE_GETRUSAGE=1 -DHAVE_TIMES=1
>   -DYYTEXT_POINTER=1 -DGNUPLOT_BINARY="gnuplot" -DGNUPLOT_HAS_MULTIPLOT=1
>   -DGNUPLOT_HAS_FRAMES=1
> 
> 
> 
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