From bug-request at octave dot org Wed Jun  8 15:36:25 2005
Subject: Re: DEFAULT_LOADPATH in RPM of Fedora Core 4
From: Quentin Spencer <qspencer at ieee dot org>
To: John Hedengren <Jhedengren at PAS dot com>
CC: bug at octave dot org
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 15:32:25 -0500

John Hedengren wrote:

>DEFAULT_LOADPATH points to the wrong directories in the RPM installed
>version of Fedora Core 4 test (3.92), obtained from the Extras
>collection.
>
>The DEFAULT_LOADPATHs are pointing to /usr/local/libexec/......
>directories.  With the RPM install, the octave .m files are actually
>located in /usr/libexec...... directories (just remove the /local from
>each of the paths).
>
>As a temporary fix, I modified the LOADPATH in my .octaverc file in my
>home directory to search the correct paths.  Without the fix, none of
>the .m files are accessible.
>  
>
Thanks for catching this. This is really a packaging bug (that I 
created) and not an octave bug. I think I see the problem. I'm testing a 
fix right now, but with the way the process works it will probably take 
a day or two before a rebuilt RPM is available in Fedora Extras.

regards,
Quentin



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