[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #41390] strings-1.1.0 strjoin incompatiblity breaks core function (e.g. legend)

[Markus Appel]

URL:
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                 Summary: strings-1.1.0 strjoin incompatiblity breaks core
function (e.g. legend)
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mappel
            Submitted on: Wed 29 Jan 2014 04:17:02 PM GMT
                Category: Octave Forge Package
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Regression
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.8.0
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

After updating to 3.8.0 I encountered the following error:


octave:4> legend({'test'},'location','northeast')
error: invalid value = northeast
error: set: invalid value for radio property "location" (value = northeast)
error: called from:
error:   /usr/local/share/octave/3.8.0/m/plot/appearance/legend.m at line 995,
column 11


Reason for this error: The strings package 1.1.0 was still installed and
overloaded the new strjoin core function with the incompatible version from
the forge package, so legend failed in str-joining the allowed values for the
location property. I only had the strings package installed to use strjoin, so
I do not need it any more and removed it from my installation - works for me.

But for those who want/need to keep using the package, strjoin should be
removed in a new release (soon), if the package doesn't get deleted/merged as
discussed on the maintainers mailing list.




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