[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #41812] pkg uninstall asdf as root removes octave_packages

[Clemens Buchacher]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41812>

                 Summary: pkg uninstall asdf as root removes octave_packages
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: drizzd
            Submitted on: Sun 09 Mar 2014 05:02:57 PM GMT
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Clemens Buchacher
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.8.0
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Running pkg uninstall on a package that is not currently installed or that
does not exist seems to end up removing /usr/share/octave/octave_packages,
essentially removing all packages. Other installed package files remain,
however.

The same does not happen for a regular user. The -global flag of pkg install
makes no difference either.


$ sudo octave -q --eval 'pkg list'
Package Name   | Version | Installation directory
---------------+---------+-----------------------
      general  |   1.3.4 | /usr/share/octave/packages/general-1.3.4
miscellaneous  |   1.2.0 | /usr/share/octave/packages/miscellaneous-1.2.0
$ grep -A5 'name: name' /usr/share/octave/octave_packages
# name: name
# type: sq_string
# elements: 1
# length: 7
general

--
# name: name
# type: sq_string
# elements: 1
# length: 13
miscellaneous

$ sudo octave -q --eval 'pkg uninstall asdf'
warning: some of the packages you want to uninstall are not installed
$ sudo octave -q --eval 'pkg list'
no packages installed.
$ ls /usr/share/octave/octave_packages
ls: cannot access /usr/share/octave/octave_packages: No such file or
directory


Clemens




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