[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #44548] pkg install defaults to global in Microsoft Windows

[Oliver Heimlich]

Follow-up Comment #5, bug #44548 (project octave):

I have developed and tested the attached patch (I created a new private
dirwritable as a replacement for your iswritable). On Microsoft Windows it
checks for required permissions and defaults to “-global” iff that is
possible. Effectively you get the following behaviour (unless you completely
mess with your file system permissions of course).

Run as administrator: Defaults to -global
GNU Octave was installed in the user's folder (or any other writable place):
Defaults to -global
GNU Octave was installed in %ProgramFiles%: Defaults to -local

During testing I stumbled upon bug #43557 a lot, but that is a different
topic.

(file #33374)
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