[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #47481] PKG_ADD within package inst/ directory is silently discarded

[Carnë Draug]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47481>

                 Summary: PKG_ADD within package inst/ directory is silently
discarded
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: carandraug
            Submitted on: Mon 21 Mar 2016 03:40:01 GMT
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

A package cannot have a PKG_ADD file within the inst/ directory.  This is not
documented anywhere, it is just accepted.  However, the inst/ directory is
meant to be the directory of the package with the files ready to be installed,
no build required. Indeed, the installation does copy everything within
inst/.

However, a PKG_ADD file there is then removed by what I think is a bug.  When
the m files are parsed for PKG_ADD directives, a file is open named like that,
clobbering the previous PKG_ADD file.

By simply appending instead of writing, this supports a PKG_ADD file in a
package inst/ directory.

But I may be wrong. Maybe there is a reason for why this is so? If no one
opposes, I will push this.



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Date: Mon 21 Mar 2016 03:40:01 GMT  Name: support_PKG_ADD_file_in_inst.cset 
Size: 1kB   By: carandraug

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=36705>

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