Debian Octave bug 448839 can be fixed by a change to pkg.m

[Tim Molteno]

I have experienced the same problem as described in debian octave bug 448839 
(now closed because it can be made to go away by deleting the local packages 
directory).

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=448839

I had a look at the pkg.m file and changing the function getarchdir (desc) to 
the following

function archdir = getarchdir (desc)
  archdir = fullfile (getarchprefix(desc), getarch());
endfunction

Fixed the problem. It appears that it should be calling the preceeding 
getarchprefix(desc) function rather than asking for the archprefix member of 
the desc object (desc.archprefix). 

I hope this helps someone.

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Dr T.C.A. Molteno
Director of Electronics
Department of Physics
University of Otago
+64-3-479-7752

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