Re: error when installing io package

[Carnë Draug]

On 15 January 2015 at 00:13, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 01/14/2015 02:25 PM, Philip Nienhuis wrote:
>> BTW the reason that PKG_ADD is moved by post_install.m is to avoid io
>> package functions being invoked before the io package (esp. the m-file
>> subdir) was fully loaded / added to the load path. This is outlined in
>> detail in the comments of post_install.m itself.
>
> How can chk_spreadsheet_support be executed while still loading directories?
> Can you provide a test case that demonstrates that problem?  It seems to me
> that if that is possible, then something else is wrong with the way PKG_ADD
> files are handled and we should look for a solution that problem instead of
> moving PKG_ADD files around in post_install scripts.
>

Because the same PKG_ADD file is added to both the oct and m files directory.
Since chk_spreadsheet_support is only on the directory with m files, if the
directory of oct files is added to the path, it won't find
chk_spreadsheet_support.

This used to be the problem, I'm not sure if still is.

Carnë