Re: "features" problems

[John W. Eaton]

On 03/10/2016 04:36 PM, Doug Stewart wrote:
> using stable on windows I saw this
>
>
>   pkg install -forge io
> octave_config_info: no info for 'features'
> error: called from
>      install at line 241 column 5
>      pkg at line 409 column 9
>
> --
> Then I tested default on Ubuntu  and saw this
>
>
> filename = ExampleData.xlsx
> error: structure has no member 'features'
> error: called from
>      getxlsinterfaces at line 52 column 14
>      xlsopen at line 246 column 17
>      xlsread at line 197 column 11
>      jenw1 at line 6 column 30
>      rainm5 at line 3 column 2
>
>
>
> So it seems "features" has changed?

I recently changed the layout of the structure returned by 
octave_config_info.

Instead of writing

  octave_config_info ("features").JAVA

I recommend writing

  __have_feature__ ("JAVA")

as that will work with the new and old structure layouts.

jwe