[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #58299] Local packages for different Octave versions cannot be installed in parallel

[Markus Mützel]

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #58299 (project octave):

I tried by installing the "windows" package locally with the following command
in Octave 5.2:

pkg install -local -forge windows


After this, the package is installed in C:\Users\Markus\octave\windows-1.4.0:

>> cd C:\Users\Markus\octave\windows-1.4.0
>> dir
.                           @octave_com_object          iscom.m               
     packinfo                    x86_64-w64-mingw32-api-v53
..                          doc-cache                   mat2xls.m             
     test


Then I closed Octave 5.2 and tried to install the package again using the same
command in a self-compiled Octave 6.0.1.
The installation succeeds. But all files from the previous installation are
gone. In particular the "x86_64-w64-mingw32-api-v53" with the binaries for
Octave 5.2 has disappeared:

>> cd C:\Users\Markus\octave\windows-1.4.0
>> dir

.                           ..                          @octave_com_object    
     doc-cache                   iscom.m                     mat2xls.m        
          packinfo                    test                       
x86_64-w64-mingw32-api-v54


This might lead to problems if a user wants to change between different Octave
versions frequently and has local packages.



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