Re: what version should I use ?

[Paul Kienzle]

Replace endwhile with endfor.

It is now fixed in CVS.

Thanks,

Paul Kienzle
address@hidden

On Feb 28, 2004, at 6:14 AM, Jean-Michel besnard wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> I if type:
>
> dpkg -l octave2.1 octave-forge
> octave
> randn(3)
>
> then I obtain the exact same output as Dirk does but here is my next  
> problem:
>
> octave:6> plot3(1,2,3)
> parse error near line 93 of file  
> /usr/share/octave/2.1.55/site/m/octave-forge/plot/plot3.m
>
> > > >     endwhile
>                ^
>
> error: `for' command matched by `endwhile' near line 93 column 5
> error: `plot3' undefined near line 6 column 1
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jean-Michel
>
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 01:03:53PM -0600, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 09:55:38AM -0800, Jean-Michel besnard wrote:
> > > Well, I started with the latest and installed the octave-forge  
> > > package in its
> > > version '2004.02.12-2' which I guess means version 2.1.54 or so  
> > > because it
> > > installed the libs in /usr/share/octave/2.1.54/site/m/octave-forge
> > [...]
> > > I have then removed octave2.1 and octave-forge (from 'Debian  
> > > unstable') to
> > > install those from 'Debian testing' which are:
> > > octave2.1      2.1.53-4
> > > octave-forge   2003.06.02-8 (I guess 2.1.50 when referring to  
> > > install path)
> > >
> > > and then again I am getting into the same problems.
> >
> > Wait until later this afternoon (US time, so say another five or so  
> > hours)
> > until the new revision of octave-forge (that I mailed about earlier)  
> > becomes
> > available on the mirrors.
> >
> > If everything else fails, you could also always consider compiling it  
> > locally.
> >
> > Hth, Dirk
> >
> >
> > address@hidden:~> dpkg -l octave2.1 octave-forge
> > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> > |  
> > Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half- 
> > installed
> > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
> > uppercase=bad)
> > ||/ Name                                Version
> > Description
> > +++-===================================- 
> > ===================================- 
> > ====================================================================== 
> > ================
> > ii  octave2.1                           2.1.55-1
> > The GNU Octave language for numerical computations (2.1 branch)
> > ii  octave-forge                        2004.02.12-3
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> > octave:1> randn(3)
> > ans =
> >
> >   -0.479342  -0.491051  -0.070753
> >    0.784174   0.237828   1.065834
> >   -0.500487  -0.148241  -1.449452
> >
> > octave:2> help randn
> > randn is the dynamically-linked function from the file
> > /usr/lib/octave/2.1.55/site/oct/i386-pc-linux-gnu/octave-forge/ 
> > randn.oct
> >                 ^^^^^^                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^
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