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Re: inadequate/inconsisten 'help pkg' message; problems with downloading


From: Sergei Steshenko
Subject: Re: inadequate/inconsisten 'help pkg' message; problems with downloading
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 22:43:01 -0700 (PDT)

I see that 'pkg install ...' unpacks the packages under /tmp, creating
directories /tmp/oct-SomeRandomStuff, e.g. /tmp/oct-1qy4lc .

This happens despite the fact that I am setting TMP environment variable
to different than '/tmp' value.

The /tmp/oct-SomeRandomStuff directories are automatically deleted upon
successful package installation, and stay if package installation fails -if
I'm not mistaken on both statements.

If package installation fails, it's good that the directory stays - this
facilitates debugging. But this also may fill up /tmp which with crash the
OS.

Is TMP environment variable the right one to use with 'octave' to point to
other than /tmp directory for temporary directories/files ?

If not, what is the environment variable ?

Does 'pkg' respect TMP or that other variable(s) ?

Thanks,
  Sergei.


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