Re: Warnings from pkg load package_name

[Kai Torben Ohlhus]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 11:03 AM Michel <address@hidden> wrote:

Hello Kai,

The answers to your questions are below:

"Which version of Octave do you use? "   ->    Version is 4.4 (2018-04-30)

 "Which package are you trying to load?  -->

warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\linear-algebra-2.2.2\condeig.m
shadows a core library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\miscellaneous-1.2.1\publish.m
shadows a core library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\center.m shadows a core
library function
warning: function C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\cov.m
shadows a core library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\detrend.m shadows a
core library function
warning: function C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\iqr.m
shadows a core library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\kurtosis.m shadows a
core library function
warning: function C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\mad.m
shadows a core library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\mean.m shadows a core
library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\meansq.m shadows a core
library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\median.m shadows a core
library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\moment.m shadows a core
library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\prctile.m shadows a
core library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\quantile.m shadows a
core library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\range.m shadows a core
library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\ranks.m shadows a core
library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\skewness.m shadows a
core library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\spearman.m shadows a
core library function
warning: function C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\std.m
shadows a core library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\sumsq.m shadows a
built-in function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4\zscore.m shadows a core
library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\nurbs-1.3.13\vecnorm.m shadows a
core library function
warning: addpath:
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\lib\octave\packages\ocs-0.1.5\x86_64-w64-mingw32-api-v52\..\utl:
No such file or directory
warning: addpath:
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\lib\octave\packages\ocs-0.1.5\x86_64-w64-mingw32-api-v52\..\asm:
No such file or directory
warning: addpath:
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\lib\octave\packages\ocs-0.1.5\x86_64-w64-mingw32-api-v52\..\tst:
No such file or directory
warning: addpath:
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\lib\octave\packages\ocs-0.1.5\x86_64-w64-mingw32-api-v52\..\nls:
No such file or directory
warning: addpath:
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\lib\octave\packages\ocs-0.1.5\x86_64-w64-mingw32-api-v52\..\prs:
No such file or directory
warning: addpath:
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\lib\octave\packages\ocs-0.1.5\x86_64-w64-mingw32-api-v52\..\sbn:
No such file or directory
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\odepkg-0.8.5\ode23.m shadows a
core library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\odepkg-0.8.5\ode45.m shadows a
core library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\odepkg-0.8.5\odeget.m shadows a
core library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\odepkg-0.8.5\odeplot.m shadows a
core library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\odepkg-0.8.5\odeset.m shadows a
core library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\lib\octave\packages\specfun-1.1.0\x86_64-w64-mingw32-api-v52\ellipj.oct
shadows a built-in function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\specfun-1.1.0\cosint.m shadows a
core library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\specfun-1.1.0\ellipke.m shadows a
core library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\specfun-1.1.0\erfcinv.m shadows a
built-in function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\specfun-1.1.0\expint.m shadows a
core library function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\specfun-1.1.0\psi.m shadows a
built-in function
warning: function
C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\share\octave\packages\specfun-1.1.0\sinint.m shadows a
core library function

Did you install that package with pkg install -forge package_name? -->  Yes
I did

Do you try to load an older installation from a previous Octave version? -->
No I don't.

Regards,

Michel

Hello Michel,

Now I get the problem.  The only important warning-statements are "X shadows a core library function" and "No such file or directory".  That means there are "no" dependency problems.  The warnings are just thrown during calls in the "load_packages_and_dependencies" function.

Many of the packages you mention are not actively maintained:

- linear-algebra 2015-03-06

- miscellaneous 2014-06-05

- nan 2017-08-23

- nurbs 2017-03-28

- ocs 2015-08-7

and therefore might be a bit out of date with the latest stable Octave release regarding builtin functions and paths.  Unless you notice functional issues with Octave and the packages, you should be fine with the situation.

If you are interested in one of the packages, you can start making them better at https://octave.sourceforge.io/developers.php.

HTH,

Kai