Re: debugging failure

[David Bateman]

Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson wrote:
> Hi, I am trying to debug a .m file that comes with octave and I
> allways get errors when trying to do it.
> 
> dbstop pkg('install', 'physicalconstants-0.1.2.tar.gz') 1
> dbstop(pkg('install', 'physicalconstants-0.1.2.tar.gz'),1)
> 
> Both of these should create a breakpoint at line nr 1 in the function
> pkg should it not?
> 
> The first command gives me the following error:
> 
> parse error:
> 
>   syntax error
>   
>>>> dbstop pkg('install', 'physicalconstants-0.1.2.tar.gz') 1
>                                                             ^
> 
> The second command gives me the following error:
> 
> warning: pkg: some elements in list of return values are undefined
> warning: implicit conversion from matrix to string
> error: add_breakpoint: unable to find the function requested
> 
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> This is octave 2.9.17 running in a chroot debian unstable.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Oli


I think you want "dbstop('pkg',1)" instead

D.