[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #40957] octave dispatcher program runs wrong version if co-installed

[Mike Miller]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?40957>

                 Summary: octave dispatcher program runs wrong version if
co-installed
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mtmiller
            Submitted on: Tue 17 Dec 2013 09:34:33 PM EST
                Category: Configuration and Build System
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Regression
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

If multiple versions of Octave are co-installed on the system, the new octave
dispatcher executable only runs whichever version of Octave was installed most
recently.

Previously, I was able to run octave-3.4.2 or octave-3.6.4 or octave-3.7.7+
and it would run the correct version.

The new octave dispatch program runs octave-cli or octave-gui but does not pay
attention to the version suffix, if any. I have octave-3.7.7+ and
octave-4.1.0+ installed. The symbolic links octave-cli and octave-gui both
point to the 4.1.0+ versions since it is the most recently installed. If I run
octave-3.7.7+, the 4.1.0+ version is actually run, either CLI or GUI.

If we still want to support the ability to install and run multiple versions
of Octave at the same time, this is a fairly serious regression.




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