[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #41847] Octave 4.1.0+ starts up with"desc undefined" errors from pkg.m

[Philip Nienhuis]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41847>

                 Summary: Octave 4.1.0+ starts up with"desc undefined" errors
from pkg.m
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: philipnienhuis
            Submitted on: Wed 12 Mar 2014 01:59:18 PM CET
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Philip NIenhuis
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

Starting up Octave-4.1.0+:


GNU Octave, version 4.1.0+
:
<snip>
:
error: 'desc' undefined near line 29 column 41
error: evaluating argument list element number 4
error: called from:
error:  
D:\Octave\Octave-4.1.0+\share\octave\4.1.0+\m\pkg\private\default_prefix.m at
line 28, column 16
error:   D:\Octave\Octave-4.1.0+\share\octave\4.1.0+\m\pkg\pkg.m at line 283,
column 24
error:   D:\Octave\Octave-4.1.0+\share\octave\4.1.0+\m\startup/octaverc at
line 20, column 1
>>


...and indeed, in share/.../pkg/private/default_prefix.m, the variable desc is
uninitialized. I do not see any argument that conveys a value for it.





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