[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51684] Request for Windows Portable zip version without absolute paths & system hooks

[Nicholas Jankowski]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51684>

                 Summary: Request for Windows Portable zip version without
absolute paths & system hooks
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: nrjank
            Submitted on: Tue 08 Aug 2017 01:56:29 AM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Nicholas Jankowski
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: other
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

This has come up a few times recently in discussion of the Windows zip
installer [1,2] and whether it could be portable version. It is currently not
for a few reasons: it makes changes to the logged in user's home folder and a
number of components (at least the pkg system) use absolute folder paths that
aren't tied to the OCTAVE_HOME path variable.

Creating this as a lower priority wish list place to discuss what changes
would enable a portable version and possibly collect patches to do so.

[1] bug #51632

[2]
http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Octave-for-Windows-OpenBLAS-and-Portable-Mode-tp4681854.html




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