[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #59338] [octave forge] (odepkg) Infinite loop when running `pkg test odepkg`

[Markus Mützel]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59338>

                 Summary: [octave forge] (odepkg) Infinite loop when running
`pkg test odepkg`
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mmuetzel
            Submitted on: Sat 24 Oct 2020 09:36:54 PM CEST
                Category: Octave Forge Package
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: other
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

When running `pkg test odepkg` with Octave 6.0.91 (odepkg 0.8.5), Octave gets
stuck in what looks like an infinite loop that cannot be interrupted.
The following is repeated infinitely at the command prompt:

 DASKR--  ACTION WAS TAKEN. RUN TERMINATED
 DASKR--  THE LAST STEP TERMINATED WITH A NEGATIVE
 DASKR--  VALUE (=I1) OF IDID AND NO APPROPRIATE
      In above message,  I1 =        -1


I left it running for about 10 minutes. It looks like nothing changed in that
time.
This loop cannot be interrupted. Neither with Ctrl+C, nor by trying to close
the GUI. I had to kill the process.

I'm not sure if this package is still maintained. I couldn't find it on
https://octave.sourceforge.io/packages.php .
The link to the bitbucket repository (which is supposed to be more up to date
than Octave forge) is dead:
https://wiki.octave.org/Odepkg

Should we remove the package from MXE Octave?




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