[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #59821] [octave forge] (ga) pkg update with ga 0.10.2 installs in user home folder instead of packages folder on windows

[Markus Mützel]

Follow-up Comment #13, bug #59821 (project octave):

Re comment #10 "without changing core Octave behavior": Functions in packages
might shadow functions in core Octave. So packages potentially change core
Octave behavior (and afaict some do).

Re comment #11: IIRC, behavior on Linux is that packages are installed
globally by default if Octave runs with root privileges. They are installed
locally by default if Octave runs without root privileges. Similarly on
Windows, packages install globally by default if Octave runs with elevated
privileges ("Run as administrator"). They are installed locally by default
otherwise.

Re comment #9: Local package installations always shadow global package
installations (independent on version or installation order).

Re comment #12: I didn't look at the code. But I assume `-global` can be used
as a parameter for `pkg update`, too.

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