RE: Octave Geometry package problem

[JohnD]

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> Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 08:43:31 +0200
> From: Juan Pablo Carbajal <address@hidden>
> To: Andrew Cool <address@hidden>,     Maintainers GNU Octave
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> Subject: Re: Octave Geometry package problem
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> Thanks for your report.
> 
> > I have a problem installing the Geometry package on Win 7 64 bit under
> Octave 5.1.1, I get :-
> >
> The best place to report this things is in the bug tracker at savannah
> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=octave
> 
> > >> pkg install -forge geometry
> > warning: pkg: skipping invalid line in DESCRIPTION file
> > warning: pkg: skipping invalid line in DESCRIPTION file
> > warning: pkg: skipping invalid line in DESCRIPTION file
> > warning: pkg: skipping invalid line in DESCRIPTION file
> > C:\Users\Andrew\AppData\Local\Temp\octave-help-NtTCSx:140: @bye seen
> before @end deftypefn
> > For information about changes from previous versions of the geometry
> package, run 'news geometry'.
> 
> This is odd indeed, I do not see these messages.
> 
> > Oddly enough, it seems that some routines are there, but not most of
them.
> For example rad2deg is there :-
> 
> rad2deg and the inverse are part of octave, they have been removed
> from the geometry package, check with
> 
> which rad2deg
> 
> here I get
> 'rad2deg' is a function from the file
> /usr/local/share/octave/5.1.1/m/general/rad2deg.m
> 
> > But not drawCircle :-
> > >> drawCircle(100,100,20);
> > error: 'drawCircle' undefined near line 1 column 1
> > >> drawLine()
> > error: 'drawLine' undefined near line 1 column 1
> > >> drawBox
> > error: 'drawBox' undefined near line 1 column 1
> after installing a package you need to load it before is ready to use
> 
> pkg load geometry
> 
> to see what packages are installed check the output of
> 
> pkg list
> 
> 
> Regards
> 

I see warning: pkg: skipping invalid line in DESCRIPTION file and @bye seen
before @end deftypefn warnings in win10 with 5.1.1

According the repo, the DESCRIPTION file error is fixed via
https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/geometry/ci/311b855168a67a0471572a353f96c2e
c4d800666/


polygonLoops.m has a double @deftypefn in the documentation which may be the
@bye warning - its not in the latest repo sources

In windows the geometry package should already be installed.