Re: inadequate/inconsisten 'help pkg' message; problems with downloading

[Sergei Steshenko]

I have installed most of forge packages using command lines like this:

export TMP=/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/build/octave_forge_bundle && \cd 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/build/octave_forge_bundle && 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/binsh/octave -V 
--no-init-file --eval 'pkg install -global -verbose -auto audio-1.1.4.tar.gz' 
1>audio-1.1.4.tar.gz.install.log 2>&1
.

After that starting 'octave' I see a number of warnings - please see the
screen session below.

Do the

"
warning: addpath: 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/lib/octave/packages/ocs-0.1.1/i686-pc-linux-gnu-api-v45+/../utl:
 No such file or directory
"

indicate a real problem ? Are packages producing such messages supposed to
work or they are DOA ?

During ocs-0.1.1 installation I see this:

copyfile /tmp/oct-OPe2qO/ocs-0.1.1/src/Mshichmanhodgesmosfet.oct 
/tmp/oct-OPe2qO/ocs-0.1.1/inst/i686-pc-linux-gnu-api-v45+

- from 'copyfile.m' I understand that

'/tmp/oct-OPe2qO/ocs-0.1.1/inst/i686-pc-linux-gnu-api-v45+'

is the destination directory. Is this the correct directory ?

Shouldn't it be in this case

/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/lib/octave/packages/ocs-0.1.1/i686-pc-linux-gnu-api-v45+

which appears in the warning above ?

Thanks,
  Sergei.


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warning: function 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/statistics-1.0.10/fstat.m
 shadows a core library function
warning: function 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/statistics-1.0.10/prctile.m
 shadows a core library function
warning: dispatch is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of 
Octave; please use classes instead
warning: 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/integration-1.0.7/PKG_ADD:
 possible Matlab-style short-circuit operator at line 9, column 32
warning: function 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/lib/octave/packages/linear-algebra-2.0.0/i686-pc-linux-gnu-api-v45+/mgorth.oct
 shadows a core library function
warning: function 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/multicore-0.2.15/gethostname.m
 shadows a built-in function
warning: addpath: 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/lib/octave/packages/ocs-0.1.1/i686-pc-linux-gnu-api-v45+/../utl:
 No such file or directory
warning: addpath: 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/lib/octave/packages/ocs-0.1.1/i686-pc-linux-gnu-api-v45+/../asm:
 No such file or directory
warning: addpath: 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/lib/octave/packages/ocs-0.1.1/i686-pc-linux-gnu-api-v45+/../tst:
 No such file or directory
warning: addpath: 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/lib/octave/packages/ocs-0.1.1/i686-pc-linux-gnu-api-v45+/../nls:
 No such file or directory
warning: addpath: 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/lib/octave/packages/ocs-0.1.1/i686-pc-linux-gnu-api-v45+/../prs:
 No such file or directory
warning: addpath: 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/lib/octave/packages/ocs-0.1.1/i686-pc-linux-gnu-api-v45+/../sbn:
 No such file or directory
warning: gmsh does not seem to be present some functionalities will be disabled
warning: dx does not seem to be present some functionalities will be disabled
warning: function 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/strings-1.0.7/strtrim.m
 shadows a core library function
octave:1> pkg list all
Package Name         | Version | Installation directory
---------------------+---------+-----------------------
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/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/actuarial-1.1.0
                 ad *|   1.0.6 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/ad-1.0.6
              audio *|   1.1.4 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/audio-1.1.4
          benchmark *|   1.1.1 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/benchmark-1.1.1
                bim *|   1.0.1 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/bim-1.0.1
            bioinfo *|   0.1.2 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/bioinfo-0.1.2
  civil-engineering *|   1.0.7 | 
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/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/combinatorics-1.0.9
            control *|  2.1.52 | 
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     data-smoothing *|   1.2.0 | 
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           database *|   1.0.4 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/database-1.0.4
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       econometrics *|   1.0.8 | 
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             engine *|   1.0.9 | 
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          financial *|   0.3.2 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/financial-0.3.2
            fl-core *|   1.0.0 | 
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                fpl *|   1.2.0 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/fpl-1.2.0
fuzzy-logic-toolkit *|   0.2.3 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/fuzzy-logic-toolkit-0.2.3
            general *|   1.2.2 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/general-1.2.2
      generate_html *|   0.1.3 | 
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            gnuplot *|   1.0.1 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/gnuplot-1.0.1
                gpc *|   0.1.7 | 
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                gsl *|   1.0.8 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/gsl-1.0.8
              ident *|   1.0.7 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/ident-1.0.7
              image *|  1.0.14 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/image-1.0.14
  informationtheory *|   0.1.8 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/informationtheory-0.1.8
        integration *|   1.0.7 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/integration-1.0.7
                 io *|  1.0.14 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/io-1.0.14
               irsa *|   1.0.7 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/irsa-1.0.7
     linear-algebra *|   2.0.0 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/linear-algebra-2.0.0
            mapping *|   1.0.7 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/mapping-1.0.7
      miscellaneous *|  1.0.11 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/miscellaneous-1.0.11
  missing-functions *|   1.0.2 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/missing-functions-1.0.2
                msh *|   1.0.2 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/msh-1.0.2
          multicore *|  0.2.15 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/multicore-0.2.15
            nlwing2 *|   1.2.0 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/nlwing2-1.2.0
               nnet *|  0.1.13 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/nnet-0.1.13
              nurbs *|   1.3.4 | 
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/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/odebvp-1.0.6
             odepkg *|   0.8.0 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/odepkg-0.8.0
              optim *|  1.0.16 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/optim-1.0.16
        optiminterp *|   0.3.3 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/optiminterp-0.3.3
           outliers *|  0.13.9 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/outliers-0.13.9
           parallel *|   2.0.5 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/parallel-2.0.5
                pdb *|   1.0.7 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/pdb-1.0.7
  physicalconstants *|   0.1.7 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/physicalconstants-0.1.7
         quaternion *|   1.0.0 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/quaternion-1.0.0
             secs1d *|   0.0.8 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/secs1d-0.0.8
             secs2d *|   0.0.8 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/secs2d-0.0.8
               simp *|   1.1.0 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/simp-1.1.0
            sockets *|   1.0.7 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/sockets-1.0.7
     special-matrix *|   1.0.7 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/special-matrix-1.0.7
      spline-gcvspl *|   1.0.8 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/spline-gcvspl-1.0.8
            splines *|   1.0.7 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/splines-1.0.7
         statistics *|  1.0.10 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/statistics-1.0.10
            strings *|   1.0.7 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/strings-1.0.7
             struct *|   1.0.9 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/struct-1.0.9
            symband *|  1.0.10 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/symband-1.0.10
         tcl-octave *|   0.1.8 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/tcl-octave-0.1.8
               time *|   1.0.9 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/time-1.0.9
               vrml *|  1.0.11 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/vrml-1.0.11
            xraylib *|   1.0.8 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/xraylib-1.0.8
             zenity *|   0.5.7 | 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/zenity-0.5.7
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