Re: Octave Geometry package problem

[Kai Torben Ohlhus]

On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 8:44 AM Juan Pablo Carbajal <address@hidden> wrote:

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.

@Juan: I see those messages as well.  The bug was already fixed (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51017) two years ago, but no release has happened since then.  Forge grabs the unfixed version 3.0.0.  Do you plan some bugfix release [1]?

Best,

Kai

[1] https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/package-releases/search/?q=%21status%3Awont-fix+%26%26+%21status%3Aclosed