[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #59821] "pkg update" on windows unexpectedly installs packages to local

[Nicholas Jankowski]

Follow-up Comment #30, bug #59821 (project octave):

ok, last part first - pkg update ignores the -global/local flag. So in the
current state that part of the revised help text is correct. 

Just double checked this since some other bugs were fixed.  the global_install
variable is not persistent.  so if you call 'pkg update -global', it will set
global_install = true while it parses the update list, but then it calls 'pkg
install -forge <pkgname>' for each item on the list.  it does not pass
-global/-local, so when stepping through each install it reruns the superuser
check each time, and sets it accordingly.  it would need some way of passing
the global/local option to each pkg install call for it to carry through.  

it didn't look like too hard a fix, so I was planning on making a 'pkg updaet
ignores -local/global option' bug report and playing with ways for it to pass
that option, and then adjusting the docstring accordingly just hadn't gotten
there yet.



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