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

[Nicholas Jankowski]

Follow-up Comment #31, bug #59821 (project octave):

ok, about the consistency of the 'administrative rights' text.  Looking
around, it seems 'administrative privileges' is a more generally used term to
cover all OS's.  How about changing text at the front to the following:


## Packages can be installed globally (i.e., for all users of the system) or
## locally (i.e., for the current user only).
##
## Global packages are installed by default in a system-wide location.  This
is
## usually a subdirectory of the folder where Octave itself is installed.
## Therefore, Octave needs write access to this folder to install global
## packages, which is usually only available when Octave is run with
## administrator privileges, such as when run as root (or superuser) on
## Unix-like systems, or run with elevated privileges ("Run as
administrator")
## on Windows.
##
## In contrast, local packages are installed by default in the user's
## home directory (or user profile on Windows) and are only available to that
## specific user.  Usually, they can be installed without administrative
## privileges.

## Every time @code{pkg} is run Octave checks to see whether or not it has
## administrator privileges and sets the default install location to the 
## global or local location accordingly.  Options when running @code{pkg} can
## changed this location as described below. 
##

...

## @item -local
## A local installation (package available only to current user) is forced,
## even if Octave is being run with administrative privileges.
##
## @item -global
## A global installation (package available to all users) is forced, even if
## Octave is not being run with administrative privileges.


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