[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #60574] pkg update ignores -global / -local options

[Nicholas Jankowski]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60574>

                 Summary: pkg update ignores -global / -local options
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: nrjank
            Submitted on: Mon 10 May 2021 01:59:58 PM EDT
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Nicholas Jankowski
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: dev
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

as discussed in bug #59821, pkg update accepts a -global or -local option, but
after building the list of packages to update fails to pass the option to 'pkg
install <pkgname>' as it works through the list. Thus, no matter whether the
-global or -local option was specified, pkg will re-run the check for
administrative privileges and the install will take place according to the
default based on that check.  

just to verify in octave 6.2.1 (), for a globally installed audio package (on
windows) using a user-level octave instance with write access to the global
package location:


>> __is_elevated_process__
ans = 0

>> pkg list audio
Package Name  | Version | Installation directory
--------------+---------+-----------------------
       audio  |   2.0.1 | ...\mingw64\share\octave\packages\audio-2.0.1

>> pkg update -global audio
**some install warnings about help text**
For information about changes from previous versions of the audio package, run
'news audio'.

>> pkg list audio
Package Name  | Version | Installation directory
--------------+---------+-----------------------
       audio  |   2.0.2 | C:\Users\nicholas.jankowski\octave\audio-2.0.2


stepping through pkg in debug mode, the option first successfully sets
global_install = true.  however, it then just calls pkg install -forge audio,
and in that case the __is_elevated_process__ = 0 sets global_install = false
for the installation.  




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