[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #61067] Error message suggestion from pkg could be better, or eliminated

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URL:
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                 Summary: Error message suggestion from pkg could be better,
or eliminated
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Fri 20 Aug 2021 09:57:04 PM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Unexpected Error or Warning
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: dev
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

I made a mistake in naming a Forge package to install. It should have been
communications (plural) but I typed the singular. But the alternative named in
the error message from pkg was unhelpful in this case ("generate_html").


pkg install -forge communication
error: get_forge_pkg: package not found: "communication".  Maybe you meant
"generate_html?"
error: called from
    get_forge_pkg at line 90 column 5
    get_forge_download at line 32 column 14
    pkg at line 502 column 31


The code for this behavior is in the end of the file
scripts/pkg/private/get_forge_pkg.m. It looks like the line "t = strsplit
(html)" gives the wrong value to t{1}, so the distance function is led astray.
Could the suggestion be disabled perhaps?




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