bugGNU Octave - Bugs: bug #37277, octave_config_info() incorrectly...

 
 

bug #37277: octave_config_info() incorrectly modifies configuration profile

Submitted by:  Rik <rik5>
Submitted on:  Wed 05 Sep 2012 11:58:12 PM UTC  
 
Category: LibrariesSeverity: 2 - Minor
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Inaccurate Result
Status: FixedAssigned to: None
Originator Name: Open/Closed: Closed
Release: devOperating System: GNU/Linux

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Thu 06 Sep 2012 12:29:52 AM UTC, comment #1:

I checked in the following change:

http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/b516da00c5e4

John W. Eaton <jwe>
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Wed 05 Sep 2012 11:58:12 PM UTC, original submission:

octave_config_info() should treat the configuration information as read-only data. Instead, if you ask for a non-existent piece of configuration information the key is created and the value is not set to anything. This seems to have been a problem all the way back to the 3.2.X series.

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