Tue 08 Nov 2016 03:08:40 PM UTC, comment #2:
I cannot reproduce this error on my system (Ubuntu 14.04, 64bit), neither with octave 4.2.0-rc2 nor with 4.2.0-rc3. Can you look with the debugger why this test fails?
$ octave --no-init-file
GNU Octave, version 4.2.0-rc2
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octave:1> pkg load ncarray
octave:2> pkg list
Package Name | Version | Installation directory
--------------+---------+-----------------------
io *| 2.4.4 | /home/abarth/local/gcc-4.8.4/share/octave/packages/io-2.4.4
ncarray *| 1.0.3 | /home/abarth/local/gcc-4.8.4/share/octave/packages/ncarray-1.0.3
netcdf *| 1.0.11 | /home/abarth/local/gcc-4.8.4/share/octave/packages/netcdf-1.0.11
statistics *| 1.3.0 | /home/abarth/local/gcc-4.8.4/share/octave/packages/statistics-1.3.0
octave:3> test_ncarray
creating directory /tmp/oct-VZYKpw for temporary files.
All tests passed.
octave:4> version
ans = 4.2.0-rc2
$ octave --no-init-file
GNU Octave, version 4.2.0-rc3
Copyright (C) 2016 John W. Eaton and others.
This is free software; see the source code for copying conditions.
There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. For details, type 'warranty'.
Octave was configured for "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu".
Additional information about Octave is available at http://www.octave.org.
Please contribute if you find this software useful.
For more information, visit http://www.octave.org/get-involved.html
Read http://www.octave.org/bugs.html to learn how to submit bug reports.
For information about changes from previous versions, type 'news'.
octave:1> pkg load ncarray
octave:2> pkg list
Package Name | Version | Installation directory
--------------+---------+-----------------------
io *| 2.4.4 | /home/abarth/opt/octave-4.2.0-rc3/share/octave/packages/io-2.4.4
ncarray *| 1.0.3 | /home/abarth/opt/octave-4.2.0-rc3/share/octave/packages/ncarray-1.0.3
netcdf *| 1.0.11 | /home/abarth/opt/octave-4.2.0-rc3/share/octave/packages/netcdf-1.0.11
statistics *| 1.3.0 | /home/abarth/opt/octave-4.2.0-rc3/share/octave/packages/statistics-1.3.0
octave:3> test_ncarray
creating directory /tmp/oct-GZfGg1 for temporary files.
All tests passed.
octave:4> version
ans = 4.2.0-rc3
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