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bug #55788: pkg install no longer supports .zip archives

Submitter:  Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Submitted:  Wed 27 Feb 2019 12:48:53 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Function Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Regression
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * 5.1.0 Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Mon 04 Mar 2019 03:21:05 AM UTC, comment #3: 

Thanks!  In case Symbolic users find their way here after trying to install the symbolic-win-py-bundle-2.7.1.zip file, I've posted a symbolic-win-py-bundle-2.7.1.tar.gz alternative at https://github.com/cbm755/octsympy/releases

Colin Macdonald <cbm>
Fri 01 Mar 2019 04:43:05 AM UTC, comment #2: 

Fixed on the stable branch


This will be part of Octave 5.2.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
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Wed 27 Feb 2019 06:12:18 AM UTC, comment #1: 

@Mike: I'm fine with either approach that you suggested.

Rik <rik5>
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Wed 27 Feb 2019 12:48:53 AM UTC, original submission:  

In Octave 4.4 and older, "pkg install foo.zip" worked.

This is related to bug #54657 and https://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/75ed70a1c108 fixing the 'unpack' function. I think that bug fix is entirely accurate, but it did not account for this regression in the 'pkg' function.

The 'pkg' subfunction 'install.m' uses the 'untar' function, regardless of the input file. This used to work even on .zip files, which is weird, but that is the cause of this regression.

Possible appropriate fixes:

  • change 'untar' to 'unpack' and let it always use file extension
  • add if-else to call 'unzip' or 'untar' depending on file extension


The second may be better and is definitely less risky, only use 'unzip' if the file ends with '.zip', always fall back to 'untar' to work the way the function used to. It also consistently uses Matlab compatible functions 'untar' and 'unzip', 'unpack' is Octave specific.

Originally reported at https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2019-02/msg00198.html.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
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