bugGNU Octave - Bugs: bug #62303, Unable to run pkg rebuild

 
 

bug #62303: Unable to run pkg rebuild

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Tue 12 Apr 2022 02:33:16 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Function Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Unexpected Error or Warning
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Razorfin Originator Email:  -email is unavailable-
Open/Closed:  * Closed Release:  * 7.1.0
Operating System:  * Any Fixed Release:  None
Planned Release:  None
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Fri 22 Jul 2022 03:53:28 PM UTC, comment #3: 

I had the same problem on version 7.1.0. I had to run as an administrator and the problem went away.



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Anonymous
Tue 19 Apr 2022 10:34:38 PM UTC, comment #2: 

No responses.  Assuming patch worked as expected.  Marking as Fixed and closing report.

Rik <rik5>
Group administrator
Tue 12 Apr 2022 03:32:35 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Thanks for your report.

I pushed a change to the stable branch here:
https://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/f67d2ce5d6d4

It should be part of the next minor release of Octave 7.2.0.

Running Octave as administrator might have avoided the issue because `pkg` defaults to the global package store in that case. At least on Windows, some packages are already installed in the global package store when installing Octave.

This probably wasn't an issue with previous versions of Octave because different versions shared the same folder to manage their local packages (causing a bunch of other issues).

Marking as ready for test.

Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Group administrator
Tue 12 Apr 2022 02:33:16 PM UTC, original submission:  

After upgrading to 7.1.0 from 6.4.0, running the command "pkg rebuild" produces an error.


>> pkg rebuild
error: save: unable to open output file 'C:\Users\donfent\AppData\Roaming\octave\api-v57\octave_packages'
error: called from
    pkg at line 710 column 9


I suspect a permissions issue; one solution is to open the program by running it as an administrator and then the command works as expected.  However, this was not the behavior in previous Octave versions (including 6.4.0). Verified on two independent machines.

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        Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows Any

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