[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #53561] pkg install reports an error when filename doesn't match package name

[Mike Miller]

Update of bug #53561 (project octave):

                  Status:         Patch Submitted => In Progress            

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Follow-up Comment #3:

Thanks for the feedback!

This check was added way back in 2006 when the pkg function was still new in
the 2.9.x versions of Octave.

https://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/9cc8149f81b0

And from that reading, it looks like the original intent was to be just a
double-check nitpick on the package file, rather than a functional test for
something that might break.

So based on your feedback and that dig through history, I think it's safe to
make this change on the stable branch for Octave 4.4, will do so a little
later.

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