Re: any impacts of adding this line to default .octaverc ?

[Rik]

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Re: any impacts of adding this line to default .octaverc ?

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08/02/2017 11:02 AM

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Thoughts on whether a patch adding

if (exist(pkg("global_list"),"file") == 0)
  try
    pkg rebuild;
  catch
  end_try_catch

endif

to .octaverc should be something just limited to mxe-octave zip-distribution? all windows builds? Octave as a whole? or "that's a horrible idea come up with something better",  ?

I would make the minimal change necessary to fix the problem.  If other systems, like Linux, don't need this line then let's not include it just in case it might cause a problem.  Maybe start out with just applying it to the zip-distribution and see if that is enough.

--Rik