[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51632] make global pkg paths always relative to OCTAVE_HOME, no need to pkg rebuild -global when path changes

[Markus Mützel]

Follow-up Comment #48, bug #51632 (project octave):

Here the log with Octave 5.1.0:

>> ver
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GNU Octave Version: 5.1.0 (hg id: d05d6eebde10)
GNU Octave License: GNU General Public License
Operating System: MINGW32_NT-6.2 Windows 6.2  x86_64
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Package Name         | Version | Installation directory
---------------------+---------+-----------------------
     communications  |   1.2.1 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\communications-1.2.1
            control  |   3.1.0 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\control-3.1.0
     data-smoothing  |   1.3.0 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\data-smoothing-1.3.0
           database  |   2.4.3 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\database-2.4.3
          dataframe  |   1.2.0 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\dataframe-1.2.0
              dicom  |   0.2.1 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\dicom-0.2.1
          financial  |   0.5.3 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\financial-0.5.3
               fits  |   1.0.7 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\fits-1.0.7
fuzzy-logic-toolkit  |   0.4.5 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\fuzzy-logic-toolkit-0.4.5
                 ga  |  0.10.0 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\ga-0.10.0
            general  |   2.1.0 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\general-2.1.0
      generate_html  |   0.3.1 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\generate_html-0.3.1
           geometry  |   3.0.0 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\geometry-3.0.0
                gsl  |   2.1.1 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\gsl-2.1.1
              image  |  2.10.0 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\image-2.10.0
 instrument-control  |   0.3.1 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\instrument-control-0.3.1
           interval  |   3.2.0 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\interval-3.2.0
                 io  |  2.4.12 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\io-2.4.12
     linear-algebra  |   2.2.2 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\linear-algebra-2.2.2
               lssa  |   0.1.3 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\lssa-0.1.3
              ltfat  |   2.3.1 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\ltfat-2.3.1
            mapping  |   1.2.1 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\mapping-1.2.1
   mfile_basic_test  |   0.1.0 |
C:\Users\Markus\AppData\Local\Temp\oct-G6lQc0\mfile_basic_test-0.1.0
 mfile_minimal_test  |   0.1.0 |
C:\Users\Markus\octave\mfile_minimal_test-0.1.0
      miscellaneous  |   1.2.1 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\miscellaneous-1.2.1
                nan  |   3.1.4 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4
             netcdf  |  1.0.12 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\netcdf-1.0.12
              nurbs  |  1.3.13 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\nurbs-1.3.13
                ocs  |   0.1.5 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\ocs-0.1.5
             odepkg  |   0.8.5 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\odepkg-0.8.5
              optim  |   1.5.3 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\optim-1.5.3
        optiminterp  |   0.3.5 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\optiminterp-0.3.5
         quaternion  |   2.4.0 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\quaternion-2.4.0
           queueing  |   1.2.6 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\queueing-1.2.6
             signal  |   1.4.0 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\signal-1.4.0
            sockets  |   1.2.0 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\sockets-1.2.0
          sparsersb  |   1.0.6 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\sparsersb-1.0.6
            specfun  |   1.1.0 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\specfun-1.1.0
            splines  |   1.3.2 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\splines-1.3.2
         statistics  |   1.4.0 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\statistics-1.4.0
                stk  |   2.5.1 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\stk-2.5.1
            strings  |   1.2.0 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\strings-1.2.0
             struct  |  1.0.15 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\struct-1.0.15
             tisean  |   0.2.3 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\tisean-0.2.3
                tsa  |   4.4.5 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\tsa-4.4.5
              video  |   1.2.4 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\video-1.2.4
            windows  |   1.3.0 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\windows-1.3.0
             zeromq  |   1.3.0 |
D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\zeromq-1.3.0
>> OCTAVE_HOME 
ans = D:\Octave\Octave-5.1.0.0\mingw64
>> diary off


So the conversion to 8.3 file names seems to be a no-op on that drive.

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