[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: experimental octave-3.4.2-2

[Marco Atzeri]

embarassing package error.
3.4.2-3 on the way to replace it

Sorry
Marco

On 9/22/2011 11:48 AM, Marco atzeri wrote:
>
> New experimental versions 3.4.2-2 of
>
> octave,
> octave-devel,
> octave-doc
>
> are available in the Cygwin distribution:
>
> CYGWIN CHANGES
> This is a cygwin bug fix release of 3.4.2-1
> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?31641
> With a work around at the previous crash when running
>
> -------------------------
> graphics_toolkit ("fltk")
> x=1:10;
> plot(x,x)
> print("fltk.png","-dpng")
> -------------------------
>
> please test on the various MS system and confirm
> that the workaround is effective.
> Fully tested on XP-SP3 and recent cygwin snapshots.
>
> KNOWN BUGS
> On cygwin-1.7.9 the plotting function is working very bad.
> This is due to a fork bug and is not an octave bug.
> Any cygwin snapshots after 2011-06-01 solve the issues,
> so the next cygwin-1.7.10 will definetely remove the bug.
>
> HOW TO INSTALL
> Running cygwin setup, at "Select Packages" window, select
> "Exp" instead of "Curr" on the upper right corner.
> This selection will make version 3.4.2-2 available
> instead of current 3.4.2-1.
>
> DESCRIPTION
> The GNU Octave language for numerical computations
> Octave is a (mostly Matlab (R) compatible)
> high-level language, primarily intended for
> numerical computations. It provides a convenient
> command-line interface for solving linear and
> nonlinear problems numerically.
>
> HOMEPAGE
> http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/
>
>
>
>
> Marco Atzeri
>
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