some details:
kern.version=OpenBSD 6.8-current (GENERIC) #793: Thu Oct 15 21:30:08 MDT 2020
dera...@macppc.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/macppc/compile/GENERIC
quirks-3.413 signed on 2020-09-09T17:52:01Z
i am ssh-ed to the macppc machine from a Linux machine.
suspending is weird, and catching CTRL-C drops to shell
octave:1> ^Z^Z[3] + Suspended octave
rgc:/home/rgc/:162$ fg
octave
[3] + Suspended octave
rgc:/home/rgc/.octave:163$ fg
octave
octave:1> terminating with uncaught exception of type
octave::interrupt_exception
fatal: caught signal Abort trap -- stopping myself...
Abort trap (core dumped)
rgc:/home/rgc/:164$
on i386:
kern.version=OpenBSD 6.8-current (GENERIC.MP) #456: Fri Oct 16 12:53:14 MDT 2020
dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP
- the tar issue occurs.
- dropping to shell when giving incorrect commands does not occur
- suspend seems ok
- CTRL-C drops to shell
octave:1> pkg install -forge io
warning: creating installation directory /home/rgc/octave
warning: called from
install at line 30 column 5
pkg at line 441 column 9
unpack: unarchiving program exited with status: 1
tar: input compressed with gzip; use the -z option to decompress it
error: called from
unpack at line 274 column 5
untar at line 48 column 5
install at line 87 column 9
pkg at line 441 column 9
octave:1> pc
error: 'pc' undefined near line 1 column 1
octave:1> ^Z[1] + Suspended octave
rgc:/home/rgc:2$ fg
octave
terminating with uncaught exception of type octave::interrupt_exception
fatal: caught signal Abort trap -- stopping myself...
Abort trap (core dumped)
regards,
On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 10:27:18PM +0900, rgc wrote:
> steven@ misc@
>
> just a heads up for octave
>
> recently installed it for learning
>
>
> 1 giving a wrong command drops me to the shell
>
> octave:1> pc
> error: 'pc' undefined near line 1 column 1
> rgc:/home/rgc:107$
>
> or
>
> octave:1> pkg
> /tmp/octave-help-hUhbm7:119: Unknown command `codequoteundirected'.
> warning: print_usage: Texinfo formatting filter exited abnormally
> warning: called from
> print_usage at line 74 column 5
> pkg at line 323 column 5
> warning: print_usage: raw Texinfo source of help text follows...
> error: Invalid call to pkg. Correct usage is:
>
> on
>
> -- pkg COMMAND PKG_NAME
> -- pkg COMMAND OPTION PKG_NAME
> -- [OUT1, ...] = pkg (COMMAND, ... )
>
> Additional help for built-in functions and operators is
> available in the online version of the manual. Use the command
> 'doc <topic>' to search the manual index.
>
> Help and information about Octave is also available on the WWW
> at https://www.octave.org and via the h...@octave.org
> mailing list.
>
>
> 2 is probably an issue with tar usage ... OpenBSD tar explicitly needs 'z'
> to extract gzed tarballs
>
> octave:1> pkg install -forge communications
> warning: creating installation directory /home/rgc/octave
> warning: called from
> install at line 30 column 5
> pkg at line 441 column 9
> unpack: unarchiving program exited with status: 1
> tar: input compressed with gzip; use the -z option to decompress it
> error: called from
> unpack at line 274 column 5
> untar at line 48 column 5
> install at line 87 column 9
> pkg at line 441 column 9
> octave:1>
>
>
> both issues don't occur on octave in Linux (Ubuntu 20.04).
>
> regards,
>
