Matlab compatibility for strsplit() * scripts/strings/strsplit.m: Matlab compatible version. * NEWS: Mention break in backward compatibility. * scripts/deprecated/javafields.m: Modify call to strsplit(). * scripts/deprecated/javamethods.m: ditto * scripts/general/fieldnames.m: ditto * scripts/general/int2str.m: ditto * scripts/general/methods.m: ditto * scripts/general/num2str.m: ditto * scripts/help/gen_doc_cache.m: ditto * scripts/help/help.m: ditto * scripts/help/lookfor.m: ditto * scripts/io/strread.m: ditto * scripts/java/javaclasspath.m: ditto * scripts/miscellaneous/compare_versions.m: ditto * scripts/miscellaneous/computer.m: ditto * scripts/miscellaneous/fact.m: ditto * scripts/miscellaneous/tar.m: ditto * scripts/miscellaneous/unpack.m: ditto * scripts/miscellaneous/what.m: ditto * scripts/miscellaneous/zip.m: ditto * scripts/pkg/private/configure_make.m: ditto * scripts/pkg/private/fix_depends.m: ditto * scripts/pkg/private/generate_lookfor_cache.m: ditto * scripts/pkg/private/list_forge_packages.m: ditto * scripts/pkg/private/unload_packages.m: ditto * scripts/pkg/private/write_index.m: ditto * scripts/plot/private/__file_filter__.m: ditto * scripts/plot/private/__fltk_file_filter__.m: ditto * scripts/plot/private/__go_draw_axes__.m: ditto * scripts/plot/private/__next_line_style__.m: ditto * scripts/strings/untabify.m: ditto * scripts/testfun/rundemos.m: ditto * scripts/testfun/runtests.m: ditto

--- a/scripts/pkg/private/write_index.m
+++ b/scripts/pkg/private/write_index.m
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
   if (! isfield (desc, "categories"))
     error ("the DESCRIPTION file must have a Categories field, when no INDEX file is given");
   endif
-  categories = strtrim (strsplit (desc.categories, ","));
+  categories = strtrim (strsplit (desc.categories, ",", false));
   if (length (categories) < 1)
       error ("the Category field is empty");
   endif