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pkg.m: Fix str-to-num warnings (bug #37785) * scripts/general/postpad.m: Use indexing rather than multiplication to expand constant value. * scripts/pkg/pkg.m: Use isbool rather than '== -1' to avoid coercing a string to a number.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:47:29 -0700
parents 40a9a4e0d12a
children f4c8c66faf34
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--- a/scripts/pkg/pkg.m
+++ b/scripts/pkg/pkg.m
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 function [local_packages, global_packages] = pkg (varargin)
   ## Installation prefix (FIXME: what should these be on windows?)
   persistent user_prefix = false;
-  persistent prefix = -1;
+  persistent prefix = false;
   persistent archprefix = -1;
   persistent local_list = tilde_expand (fullfile ("~", ".octave_packages"));
   persistent global_list = fullfile (OCTAVE_HOME (), "share", "octave",
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
   ## FIXME: is it OK to set this always true on windows?
   global_install = ((ispc () && ! isunix ()) || (geteuid () == 0));
 
-  if (prefix == -1)
+  if (isbool (prefix))
     if (global_install)
       prefix = fullfile (OCTAVE_HOME (), "share", "octave", "packages");
       archprefix = fullfile (octave_config_info ("libdir"),