# HG changeset patch
# User Carnë Draug <carandraug+dev@gmail.com>
# Date 1321125992 0
# Node ID 5d928d37f15988e11cfa2e2b138b1453b50b0ee1
# Parent  a03e96aa497757eaf88c3c2eee46c32dc78076c1
news: fixing bug when package is not specified and core NEWS file can't be found

diff --git a/scripts/miscellaneous/news.m b/scripts/miscellaneous/news.m
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/news.m
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/news.m
@@ -24,12 +24,11 @@
 ## NEWS file for that package.
 ## @end deftypefn
 
-function news (package)
+function news (package = "octave")
 
-  ## also let users specify 'octave'
-  if (nargin == 0 || (nargin == 1 && ischar (package) && strcmpi (package, "octave")))
+  if (ischar (package) && strcmpi (package, "octave"))
     octetcdir = octave_config_info ("octetcdir");
-    newsfile = fullfile (octetcdir, "NEWS");
+    newsfile  = fullfile (octetcdir, "NEWS");
 
   elseif (nargin == 1 && ischar (package))
     installed = pkg ("list");
@@ -51,10 +50,10 @@
       puts (line);
     endwhile
   else
-    if (package)
+    if (strcmpi (package, "octave"))
+      error ("news: unable to locate NEWS file");
+    else
       error ("news: unable to locate NEWS file of %s package", package);
-    else
-      error ("news: unable to locate NEWS file");
     endif
   endif