Hello all,
I have uploaded an octave/mingw32 3.2.2 installer.
Release notes:
=============
This is a binary release of Octave 3.2.2 for Windows platform using
mingw32/gcc build tools. It has been tested on Windows 2K and XP.
Octave-3.2.2_i686-pc-mingw32_gcc-4.3.0_setup.exe
This package contains Octave 3.2.2 and a set of octave-forge packages.
Some packages are missing because external depenency libraries have not
been built using mingw32/gcc yet.
This package includes notepad++ as text editor and gnuplot as graphical
engine. It is bundled with the version of GCC used to compile this package
and a MSYS environment to install octave-forge packages.
This package has been built using TDM GCC-4.3.0-2/mingw32.
The installer can be installed side-by-side with previous versions of
octave/mingw32 and thus does not uninstall any previously installed version
of octave/mingw32.
Changes since Octave/mingw32 3.2.0:
-----------------------------------
*) The 3.2.2 installer includes the following post-3.2.2 changesets in
addition to the octave-3.2.2 sources
http://hg.tw-math.de/release-3-2-x/rev/cd95695a0a89 ("dir" crashes)
http://hg.tw-math.de/release-3-2-x/rev/b308b2e12f04 (16bit images)
http://hg.tw-math.de/release-3-2-x/rev/9107c882f193 (speed up
"plot")
These adress bugfixes relevant to mingw32 platform.
These will be included by default in succeeding versions of
octave/mingw32.
*) The installer includes a Q16 GraphicsMagick build (configured
with --quantum-depth=16) to enable lossless reading/writing of
16bit images.
*) The following octave-forge packages have been marked as "-noauto":
windows-1.0.8
octcdf-1.0.13
communications-1.0.10
ga-0.9.7
This is done to avoid the "clear all" crash if any of these packages
is selected during the installation. If you require them to be loaded
automatically you have to manually set them to, by executing the
command(s)
pkg rebuild -auto windows
pkg rebuild -auto octcdf
pkg rebuild -auto communications
pkg rebuild -auto ga
from the octave prompt.
Be advised that this will trigger the "clear all" segfault!
Fixed Issues in 3.2.2:
----------------------
*) The command "dir" should no longer crash on Windows Vista and Windows
Server
*) Reading/writing images using GraphicsMagick no longer fails with
GraphicsMagick complaining about missing configuration files.
*) Reading/writing 16bit images works without loss of precision
Known Issues with octave/mingw32 3.2.2:
--------------------------------------
*) The command "clear all" results in a segfault.
This is currently triggered by the following octave-forge packages:
windows
octcdf
communications
ga (depends on communications)
The error occurs only if any of these packages is marked "-auto"
i.e. is loaded at startup.
*) The command "clear all" exits with the error message
error: stdin is not a tty!
in conjunction with the ARPACK package e.g. when calling eigs()
*) The fixed octave forge package currently does not compile
*) Installing octave respectively running octave from a path which contains
spaces breaks the installation of octave-forge packages using octave's
package manager pkg.m.
It this therefore highly recommended to install octave to a path WITHOUT
spaces. Octave will work if installed to a path including spaces,
and all
packages added at the installation will work if installed into a path
containing spaces, HOWEVER you will currently NOT be able to install
packages using octave's package manager at a later time if Octave was
installed to a directory containing spaces.
*) "make check" results:
Summary:
PASS 5730
FAIL 10
octave-3.2.2\src\data.cc PASS 500/509 FAIL 9
test_string.m ....................................... PASS 78/79
FAIL 1
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