Octave packages

[Robert Fong-tom]

On Nov 24, 2008, at 2:19 AM, Alakazam wrote:

> Hello Robert,
>
> On 24 nov. 08, at 06:51, Robert Fong-tom wrote:
>
>> I noticed that some functions of the packages listed at http:// 
>> octave.sourceforge.net/ does not exist in the packages ported from  
>> MacPorts. Foe example, in octave-financial the function does not  
>> appear to exist in the MacPorts ported version. However, the  
>> MacPorts version of octave-image is 0.2.2 while the version at  
>> octave.sourceforge.net is 0.3.0.
>
> This seems to indicate that we (the octave portfile maintainers)  
> should update the octave-* packages. I'll try to look into it this  
> week. You can also open a ticket on the trac system to indicate the  
> outdated ports (https://trac.macports.org/newticket, registration  
> required iirc).
>
>> Another example is the busdays function in the octave-time  
>> package. Where can I find  the functions available on my system? I  
>> would like to check to make sure that these functions do not exist  
>> on my system.
>
> If your macports installation is standard, you can find the octave- 
> * files in
>
>> /opt/local/libexec/octave/packages
>
>
> -- 
> Alakazam <alakazam at melix.net>
>
Per my previous e-mail, I uninstalled the octave-time and octave- 
financial packages with the same results (i.e. missing function). I  
then executed the "port contents [name of port]" command and found  
the files for these ports in

/opt/local/share/octave/packages

This location seems to be OK since some of functions (I only checked  
one) work. However, the busdays.m function from the octave-time  
package and the fetch.m function from the octave-financial package  
are not listed in the above directories. So there are missing functions!

What would happen if I just copy the busdays.m file and the fetch.m  
file to the above location? Would that work?