Change mkfifo to use an octal argument for MODE (bug #45054). * NEWS: Announce switch from decimal to octal MODE for mkfifo. * file-io.cc (convert): Add a FIXME note that this function is repeated in * syscalls.cc. * syscalls.cc (convert): New function to convert from one base to another. * syscalls.cc (Fmkfifo): Change docstring to note that MODE argument is now octal. Convert MODE from octal to decimal before calling octave_mkfifo(). Add BIST tests. * __gnuplot_get_var__.m, __gnuplot_ginput__.m: Change instances of MODE argument in m-files from decimal to octal.

--- a/NEWS	Sun May 17 09:48:12 2015 -0700
+++ b/NEWS	Sun May 17 10:04:08 2015 -0700
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.2:
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+ ** mkfifo now interprets the MODE argument as an octal, not decimal, integer.
+    This is consistent with the equivalent shell command. 
+
  ** Other new functions added in 4.2:
 
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