--- a/ChangeLog	Fri Dec 19 15:37:14 2003 +0000
+++ b/ChangeLog	Tue Dec 23 05:49:30 2003 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-12-20  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
+
+	* INSTALL: Update to newer version from autoconf.
+
 2003-11-26  Cyril Humbert  <Cyril.Humbert@univ-mlv.fr>
 
 	* octave-config.in (--m-site-dir): Echo $LOCALVERFCNFILEDIR, not

--- a/INSTALL	Fri Dec 19 15:37:14 2003 +0000
+++ b/INSTALL	Tue Dec 23 05:49:30 2003 +0000
@@ -1,114 +1,236 @@
-This file documents the use of Octave's configuration script and the
-command line options it recognizes.
+This file is the generic INSTALL document distributed with autoconf.
+It is intended as a basic guide for all autoconf-generated configure
+scripts.  See the file INSTALL.OCTAVE for information specific to
+installing Octave.
+
+========================================================================
+
+Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software
+Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
+unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
 
-See the file INSTALL.OCTAVE for information specific to installing
-Octave.
+Basic Installation
+==================
+
+   These are generic installation instructions.
 
-
-To compile this package:
+   The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
+various system-dependent variables used during compilation.  It uses
+those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
+It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
+definitions.  Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
+you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a
+file `config.log' containing compiler output (useful mainly for
+debugging `configure').
 
-1.  Configure the package for your system.  In the directory that this
-file is in, type `./configure'.  If you're using `csh' on an old
-version of System V, you might need to type `sh configure' instead to
-prevent `csh' from trying to execute `configure' itself.
+   It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache'
+and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache' or simply `-C') that saves
+the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring.  (Caching is
+disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale
+cache files.)
+
+   If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
+to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
+diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
+be considered for the next release.  If you are using the cache, and at
+some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
+may remove or edit it.
 
-The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
-various system-dependent variables used during compilation, and
-creates the Makefile(s) (one in each subdirectory of the source
-directory).  In some packages it creates a C header file containing
-system-dependent definitions.  It also creates a file `config.status'
-that you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration.
+   The file `configure.ac' (or `configure.in') is used to create
+`configure' by a program called `autoconf'.  You only need
+`configure.ac' if you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using
+a newer version of `autoconf'.
+
+The simplest way to compile this package is:
 
-Running `configure' takes a minute or two.  While it is running, it
-prints some messages that tell what it is doing.  If you don't want to
-see the messages, run `configure' with its standard output redirected
-to `/dev/null'; for example, `./configure >/dev/null'.
+  1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
+     `./configure' to configure the package for your system.  If you're
+     using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
+     `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
+     `configure' itself.
+
+     Running `configure' takes awhile.  While running, it prints some
+     messages telling which features it is checking for.
 
-To compile the package in a different directory from the one
-containing the source code, you must use a version of make that
-supports the VPATH variable, such as GNU make.  `cd' to the directory
-where you want the object files and executables to go and run
-`configure'.  `configure' automatically checks for the source code in
-the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.  If for some reason
-`configure' is not in the source code directory that you are
-configuring, then it will report that it can't find the source code.
-In that case, run `configure' with the option `--srcdir=DIR', where
-DIR is the directory that contains the source code.
+  2. Type `make' to compile the package.
+
+  3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
+     the package.
+
+  4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
+     documentation.
+
+  5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
+     source code directory by typing `make clean'.  To also remove the
+     files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
+     a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'.  There is
+     also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
+     for the package's developers.  If you use it, you may have to get
+     all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
+     with the distribution.
+
+Compilers and Options
+=====================
+
+   Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that
+the `configure' script does not know about.  Run `./configure --help'
+for details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
+
+   You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters
+by setting variables in the command line or in the environment.  Here
+is an example:
 
-By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
-/usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib, /usr/local/man, etc.  You can specify
-an installation prefix other than /usr/local by giving `configure' the
-option `--prefix=PATH'.  Alternately, you can do so by giving a value
-for the `prefix' variable when you run `make', e.g.,
-	make prefix=/usr/gnu
+     ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix
+
+   *Note Defining Variables::, for more details.
+
+Compiling For Multiple Architectures
+====================================
 
-You can specify separate installation prefixes for
-architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files.  If
-you give `configure' the option `--exec_prefix=PATH' or set the
-`make' variable `exec_prefix' to PATH, the package will use PATH as
-the prefix for installing programs and libraries.  Data files and
-documentation will still use the regular prefix.  Normally, all files
-are installed using the regular prefix.
+   You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
+same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
+own directory.  To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
+supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'.  `cd' to the
+directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
+the `configure' script.  `configure' automatically checks for the
+source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
+
+   If you have to use a `make' that does not support the `VPATH'
+variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a
+time in the source code directory.  After you have installed the
+package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring
+for another architecture.
+
+Installation Names
+==================
+
+   By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
+`/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc.  You can specify an
+installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the
+option `--prefix=PATH'.
 
-You can tell `configure' to figure out the configuration for your
-system, and record it in `config.status', without actually configuring
-the package (creating `Makefile's and perhaps a configuration header
-file).  To do this, give `configure' the `--no-create' option.  Later,
-you can run `./config.status' to actually configure the package.  This
-option is useful mainly in `Makefile' rules for updating `config.status'
-and `Makefile'.  You can also give `config.status' the `--recheck'
-option, which makes it re-run `configure' with the same arguments you
-used before.  This is useful if you change `configure'.
+   You can specify separate installation prefixes for
+architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files.  If you
+give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use
+PATH as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
+Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix.
+
+   In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
+options like `--bindir=PATH' to specify different values for particular
+kinds of files.  Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
+you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
+
+   If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
+with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the
+option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
 
-`configure' ignores any other arguments that you give it.
+Optional Features
+=================
+
+   Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
+`configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
+They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
+is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System).  The
+`README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
+package recognizes.
+
+   For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
+find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
+you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
+`--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
 
-If your system requires unusual options for compilation or linking
-that `configure' doesn't know about, you can give `configure' initial
-values for some variables by setting them in the environment.  In
-Bourne-compatible shells, you can do that on the command line like
-this:
-	CC='gcc -traditional' DEFS=-D_POSIX_SOURCE ./configure
+Specifying the System Type
+==========================
+
+   There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out
+automatically, but needs to determine by the type of machine the package
+will run on.  Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the
+_same_ architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints
+a message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the
+`--build=TYPE' option.  TYPE can either be a short name for the system
+type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
+
+     CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM
+
+where SYSTEM can have one of these forms:
 
-The `make' variables that you might want to override with environment
-variables when running `configure' are:
+     OS KERNEL-OS
+
+   See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field.  If
+`config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
+need to know the machine type.
 
-(For these variables, any value given in the environment overrides the
-value that `configure' would choose:)
-CC		C compiler program.
-		Default is `cc', or `gcc' if `gcc' is in your PATH.
-INSTALL		Program to use to install files.
-		Default is `install' if you have it, `cp' otherwise.
+   If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should
+use the `--target=TYPE' option to select the type of system they will
+produce code for.
+
+   If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a
+platform different from the build platform, you should specify the
+"host" platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will
+eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE'.
 
-(For these variables, any value given in the environment is added to
-the value that `configure' chooses:)
-DEFS		Configuration options, in the form `-Dfoo -Dbar ...'
-LIBS		Libraries to link with, in the form `-lfoo -lbar ...'
+Sharing Defaults
+================
+
+   If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share,
+you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives
+default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
+`configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
+`PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists.  Or, you can set the
+`CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
+A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
+
+Defining Variables
+==================
 
-If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, we encourage
-you to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and
-mail diffs or instructions to the address given in the README so we
-can include them in the next release.
+   Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the
+environment passed to `configure'.  However, some packages may run
+configure again during the build, and the customized values of these
+variables may be lost.  In order to avoid this problem, you should set
+them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'.  For example:
+
+     ./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc
 
-2.  Type `make' to compile the package.  If you want, you can override
-the `make' variables CXXFLAGS, CFLAGS, FFLAGS, and LDFLAGS like this:
+will cause the specified gcc to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
+overridden in the site shell script).
 
-	make CXXFLAGS=-O2 CFLAGS=-O2 FFLAGS=-O LDFLAGS=-s
+`configure' Invocation
+======================
+
+   `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it
+operates.
 
-3.  If the package comes with self-tests and you want to run them,
-type `make check'.  If you're not sure whether there are any, try it;
-if `make' responds with something like
-	make: *** No way to make target `check'.  Stop.
-then the package does not come with self-tests.
+`--help'
+`-h'
+     Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit.
 
-4.  Type `make install' to install programs, data files, and
-documentation.
+`--version'
+`-V'
+     Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
+     script, and exit.
+
+`--cache-file=FILE'
+     Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE,
+     traditionally `config.cache'.  FILE defaults to `/dev/null' to
+     disable caching.
 
-5.  You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
-source directory by typing `make clean'.  To also remove the
-Makefile(s), the header file containing system-dependent definitions
-(if the package uses one), and `config.status' (all the files that
-`configure' created), type `make distclean'.
+`--config-cache'
+`-C'
+     Alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'.
 
-The file `configure.in' is used as a template to create `configure' by
-a program called `autoconf'.  You will only need it if you want to
-regenerate `configure' using a newer version of `autoconf'.
+`--quiet'
+`--silent'
+`-q'
+     Do not print messages saying which checks are being made.  To
+     suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error
+     messages will still be shown).
+
+`--srcdir=DIR'
+     Look for the package's source code in directory DIR.  Usually
+     `configure' can determine that directory automatically.
+
+`configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.  Run
+`configure --help' for more details.
+

--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/fileparts.m	Fri Dec 19 15:37:14 2003 +0000
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/fileparts.m	Tue Dec 23 05:49:30 2003 +0000
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
     if (isstr (filename))
       ds = rindex (filename, filesep);
       es = rindex (filename, ".");
+      if (es < ds)
+	es = length(filename)+1;
+      endif
       directory = filename(1:ds-1);
       name = filename(ds+1:es-1);
       extension = filename(es:end);

--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/fullfile.m	Fri Dec 19 15:37:14 2003 +0000
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/fullfile.m	Tue Dec 23 05:49:30 2003 +0000
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 
   if (nargin > 0)
     filename = varargin{1};
+    if (length (filename) < 1)
+      filename = ".";
+    endif
     if (strcmp (filename(end), "/"))
       filename(end) = "";
     endif