--- a/ChangeLog	Tue Oct 09 17:43:00 2007 +0000
+++ b/ChangeLog	Tue Oct 09 18:39:16 2007 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2007-10-09  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* gdbinit.in: Delete.
+	* octMakefile.in (DISTFILES): Remove it from the list.
+	(.gdbinit): Delete rule.
+	(maintainer-clean, distclean): No need to delete .gdbinit.
+
+2007-10-09  Kim Hansen  <kimhanse@gmail.com>
+
+        * run-octave.in: Use gdb with --args, not .gdbinit.
+
 2007-10-08  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* emacs/octave-hlp.el, emacs/octave-inf.el, emacs/octave-mod.el:

--- a/octMakefile.in	Tue Oct 09 17:43:00 2007 +0000
+++ b/octMakefile.in	Tue Oct 09 18:39:16 2007 +0000
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 	README.MachTen README.kpathsea ROADMAP SENDING-PATCHES \
 	THANKS move-if-change octave-sh octave-bug.in \
 	octave-config.in mk-opts.pl mkinstalldirs \
-	mkoctfile.in run-octave.in gdbinit.in ChangeLog ChangeLog.[0-9]
+	mkoctfile.in run-octave.in ChangeLog ChangeLog.[0-9]
 
 # Subdirectories in which to run `make all'.
 SUBDIRS = @DLFCN_DIR@ libcruft liboctave src scripts doc examples
@@ -93,9 +93,6 @@
 	@$(do-subst-script-vals)
 	chmod a+rx "$@"
 
-.gdbinit: gdbinit.in Makeconf octMakefile
-	$(do-subst-script-vals)
-
 check:
 	$(MAKE) -C test $@
 .PHONY: check
@@ -155,7 +152,7 @@
 	rm -f octMakefile Makefile Makeconf Makefrag.f77 Makerules.f77
 	rm -f config.cache config.h config.log config.status
 	rm -rf autom4te.cache
-	rm -f $(SHELL_SCRIPTS) .gdbinit
+	rm -f $(SHELL_SCRIPTS)
 	rm -f unistd.h
 
 maintainer-clean::

--- a/run-octave.in	Tue Oct 09 17:43:00 2007 +0000
+++ b/run-octave.in	Tue Oct 09 18:39:16 2007 +0000
@@ -35,12 +35,7 @@
 
 if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
   if [ "x$1" = "x-g" ]; then
-    driver="gdb"
-    if [ `/bin/pwd` = "$builddir" ]; then
-      sed "s|^set args.*$|set args $args|" .gdbinit > .gdbinit-tmp
-      mv .gdbinit-tmp .gdbinit
-    fi
-    args=""
+    driver="gdb --args"
     shift
   elif [ "x$1" = "x-valgrind" ]; then
     driver="valgrind --tool=memcheck"

--- a/scripts/ChangeLog	Tue Oct 09 17:43:00 2007 +0000
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog	Tue Oct 09 18:39:16 2007 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-10-09:  Kim Hansen  <kimhanse@gmail.com>
+
+        * general/repmat.m: Handle sparse input.  Add tests.
+
 2007-10-09  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* audio/wavwrite.m: Accept arguments in compatible order.

--- a/scripts/general/repmat.m	Tue Oct 09 17:43:00 2007 +0000
+++ b/scripts/general/repmat.m	Tue Oct 09 18:39:16 2007 +0000
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} repmat (@var{A}, @var{m}, @var{n})
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} repmat (@var{A}, [@var{m} @var{n}])
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} repmat (@var{A}, [@var{m} @var{n} @var{p} ...])
 ## Form a block matrix of size @var{m} by @var{n}, with a copy of matrix
 ## @var{A} as each element.  If @var{n} is not specified, form an 
 ## @var{m} by @var{m} block matrix.
@@ -69,8 +70,13 @@
   elseif (ndims (a) == 2 && length (idx) < 3)
     if (ischar (a))
       x = char (kron (ones (idx), toascii (a)));
-    elseif (strcmp (class(a), "double")) 
-      x = kron (ones (idx), a);
+    elseif (strcmp (class(a), "double"))
+      ## FIXME -- DISPATCH.
+      if (issparse (a))
+        x = spkron (ones (idx), a);
+      else
+        x = kron (ones (idx), a);
+      endif
     else
       aidx = size(a);
       x = a (kron (ones (1, idx(1)), 1:aidx(1)),  
@@ -91,3 +97,42 @@
   endif
 
 endfunction
+
+# Test various methods of providing size parameters
+%!shared x
+%! x = [1 2;3 4];
+%!assert(repmat(x, [1 1]), repmat(x, 1));
+%!assert(repmat(x, [3 3]), repmat(x, 3));
+%!assert(repmat(x, [1 1]), repmat(x, 1, 1));
+%!assert(repmat(x, [1 3]), repmat(x, 1, 3));
+%!assert(repmat(x, [3 1]), repmat(x, 3, 1));
+%!assert(repmat(x, [3 3]), repmat(x, 3, 3));
+
+# Tests for numel==1 case:
+%!shared x, r
+%! x = [ 65 ];
+%! r = kron(ones(2,2), x);
+%!assert(r, repmat(x, [2 2]));
+%!assert(char(r), repmat(char(x), [2 2]));
+%!assert(int8(r), repmat(int8(x), [2 2]));
+
+# Tests for ndims==2 case:
+%!shared x, r
+%! x = [ 65 66 67 ];
+%! r = kron(ones(2,2), x);
+%!assert(r, repmat(x, [2 2]));
+%!assert(char(r), repmat(char(x), [2 2]));
+%!assert(int8(r), repmat(int8(x), [2 2]));
+
+# Tests for dim>2 case:
+%!shared x, r
+%! x = [ 65 66 67 ];
+%! r = kron(ones(2,2), x);
+%! r(:,:,2) = r(:,:,1);
+%!assert(r, repmat(x, [2 2 2]));
+%!assert(char(r), repmat(char(x), [2 2 2]));
+%!assert(int8(r), repmat(int8(x), [2 2 2]));
+
+# Test that sparsity is kept
+%!assert(sparse(4,4), repmat(sparse(2,2),[2 2]));
+