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doc: NEWS announce "pkg test" feature (bug #41215) * NEWS: The "pkg test" feature was added in fbed279b7074, but never announced. This is quite important for package developers.
author Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com>
date Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:23:30 +0900
parents a00eca5d6cbe
children 804de9d6262b 9f39338a23cb
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81 %APPDATA%\octave\octaverc on Windows). 81 %APPDATA%\octave\octaverc on Windows).
82 82
83 - `pkg describe` now lists dependencies and inverse dependencies 83 - `pkg describe` now lists dependencies and inverse dependencies
84 (i.e., other installed packages that depend on the package in 84 (i.e., other installed packages that depend on the package in
85 question). 85 question).
86
87 - `pkg test` now tests all functions in a package.
86 88
87 - When unloading a package, `pkg` now checks if any remaining loaded 89 - When unloading a package, `pkg` now checks if any remaining loaded
88 packages depend on the one to be removed. If this is the case `pkg` 90 packages depend on the one to be removed. If this is the case `pkg`
89 aborts with an explanatory error message. This behavior can be 91 aborts with an explanatory error message. This behavior can be
90 overridden with the `-nodeps` option. 92 overridden with the `-nodeps` option.