# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <rik@octave.org>
# Date 1466037265 25200
# Node ID b42b28d47f3180cc416950ec41ccac52af73a928
# Parent  c0604bba8da14e3400fea1e33063370595d5af31# Parent  2c035963f469d16bd2e855e57739190e6065ea83
maint: Periodic merge of stable to default.

diff -r c0604bba8da1 -r b42b28d47f31 scripts/miscellaneous/ver.m
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/ver.m	Wed Jun 15 14:29:17 2016 -0400
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/ver.m	Wed Jun 15 17:34:25 2016 -0700
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@
     else
       lst = pkg ("list", package);
       if (isempty (lst))
-        retval = struct ("Name", "", "Version", [],
-                         "Release", [], "Date", []);
+        retval = struct ("Name", {}, "Version", {},
+                         "Release", {}, "Date", {});
       else
         retval = struct ("Name", lst{1}.name, "Version", lst{1}.version,
                          "Release", [], "Date", lst{1}.date);
@@ -132,3 +132,7 @@
 %!   assert (isfield (result, "Date"), true);
 %! endfor
 
+%!test
+%! result = ver ("%_an_unknown_package_%");
+%! assert (isempty (result), true);
+