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GNU Octave 4.4.1 release.
author Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com>
date Tue, 14 Aug 2018 10:53:00 +0200
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3 title: "GNU Octave 4.4.1 Released"
4 date: 2018-08-09
5 categories: news release
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8 Octave Version 4.4.1 has been released and is now available for [download][1].
9 An official [Windows binary installer][2] is also available.
10
11 This version is a bug fixing release:
12
13 ## Improvements
14
15 - disable compound binary operator optimization ([bug #54465](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54465))
16 - Fix initial bracketing for fzero ([bug #54445](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54445)).
17 - Fix scrolling command window in Windows 10 ([bug #52496](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52496)).
18 - Produce a single backtrace for global declaration overriding local variable.
19 - revive `setstr` ([bug #54417](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54417))
20 - `ode15i.m`: In tests, use unlikely symbol name instead of "foo".
21 - `run.m`: In test, use a symbol name that is unlikely to be a function.
22 - avoid alignment warning on solaris systems ([bug #54389](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54389))
23 - Improve error message if iconv is not available ([bug #54384](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54384)).
24 - avoid error in gnulib wrapper on systems that don't have fpu control word
25 - avoid unused variable warning on some systems
26 - avoid fprintf format warning on some systems
27 - eliminate unnecessary `sun-utils.h` header file
28 - `index.tst`: Make tests case insensitive for `NaN`, `NA`, `Inf` values ([bug #54385](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54385)).
29 - positive value from `uname` can mean success ([bug #54235](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54235))
30 - add some bug numbers to the test suite
31 - consider any non-zero return from `uname` to be failure ([bug #54235](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54235))
32 - if freetype detection fails, unset `FT2_*` config variables ([bug #54369](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54369))
33 - Produce same random number stream for `"state"` initialized to `Inf` ([bug #54342](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54342)).
34 - avoid crash when loading classdef objects ([bug #54319](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54319))
35 - `hist.m`: Don't error out if called with identical `Y` values ([bug #54326](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54326)).
36 - Parse empty struct input correctly ([bug #54318](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54318)).
37 - Fix regression in 4.2.0 which disallowed printing with some Ghostscript devices.
38 - transform `libiconv.dll.a` to `-liconv` for `mkoctfile` ([bug #53920](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53920))
39 - `trapz.m`: Overhaul function to fix errors with different orientations of X and Y ([bug #54277](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54277)).
40 - Write audio OGG files in smaller chunk sizes ([bug #54280](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54280)).
41 - Use LAPACK `DTGSEN` subrouting for ordered-qz computation ([bug #53761](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53761))
42 - Fix `blkmm` to work with empty matrices ([bug #54261](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54261)).
43 - use octave bat file in pkg install configure/make when in windows ([bug #53938](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53938)).
44 - `repelem.m`: Fix behavior when final repeat count is 0 ([bug #54275](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54275)).
45 - `.hgsub`: Use hg.octave.org instead of hg-new.octave.org
46 - move some fortran and dynamic linking configure checks to separate macros
47 - `configure.ac`: Reorder tests so that FPICFLAG is correctly set on Solaris ([bug #54235](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54235)).
48 - `eigs.m`: Decrease opts.maxit in UnconvergedEigenvalues BIST ([bug #54179](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54179)).
49 - fix ambiguous overload build error on Solaris ([bug #54217](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54217))
50 - `pkg.m`: Restore ability to use file glob patterns when specifying local pkg files ([bug #54224](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54224)).
51 - Use `%ld` format code in `xerbla printf` ([bug #54206](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54206)).
52 - use `int` instead of `size_t` for `xerbla` string length ([bug #54206](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54206))
53 - Pair `fclose` with all `fopen` and prevent `file-io.cc` test fails ([bug #54180](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54180)).
54 - `fsolve.m`: Return `info=1` when initial guess `x0` is correct ([bug #53991](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53991)).
55 - `fsolve.m`: Add BIST test for [bug #53991](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53991).
56 - `fsolve.m`: exit with `info=-2` when singularity reached ([bug #53991](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53991)).
57 - ensure that Make sees Octave exit status when running make check
58 - `interpreter.cc (intialize_xerbla_error_handler, xerbla_abort)`: New functions.
59 - improve warnings for global/local variable conflicts ([bug #54052](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54052))
60 - maybe preserve local value when declaring variable global ([bug #54052](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54052))
61 - fix regression in `text` ([bug #54109](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54109))
62 - create valid tmp scope for `who -file` ([bug #54030](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54030))
63 - `polar.m`: Correct axes limits when using negative rho values ([bug #53999](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53999)).
64 - `text.m`: Fix regression when 'String' property is specified ([bug #54067](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54067)).
65 - allow `NULL mxArray*` to be returned as undefined from fcn calls ([bug #54096](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54096))
66 - treat `NULL` as `[]` for `mxSetFieldByNumber` and `mxSetCell` ([bug #54096](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54096))
67 - Properly test Qt offscreen printing during manual figures generation.
68 - Avoid segfault with textscan ([bug #53786](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53786)).
69 - add Qt include needed to build against Qt 5.11 ([bug #53978](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53978))
70 - make listing local functions for command completion work again ([bug #53925](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53925))
71 - Stop segfault in debug mode with readline complete ([bug #53925](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53925)).
72 - Remove code to install default colors for qt toolkit from window theme ([bug #53805](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53805)).
73 - back out changes attempting to automatically call handle class destructor
74 - `residue.m`: Use a pre-conditioner on final matrix division for numerical stability ([bug #53869](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53869))
75 - track multiple file types `(oct|m|mex)` for private functions ([bug #53856](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53856))
76 - also preserve temporaries in indexing expressions ([bug #53844](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53844))
77 - also update load-path info if private subdir time stamp changes ([bug #53856](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53856))
78 - defer deletion of temporaries in argument lists ([bug #53844](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53844))
79 - improve test for handle class destructor
80 - call delete method correctly for handle class objects ([bug #53844](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53844))
81 - use `size_t` for f77 char arg length params with GCC 8 ([bug #53872](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53872))
82 - Fix `lrwork` dimension in svd for complex cases ([bug #53823](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53823)).
83 - `lines.m`: Don't open empty figure or axes if none already exist ([bug #53648](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53648))
84
85
86 ## GUI
87
88 - gui: fix editor rendering on some displays, disable QScintilla buffered drawing
89
90
91 ## Build system
92
93 - `m4/octave_blas_f77_func.m4`: Restore 64-bit integer BLAS detection ([bug #53853](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53853)).
94 - build: include `inplace_edit.pl` in tarball ([bug #54349](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54349)).
95 - fix test for 8-byte integer BLAS lib on big-endian systems ([bug #53853](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53853))
96 - `OCTAVE_CHECK_LIB`: avoid shell syntax error if not checking for lib
97 - build: avoid compiler warning about unused function `abs` ([bug #54237](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54237))
98 - build: Work around bug in perl 5.28.0 ([bug #54202](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54202)).
99
100
101 ## Documentation
102
103 - doc: Add version number to top title of HTML manual for clarity.
104 - `flip.m`: Update docstring.
105 - `setdiff.m`: Fix typo in documentation ([bug #54393](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54393)).
106 - doc: Replace instances of realroot (non-existent) with realpow ([bug #54336](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54336)).
107 - `HACKING.md`: Update for recently removed files.
108 - remove unused qtinfo source files
109 - doc: Remove bad calling convention for warning with a mode struct ([bug #54288](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54288))
110 - Document work-around for disabling OpenGL software rendering ([bug #53845](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53845)).
111 - `xpow.cc (err_nonsquare_matrix)`: Clarify error message ([bug #54248](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54248)).
112 - doc: Miscellaneous documentation fixes all over the manual ([bug #54288](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54288)).
113 - doc: small fixes to `size` and `plot.txi` ([bug #54283](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54283)).
114 - doc: Clarify description of Example 4 for `size` ([bug #54283](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54283)).
115 - doc: Fix malformed URL ([bug #54225](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54225)).
116 - Fix typo in error statement from containers.Map ([bug #54103](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54103)).
117 - doc: Use `qcode` macro to document `fseek` offsets ([bug #51402](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51402)).
118 - Use correct abbreviation UTC for Coordinated Universal Time ([bug #53918](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53918)).
119 - doc: Rewrite section on indexing for clarity ([bug #53675](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53675)).
120 - `md5sum.m`: Fix error in sample code ([bug #53829](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53829)).
121
122 The above list was generated using the following command and some manual
123 post-processing and grouping:
124
125 {% highlight bash %}
126 hg log -r "release-4-4-0:release-4-4-1" -b stable \
127 | grep "summary:" | nl | sort -rn | cut -f 2- \
128 | sed 's/summary:\s*/- /' \
129 | sed 's/\(bug #\)\([0-9]*\)/[\1\2](https:\/\/savannah.gnu.org\/bugs\/?\2)/' \
130 | sed 's/\(patch #\)\([0-9]*\)/[\1\2](https:\/\/savannah.gnu.org\/patch\/?\2)/'
131 {% endhighlight %}
132
133 [1]: {{ "download.html" | absolute_url }}
134 [2]: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows