Re: [Gretl-devel] freeze on loading functions
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Sven Schreiber <svetosch(a)gmx.net> wrote:
here's what I did:
- look on package server to install 'BreitungCandelonTest' -- ok
- afterwards (after executing that first package) create a totally
unrelated new package and save it in a non-default location
- then navigate with the local function package management window to
the directory where I just saved the new package (formally: to look for
other packages locally)
- then in the package management window those additional local packages
are visible, but nothing can be done, gretl is frozen (have to kill it)
I suspect it's because in the local directory there is a copy (exact or
not I'm not sure right now) of the package 'BreitungCandelonTest' which
was installed from the server before. Seems like the two versions clash.
(Just speculating, though.)
I haven't been able to reproduce this problem. But I've looked in
that general area and found and fixed a couple of problems, one of
which might be relevant to your report.
Here's what's supposed to happen when you have the functions
listing window open and you select another directory for searching.
First, you have the choice of appending to, or replacing, the main
listing. If you choose appending, gretl checks for clashes. If two
packages have the same name but different versions, that's not
a clash and both are shown. But if a "new" package has the same
name and version number as one that's already present, the new
one displaces the old.
Allin