[Scilab-users] ATOMS packages manager: missing packages in categories => FIXED!

[Claus Futtrup]

Wow!



On May 29, 2017 23:20, "Samuel Gougeon" <sgougeon at free.fr> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Since the ATOMS package manager exists (Scilab 5.2), its client interface
> launched with atomsGui() has some weird and rather annoying troubles about
> categories: While a package is tagged in one or several categories on the
> ATOMS website, and while the package is well compiled and available for the
> OS and the Scilab version we use, it can be missing -- i.e. not listed /
> proposed to install -- in the given categories. Actually, it can be listed
> in one of its categories, and missing in another one. This puzzling
> behavior impedes a lot the interest in using the ATOMS GUI rather than the
> atoms functions. A pity !
>
> Considering the number of hours passed to try to understand why,
> noticeably when trying to publish on the ATOMS system a new package or a
> new version of a package that commonly refuses to appear in the manager, i
> have managed to analyze and track this issue up to a solution. I've got it
> ! There was a thread that it was on the server (so private) side, but it is
> not the case.
>
> The solution is committed here, aiming to make it available in Scilab
> 6.0.1, when it will find a reviewer:
> https://codereview.scilab.org/19273
>
> *This fix works for all Scilab versions since 5.2 and up to Scilab 5.5.2 *and
> 6.
> Everybody can apply the patch on his/her Scilab, provided that one has *write
> access* to the Scilab's installation directory.
> *The how-to apply the patch is the following*:
>
>    - --> oldd = pwd();  // save your current directory
>    - --> edit("atomsDESCRIPTIONcat.sci", 114)
>    - In the *categor**ies_flat* section, replace
>
> for i=1:size(category_names,"*")
>     if ~ isfield(categories_flat_out,category_names(i)) then
>         categories_flat_out(category_names(i)) = categories_flat_in_2(
> category_names(i));
>     end
> end
>         with
>
> for i=1:size(category_names,"*")
>     if ~ isfield(categories_flat_out,category_names(i)) then
>         categories_flat_out(category_names(i)) = categories_flat_in_2(
> category_names(i));
>     else
>         // If the category is already registered, we concatenate the
> master
>         // and the new incoming lists of packages registered in it:
>         tmp_out = categories_flat_out(category_names(i))("packages");
>         tmp_in_2 = categories_flat_in_2(category_names(i))("packages");
>         categories_flat_out(category_names(i))("packages") = [tmp_out ;
> tmp_in_2];
>     end
> end
>         Then :
>
>    - save the modification. In the console:
>    --> predef clear        // unprotect the library name
>    --> genlib atomsinternalslib  // recompile the library
>    --> cd(oldd)            // go back to your working dir
>    --> atomsSystemUpdate   // refresh your atoms list
>    --> atomsGui()          // launch the manager, and enjoy, for ever :)
>
> The issue was that as soon as a first package was installed from a
> category, it canceled the listing of all other packages proposed in its
> categories. So, the bug appeared or not for a category depending on
> packages already installed.
> Hope this can save hours to other ATOMS users and authors
>
> Samuel
>
>
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