Bug 1325548

Summary: The term variable sometimes doesn't get set correctly.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: bollocks <bollocks.k2>
Component: octaveAssignee: Orion Poplawski <orion>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 23CC: alex, fkluknav, jaromir.capik, mmahut, orion, rakesh.pandit, susi.lehtola
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OS: Linux   
URL: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47449
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Fixed In Version: octave-4.0.1-6.fc23 octave-4.0.1-6.fc24 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description bollocks 2016-04-09 23:30:07 UTC 
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The TERM variable is sometimes not set correctly when running Octave from a shortcut.  This causes paging to work incorrectly.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install XFCE spin
2.Install Octave 4.0.1 from updates-testing
3.Create *.desktop link by dragging and dropping from menu to desktop
4. Run Octave using the desktop link.
5. run 'help fftw' and scroll down using arrow keys

Actual Results:  
The TERM variable is set to dump and the paging system doesn't work right.

Expected Results:  
TERM should have been set to xterm and less should have produced readable results when scrolling.

The bug has been fixed upstream.  I modified the source rpm for 4.0.1 to include the change.  This required an additional file called octave-term.patch in the SOURCES directory and a modified octave.spec in the SPECS directory. I've uploaded these files to https://bollocks.fedorapeople.org/
Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2016-04-11 13:48:20 UTC 
octave-4.0.1-6.fc23 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 23. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-3f54ef2461
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2016-04-11 13:48:36 UTC 
octave-4.0.1-6.fc24 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 24. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-6120d66312
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2016-04-12 10:53:25 UTC 
octave-4.0.1-6.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-6120d66312
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2016-04-13 09:28:11 UTC 
octave-4.0.1-6.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-3f54ef2461
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2016-04-13 20:23:07 UTC 
octave-4.0.1-6.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2016-04-15 21:34:46 UTC 
octave-4.0.1-6.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.