Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: octave3.2

When running octave3.2 from maverick, the command

octave:1> help help

results in

error: fwrite: invalid stream number = -1
error: called from:
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.2.4/m/help/__makeinfo__.m at line 147, column 5
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.2.4/m/help/help.m at line 62, column 25


According to [1], there is a fix available [2] which seems to work for me. 
Maybe it should be applied to the Ubuntu package, too.

best regards,
 Christian Neumair

[1] 
http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/help-function-in-octave-3-2-td1674022.html
[2] http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/7cef030b8069

** Affects: octave3.2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Opinion

** Changed in: octave3.2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Opinion

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  help command fails due to __makeinfo__.m issue

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