Public bug reported: Octave 4.0.0 has a printf issue that is fixed in 4.0.1. This is a major bug and it causes printf issues as it is basically used for debugging octave programs.
Moreover 4.0.1 or 4.0.3 is a bug fix release. Details of the bug fixes can be found in https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: octave 4.0.0-3ubuntu9.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Sep 17 21:41:05 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-13 (35 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_IN:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_IN SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: octave UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: octave (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug third-party-packages upgrade-software-version xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1624696 Title: Octave package need upgrade to 4.0.3 from 4.0.0 as there is a problem with printf in the older release To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/octave/+bug/1624696/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
