Re: Matlab 5.1 and Debian 1.3.1 problem

1997-10-09 Thread Will Lowe
On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, Rich Pawlowicz wrote: > I've just upgraded from Debian Linux 1.2 to 1.3.1, and I notice > now that anytime Matlab5.1 wants to do a shell command (e.g. > unix('ls') and so forth) I get > > if:badly formed number I'm pretty sure this is a consequence of the well-discussed "bas

Matlab 5.1 and Debian 1.3.1 problem

1997-10-08 Thread Rich Pawlowicz
I've just upgraded from Debian Linux 1.2 to 1.3.1, and I notice now that anytime Matlab5.1 wants to do a shell command (e.g. unix('ls') and so forth) I get if:badly formed number messages. In fact, enough of these happen that (for example) I can no longer fire up netscape from the menu at th