| error: `LOADPATH' undefined near line 10 column 51
| error: evaluating assignment expression near line 10, column 10
| error: near line 10 of file `/usr/share/octave/2.9.6/m/startup/octaverc'
| octave:1>
| kim@kanon:~$
This is not a bug, but a change in functionality. In 2.9 (a
development version leading to 3.0, which will be a major new release
with some backward-incompatible changes) all the built-in variables
have been removed and replaced by functions. In most cases the
functions have the same names as the old built-in variables, but some
have been completely removed. LOADPATH is one that has been removed.
Now you need to use addpath, rmpath, etc. to manipulate the path.