[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#712079: Bug#712079: octave-signal: fir1 broken for high order filters

[Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@laboissiere.net>]

Control: tags -1 + confirmed upstream
Control: forwarded -1 https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39177

Thank you for the bug report.  I am hereby tagging and marking it as 
forwarded accordingly.

Best,

Rafael

* charlie <charlie.hagedorn@gmail.com> [2013-06-12 12:11]:

> Package: octave-signal
> Version: 1.2.2-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer, 
> *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
>
>   * What led up to the situation?
> Start octave.
>
>   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>     ineffective)?
>   * What was the outcome of this action?
>  octave:1> fir1(10000, [0.01])
>  error: fir2: grid size must be greater than half the filter order
>  error: called from:
>  error:   /usr/share/octave/packages/signal-1.2.2/fir2.m at line 89, column 5
>  error:   /usr/share/octave/packages/signal-1.2.2/fir1.m at line 109, column 3
>
>   * What outcome did you expect instead?
>
> The generation of a correct finite impulse response filter. This syntax 
> is correct, and has worked for years. This system is updated ~weekly; 
> the bug is probably in the newest update.
>
> This bug appears to be the same as Octave's bug #39177. Second 
> critical-path bug I've seen in 'testing' in more than a decade with 
> Debian. The first was yesterday (hugin). Will revert to previous 
> package.
>
> Thank you!