Octave is a matlab lookalike; the provided patch is intended to fix some misprints in the octave.dvi documentation file, especially in the section about control theory.
Created attachment 39033 [details, diff] Documentation patch for octave 2.1.58 The patch fixes a number of typos, mistakes, misformattings, and general nuisances in the octave manual.
Created attachment 39034 [details] Ebuild for octave-2.1.58 New ebuild for octave, adapted from previous one (2.1.57).
2.1.64 is in portage
Closing bug