There is a test failure in writebinblock.m. This affects both 0.10.0-1 and 0.10.1-1
(it seems that upstream tried to fix endianness issues in 0.10.1, but that was
not enough).

!!!!! test failed
ASSERT errors for:  assert (char (x),expected)

  Location  |  Observed  |  Expected  |  Reason
     []      '#210hello
' '#210hello
'   Strings don't match

Hi,

I have raised a PR (https://github.com/gnu-octave/instrument-control/pull/7) which fixes the issue.

Thanks,
Pranav

* Pranav P <pranav.p7@ibm.com> [2026-08-11 14:36]:

Thanks. The upstream author has merged your PR [1], but not yet released a new version of the package.

Best,

Rafael Laboissière

[1] https://github.com/gnu-octave/instrument-control/commit/e18ec833368a9f5263d56f7244dca1ca8f2b70c7

Hello,

Bug #1143913 in octave-instrument-control reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/octave-team/octave-instrument-control/-/commit/9c9634a91b9820071a86bbe01b3f0a0697476ac9
------------------------------------------------------------------------
d/p/endian-test.patch: New patch

Closes: #1143913

Thanks: Pranav P <pranav.p7@ibm.com>
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/1143913

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
octave-instrument-control, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1143913@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org> (supplier of updated octave-instrument-control package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:35:06 +0000
Source: octave-instrument-control
Architecture: source
Version: 0.10.1-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Octave Group <team+octave-team@tracker.debian.org>
Changed-By: Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>
Closes: 1143913
Changes:
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 .
   [ Rafael Laboissière ]
   * d/control: Remove reference to Octave-Forge, which no longer exists
   * d/p/endian-test.patch: New patch.
     Thanks to Pranav P <pranav.p7@ibm.com> (Closes: #1143913)
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