octave.pkgs.strings: init at 1.2.0

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diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/strings/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/strings/default.nix
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+{ buildOctavePackage
+, lib
+, fetchurl
+, pcre
+}:
+
+buildOctavePackage rec {
+  pname = "strings";
+  version = "1.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1b0ravfvq3bxd0w3axjfsx13mmmkifmqz6pfdgyf2s8vkqnp1qng";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pcre
+  ];
+
+  # The gripes library no longer exists.
+  # https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/openSUSE:Backports:SLE-15-SP3/octave-forge-strings/octave-forge-strings.spec
+  # toascii is a deprecated function. Has been fixed in recent commits, but has
+  # not been released yet.
+  # https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/strings/ci/2db1dbb75557eef94605cb4ac682783ab78ac8d8/
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i -s -e 's/gripes.h/errwarn.h/' -e 's/gripe_/err_/g' src/*.cc
+    sed -i s/toascii/double/g inst/*.m
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://octave.sourceforge.io/strings/index.html";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    # Claims to have a freebsd license, but I found none.
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ KarlJoad ];
+    description = "Additional functions for manipulation and analysis of strings";
+  };
+}