make check segmentation fault

[David Bateman]

Yan Wu wrote:
> I tried compiling with the following:
> ./configure --prefix=/shared/octave/octave-3.0.0/ --enable-64
> --enable-shared CPPFLAGS='-I/shared/octave/include
> -I/shared/octave/include/suitesparse' LDFLAGS=-L/shared/octave/lib
> --with-blas='-L/shared/octave/lib -lgoto -lpthread'
> make then make check.
> The make check returned me with the following errors:
> 
> src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/rand.cc ............................  PASS   44/57   FAIL
> 13
> scripts/geometry/convhull.m ............................  PASS    0/1   
> FAIL 1
> scripts/geometry/delaunay.m ............................ PASS    0/1    FAIL
> 1
> scripts/geometry/delaunay3.m ........................... PASS    0/1    FAIL
> 1
> scripts/geometry/griddata.m ............................ PASS    0/1    FAIL
> 1
> scripts/geometry/griddatan.m ........................... PASS    0/2    FAIL
> 2
> 
> scripts/linear-algebra/condest.m .......................panic: Segmentation
> fault -- stopping myself...
> make[2]: *** [check] Segmentation fault
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/wuy/octave-3.0.0/test'
> make[1]: *** [check] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/wuy/octave-3.0.0'
> make: *** [check] Error 2
> 
> Can anybody tell me what happened? Thanks a lot!


Run "gdb octave" after installing octave, and then type "test condest",
it should crash in the same manner. You can then run a backtrace with
"bt" from the gdb prompt and we'll have a bit more information... As it
stands I can generate this seg fault and so can't debug it.

D.