error: memory exhausted or requested size too large

[Jim Langston]

John W. Eaton wrote:
> On 11-Aug-2008, Jim Langston wrote:
>
> | Sorry for taking awhile to get back - I introduced three changes and 
> | been trying to work
> | my way through. The changes, upgrading my OS to OpenSolaris B86, changed 
> | my compilers
> | to Sun Studio 12 0708, and changed Octave to version 3.0.1.
> | 
> | - Changed my version of Octave to 2.9.13, leaving the compilers the same 
> | and the OS the same.
> |    And I still get the same error when running the check after compilation.
> | 
> | - Changed my compiler to Sun Studio 12 0404, leaving 2.9.13, and still 
> | get the error.
> | 
> | What would cause the error to get generated ?
> | 
> | - I'm running 64bit
> | - I recompiled using 64bit, same error
> | - I re-configure using --enable-64 and 64bit compiler options, same error.
>
> Did you notice the configure warning about the --enable-64 option?
> Are you sure you want to use --enable-64?  If so, then you'll need to
> ensure that all numerical libraries that you are using are built to be
> compatible with the 64-byte indexing that Octave expects.
>
> Have you tried building without --enable-64?
>   
Yes, noticed the warning, I did not use the --enable-64 until I hit the 
error as I had not used it before. I had not used
any of the 64bit compiler options either. The options did not make a 
difference and I'm back to where I was when
I did compile and run on the older versions of Octave.

> jwe
>   


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