fntests.log shows error

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Jim Langston <Jim.Langston at sun.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I get this error when running the test harness:
>
>  >>>>> processing
> /export/home/langston/OCTAVE/octave-3.0.5/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/tsearch.cc
>  >>>>> processing /export/home/langston/OCTAVE/octave-3.0.5/src/data.cc
>  ***** assert(norm(x,1), 20);
> !!!!! test failed
> error: norm: only implemented for double and complex values
> shared variables {
>  x =
>
>     1  -3   4   5  -7
>
> }
>  ***** assert(norm(x,2), 10);
> !!!!! test failed
> error: norm: only implemented for double and complex values
> shared variables {
>  x =
>
>     1  -3   4   5  -7
>
> }
>
>
> any thoughts what is generating the error and where I can start to fix it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
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Hello,
I can't tell what generates the error for you (I don't see it) - it
seems as if "norm" was called on non-real data, but I don't think
there's a test that should be doing that. Maybe a miscompilation (opt.
flags)? In any case I can't reproduce it with my 3.0.5 build.
Doesn't occur in 3.1.x either, which is no surprise given that "norm"
was completely rewritten for 3.1.x. If you can compile the development
version, maybe the problem will just disappear (and no doubt dozens of
others will pop up).

cheers

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RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
computing expert & GNU Octave developer
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz