Re: [OctDev] Tests fail after compiling in Octave 3.6.3.

[marco atzeri]

On 10/21/2012 8:33 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> > On 10/21/2012 1:29 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > After compiling GNU Octave 3.6.3 one of the tests fails with a
> > > segmentation fault and exits. After typing "make check" the last lines
> > > of
> > > the output are:
> > >
> > >
> > >     liboctave/Sparse.cc ....................................panic:
> > > Segmentation fault -- stopping myself...
> > > make[1]: *** [check] Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/fabian/Downloads/octave-3.6.3/test'
> > > make: *** [check] Error 2

Fabian,
two points:

1) the development mailing list for octave is:
https://mailman.cae.wisc.edu/listinfo/octave-maintainers

the one you are using is for octave-forge, dedicated to add-on packages.

2)
I remember 3.6.3 had some issues and was never deployed;
could you try the next 3.4.0

https://mailman.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/octave-maintainers/2012-October/030449.html


> > > I am using the following system:
> > >
> > > No LSB modules are available.
> > > Distributor ID: Ubuntu
> > > Description:    Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
> > > Release:        12.04
> > > Codename:       precise
> > >
> > > The file config.log is attached.
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated. Thank you very much in advance.
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > >
> > > Fabián
> >
> > which version of SuiteSparse library are you using ?
>
> Hello,
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> It seems version 2.2.3. The command "sudo apt-cache search SuiteSparse"
> yields the following packages:
>
> libsuitesparse-metis-3.1.0 - collection of libraries for computations for
> sparse matrices
> libsuitesparse-metis-dbg - collection of libraries for computations for
> sparse matrices
> libsuitesparse-metis-dev - collection of libraries for computations for
> sparse matrices
> libamd2.2.0 - approximate minimum degree ordering library for sparse matrices
> libbtf1.1.0 - permutation to block triangular form library for sparse
> matrices
> libcamd2.2.0 - symmetric approximate minimum degree library for sparse
> matrices
> libccolamd2.7.1 - constrained column approximate library for sparse matrices
> libcholmod1.7.1 - sparse Cholesky factorization library for sparse matrices
> libcolamd2.7.1 - column approximate minimum degree ordering library for
> sparse matrices
> libcsparse2.2.3 - concise sparse matrix library
> libcxsparse2.2.3 - concise sparse matrix library (complex, int and long
> int support)
> libklu1.1.0 - circuit simulation sparse LU factorization library
> libldl2.0.1 - simple LDL' factorization library for sparse matrices
> libsuitesparse-dbg - libraries for sparse matrices computations (debugging
> symbols)
> libsuitesparse-dev - libraries for sparse matrices computations
> (development files)
> libsuitesparse-doc - libraries for sparse matrices computations
> (documentation)
> libumfpack5.4.0 - sparse LU factorization library
> r-recommended - GNU R collection of recommended packages [metapackage]
>
> Should I update, which one?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Fabián

no idea, I am using Suitesparse 3.7 that includes:

./AMD/Doc/ChangeLog
May 15, 2011: version 2.2.4
./BTF/Doc/ChangeLog
Dec 7, 2011: version 1.1.3
./CAMD/Doc/ChangeLog
May 15, 2011: version 2.2.4
./CCOLAMD/Doc/ChangeLog
Dec 7, 2011: version 2.7.4
./CHOLMOD/Doc/ChangeLog
Dec 7, 2011: version 1.7.4
./COLAMD/Doc/ChangeLog
Dec 7, 2011: version 2.7.4
./CSparse/Doc/ChangeLog
Dec 7, 2011: version 2.2.6
./CSparse3/Doc/ChangeLog
Dec 7, 2011: version 3.0.2
./CXSparse/Doc/ChangeLog
Dec 7, 2011: version 2.2.6
./KLU/Doc/ChangeLog
Jan 20, 2012: version 1.1.4
./LDL/Doc/ChangeLog
Dec 7, 2011: version 2.0.4
./RBio/Doc/ChangeLog
Dec 7, 2011: version 2.0.2
./SPQR/Doc/ChangeLog
Dec 7, 2011: version 1.2.3
./UMFPACK/Doc/ChangeLog
Dec 7, 2011, version 5.5.2


Marco