Re: Octave crashing

[Ben Abbott]

On Nov 18, 2009, at 2:22 AM, Matthias Brennwald wrote:

> Dear all
> 
> I upgraded to Octave 3.2.3. If I try to start Octave, the following  
> happens:
> 
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> wut-brennwald:matGSOD brennmat$ octave
> GNU Octave, version 3.2.3
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> 
> Octave was configured for "i386-apple-darwin9.8.0".
> 
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> .
> 
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> 
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> 
> panic: impossible state reached in file `load-path.cc' at line 657
> panic: Abort trap -- stopping myself...
> attempting to save variables to `octave-core'...
> save to `octave-core' complete
> Abort trap
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> 
> This is on an Intel-Mac with Mac OS X 10.5, Octave was installed and  
> compiled through MacPorts. Any ideas what might be wrong and what to do?
> 
> Matthias

I am running Octave 3.2.3 via OctaveForge on an Intel based mac, and am running 
MacPorts ppc version on both G4 and G5 based macs. I suspect the problem will 
be MacPorts port-file.

I'll try updating my MacPorts Octave to 3.2.3 and report back later.

Ben