Re: Test failure

[Ben Abbott]

On Jan 29, 2012, at 6:41 AM, Michael Goffioul wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> On Jan 27, 2012, at 5:51 PM, Robert T. Short wrote:
>> 
>>> I just compiled octave (stable branch) from the mercurial sources.  I just 
>>> installed debian testing, so this is a completely fresh compile and test.
>>> 
>>> I get the following from the make check step.
>>> 
>>>  scripts/general/postpad.m .............................. PASS    9/9
>>>  scripts/general/prepad.m ............................... PASS    9/9
>>>  scripts/general/profile.m ..............................profiler.cc:400: 
>>> void profile_data_accumulator::add_current_time(): Assertion `last_time >= 
>>> 0.0 && last_time <= t' failed.
>>> panic: Aborted -- stopping myself...
>>> make[1]: *** [check] Aborted
>>> make[1]: Leaving directory 
>>> `/home/rtshort/Mirrored/octave/Sources/octave-full/test'
>>> make: *** [check] Error 2
>>> 
>>> 
>>> My tip is
>>> changeset:   14266:37ca58f9a887
>>> tag:         tip
>>> parent:      14264:284656167c25
>>> user:        Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
>>> date:        Tue Jan 24 20:52:12 2012 -0500
>>> summary:     When root_figure units = normalized, screensize = [0 0 1 1].
>>> 
>>> I have attached the configure output.  I assume this is something really 
>>> trivial, but have no idea what.
>>> 
>>> Help?
>>> 
>>> Bob
>>> <log.configure-full>
>> 
>> I also see this on Ubuntu 10.04 (same tip).
>> 
>> Ben
>> 
> 
> I also see this sometimes (under Linux and Windows). It must be
> related to some timer resolution. Usually, trying to run it a second
> time works fine.
> 
> Michael.

Fails reliably for me on Ubuntu running in Virtual Box.

Perhaps it passes on more speedy machines ?

Ben