[Rd] Problem testing R version 1.3.1 (PR#1143)

[Gordon Lack]

> >    I have compiled R version 1.3.1 on a Linux system.
>...
> Which one? In particular, which compiler version?

   Redhat6.2 with:

gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)

> Unfortunately, the output is buffered so that one on catastrophic
> error will lose the last bit. It might be more informative if you ran the
> command directly, without the redirection to base-Ex.Rout.

  Good point.  The error at the end is now:

=====
> ##--- An example for the use of  `asp' :
> library(mva)
> data(eurodist)
> loc <- cmdscale(eurodist)
Segmentation fault
=====


Martin Maechler wrote:

> No,
> but since you're on Linux you can find much more yourself :
> Run R inside the debugger:
>...
>  but you'll see more

   Yes, thanks.  strace also showed a SIGSEGV on loading lapack.so, but
gdb gives a little more info.



Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
_dl_lookup_versioned_symbol (
    undef_name=0xa4ad55dc <Address 0xa4ad55dc out of bounds>,
ref=0xbfffd2c8, 
    symbol_scope=0x934f71c, 
    reference_name=0x8ae7ce0
"/proj/informatics-build/GML/R/R-1.3.1/modules/lapack.so",
version=0x8e46c90, reloc_type=112) at ../sysdeps/generic/dl-hash.h:31
31      ../sysdeps/generic/dl-hash.h: No such file or directory.
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