[Rd] qnorm(2) ends with segmentation fault (PR#6648)

[ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk]

On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de wrote:

> linuxfavor at sohu.com wrote:
> 
> > Full_Name: Xiong Guanglei
> > Version: 1.8.1
> > OS: Linux
> > Submission from: (NULL) (202.38.103.50)
> > 
> > 
> > qnorm(x)
> > when x>1.0
> 
> is not defined, hence Not a Number: NaN
> Obviously not a bug.

It is a bug if he gets a segfault, but I do not (and I suppose neither
does Uwe).  As the value is checked in src/nmath/dnorm.c, a segfault seems
to indicate a badly broken build of R.

So, what is meant by `Linux', and precisely what compilers, kernel and 
libc were used?

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