[Rd] packageDate() segfaults, if used without argument
Rainer Hurling
rhurlin at gwdg.de
Mon Apr 16 16:03:44 CEST 2018
Hi Martin,
Am 16.04.2018 um 09:03 schrieb Martin Maechler:
>>>>>> Rainer Hurling <rhurlin at gwdg.de>
>>>>>> on Sun, 15 Apr 2018 11:01:59 +0200 writes:
>
> > Out of curiosity, I played a bit with the new function
> > packageDate() from April, 4th. All works fine, except
> > using it without any argument. In this case, it
> > segfaults:
>
> Thank you, Rainer, for the report -- about the *development* version of R
Yupp.
>
> Note that the segfault would not have happened in 'R 3.5.0 beta'
> (today turning to be 'R 3.5.0 RC' : RC := Release Candidate )
> which we'd be very happy if you used extensively.
Ah, interesting news, that this does not occur with beta and RC.
>
> > #> packageDate() Error in packageDescription(pkg, lib.loc
> > = lib.loc, fields = date.fields) : argument "pkg" is
> > missing, with no default
>
> > *** caught segfault *** address 0x77bc3c0, cause 'memory
> > not mapped' Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>
> > My system is FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT amd64 with R-devel
> > (r74601).
>
> It was a lapsus -- of mine -- not at all related to packageDate(),
> corrected yesterday (svn r 74604).
Nice to here. Thanks for the fast response and greetings,
Rainer
>
> Martin
>
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