package octave-ftp tags 490588 confirmed upstream thanks The following bug report has been filed against the octave-ftp package in Debian (also in http://bugs.debian.org/490588):
* Juergen Rinas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-07-13 00:09]: > Package: octave-ftp > Version: 1.0-1 > Severity: normal > > > when > octave-ftp 1.0-1 > package is installed, > octave3.0 1:3.0.1-4 > segfaults, when the command > "clear all" > is entered within octave. > > > octave:1> clear all > panic: Segmentation fault -- stopping myself... > attempting to save variables to `octave-core'... > save to `octave-core' complete > > > deinstallation of the octave-ftp package fixes this problem... I confirm the problem and I think that it is related to the SWIG wrapping. Package octave-ann suffers from the same problem. The octave-ftp is autoloaded in Debian and after running ftpobj from PKG_ADD at Octave startup, the following variables appear in the worspace (this is an excerpt of the output of "whos"): *** dynamically linked functions: Prot Name Size Bytes Class ==== ==== ==== ===== ===== [snip] rwd ftpobj -1x-1 0 dynamically-linked function *** globally visible user variables: Prot Name Size Bytes Class ==== ==== ==== ===== ===== rwd __SWIG_MODULE__4 1x1 8 uint64 rwd cvar -1x-1 0 swig_ref rwd ftp -1x-1 0 swig_ref rwd ftpobj -1x-1 0 swig_ref It is curious that ftpobj appears twice, both as a dynamically linked function and as a user variable. By the way, the following commands also cause a segmentation fault: octave:1> clear ftpobj; clear ftpobj; whos [Please, respect the Mail-Followup-To header when replying to this message.] -- Rafael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
