Hello, It seems the recent Mac OS X 10.4.11 update installed a new libBLAS.dylib in the Accelerate framework which either contains a bug itself or exposes a bug somewhere in R's lapack code on the PowerPC G4 and G5. My build of R 2.6.0 executed the tests/lapack.R code succesfully when I upgraded when 2.6.0 was released. After the OS update, it now crashes. This happens both with the version I built using Apple's gcc 4.0.1 and gfortran 4.2.2, and with the version built completely with gcc 4.2.2 .
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Type 'q()' to quit R. ##> source("R-2.6.0/tests/lapack.R", echo=TRUE, verbose=TRUE) 'envir' chosen:<environment: R_GlobalEnv> encoding = "native.enc" chosen --> parsed 40 expressions; now eval(.)ing them: >>>> eval(expression_nr. 1 ) ================= ##> ## tests of R functions based on the lapack module ##> ##> options(digits=4) curr.fun: symbol options .. after 'expression(options(digits=4))' <SNIP> ##> sm[] <- as.complex(sm) curr.fun: symbol <- .. after 'expression(sm[] <- as.complex(sm))' >>>> eval(expression_nr. 35 ) ================= ##> Ceigenok(sm, eigen(sm)) *** caught bus error *** address 0x1, cause 'invalid alignment' Traceback: 1: .Call("La_rs_cmplx", x, only.values, PACKAGE = "base") 2: eigen(sm) 3: apply(A, 2, function(x) x * sign(Re(x[1]))) 4: fixsign(E$vectors) 5: print(fixsign(E$vectors)) 6: Ceigenok(sm, eigen(sm)) 7: eval.with.vis(expr, envir, enclos) 8: eval.with.vis(ei, envir) 9: source("~/cworks/new/R-2.6.0/tests/lapack.R", echo = TRUE, verbose = TRUE) Possible actions: 1: abort (with core dump, if enabled) 2: normal R exit 3: exit R without saving workspace 4: exit R saving workspace *************** OS X Crash report: Date/Time: 2007-11-23 11:19:19.135 +0100 OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S165) Report Version: 4 Command: R Path: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/exec/R Parent: tcsh [2437] Version: ??? (???) PID: 3167 Thread: 0 Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001) Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000001 Thread 0 Crashed: 0 libBLAS.dylib 0x920fc374 atl_f77wrap_zdotc__ + 80 1 libBLAS.dylib 0x920f7864 zdotc_ + 60 2 libRlapack.dylib 0x013701a0 zhetd2_ + 960 3 libRlapack.dylib 0x0136fcdc zhetrd_ + 1900 4 libRlapack.dylib 0x01370ad8 zheev_ + 1016 5 lapack.so 0x010a4038 modLa_rs_cmplx + 392 6 libR.dylib 0x003c99e8 La_rs_cmplx + 72 7 libR.dylib 0x00372380 do_dotcall + 16864 8 libR.dylib 0x003a170c Rf_eval + 1804 9 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 10 libR.dylib 0x003a45f4 do_set + 980 11 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 12 libR.dylib 0x003a2b08 do_begin + 104 13 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 14 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 15 libR.dylib 0x003a2b08 do_begin + 104 16 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 17 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 18 libR.dylib 0x003a2b08 do_begin + 104 19 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 20 libR.dylib 0x003a4f58 Rf_applyClosure + 728 21 libR.dylib 0x003a13f0 Rf_eval + 1008 22 libR.dylib 0x003a62c8 forcePromise + 184 23 libR.dylib 0x003a12c8 Rf_eval + 712 24 libR.dylib 0x003a1650 Rf_eval + 1616 25 libR.dylib 0x003a2714 Rf_DispatchOrEval + 244 26 libR.dylib 0x0049d190 do_subset3 + 384 27 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 28 libR.dylib 0x003a62c8 forcePromise + 184 29 libR.dylib 0x003a12c8 Rf_eval + 712 30 libR.dylib 0x003a1650 Rf_eval + 1616 31 libR.dylib 0x003a62c8 forcePromise + 184 32 libR.dylib 0x003a12c8 Rf_eval + 712 33 libR.dylib 0x003a1650 Rf_eval + 1616 34 libR.dylib 0x003a2488 Rf_evalList + 168 35 libR.dylib 0x003a15a8 Rf_eval + 1448 36 libR.dylib 0x003a45f4 do_set + 980 37 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 38 libR.dylib 0x003a2b08 do_begin + 104 39 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 40 libR.dylib 0x003a4f58 Rf_applyClosure + 728 41 libR.dylib 0x003a13f0 Rf_eval + 1008 42 libR.dylib 0x003a3cdc applydefine + 60 43 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 44 libR.dylib 0x003a2b08 do_begin + 104 45 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 46 libR.dylib 0x003a4f58 Rf_applyClosure + 728 47 libR.dylib 0x003a13f0 Rf_eval + 1008 48 libR.dylib 0x003a62c8 forcePromise + 184 49 libR.dylib 0x003a12c8 Rf_eval + 712 50 libR.dylib 0x003eafac do_usemethod + 1228 51 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 52 libR.dylib 0x003a4f58 Rf_applyClosure + 728 53 libR.dylib 0x003a13f0 Rf_eval + 1008 54 libR.dylib 0x003a2b08 do_begin + 104 55 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 56 libR.dylib 0x003a4f58 Rf_applyClosure + 728 57 libR.dylib 0x003a13f0 Rf_eval + 1008 58 libR.dylib 0x003a1eac do_eval + 1868 59 libR.dylib 0x003e7d2c do_internal + 636 60 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 61 libR.dylib 0x003a4f58 Rf_applyClosure + 728 62 libR.dylib 0x003a13f0 Rf_eval + 1008 63 libR.dylib 0x003a45f4 do_set + 980 64 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 65 libR.dylib 0x003a2b08 do_begin + 104 66 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 67 libR.dylib 0x003a31ac do_for + 572 68 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 69 libR.dylib 0x003a2b08 do_begin + 104 70 libR.dylib 0x003a14dc Rf_eval + 1244 71 libR.dylib 0x003a4f58 Rf_applyClosure + 728 72 libR.dylib 0x003a13f0 Rf_eval + 1008 73 libR.dylib 0x003cf7cc Rf_ReplIteration + 332 74 libR.dylib 0x003cff04 run_Rmainloop + 212 75 R 0x00001d80 main + 48 76 R 0x00001a9c _start + 760 77 R 0x000017a0 start + 48 Thread 0 crashed with PPC Thread State 64: srr0: 0x00000000920fc374 srr1: 0x000000000000f030 vrsave: 0x0000000000000000 cr: 0x28002224 xer: 0x0000000000000004 lr: 0x00000000920f7864 ctr: 0x00000000920f7828 r0: 0x000000003fd60f2c r1: 0x00000000bfff24c0 r2: 0x0000000001384074 r3: 0x0000000002afe818 r4: 0x0000000001384074 r5: 0x000000003ff00000 r6: 0x0000000001384074 r7: 0x0000000000000001 r8: 0x00000000bfff24f8 r9: 0x0000000000000005 r10: 0x0000000000000000 r11: 0x0000000001385110 r12: 0x00000000920f7828 r13: 0x00000000bfff2570 r14: 0x0000000000000004 r15: 0x0000000001384074 r16: 0x000000000137fde8 r17: 0x00000000bfff256c r18: 0x0000000002b098e8 r19: 0x00000000bfff2839 r20: 0x0000000001384074 r21: 0x00000000019c7db0 r22: 0x0000000000000006 r23: 0x00000000bfff283c r24: 0x0000000002afe818 r25: 0x00000000bfff2688 r26: 0x0000000000000005 r27: 0x00000000fffffffa r28: 0x0000000000000001 r29: 0x000000000113e708 r30: 0x00000000bfff256c r31: 0x000000000136fde8 Binary Images Description: 0x1000 - 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