Re: [OctDev] Build problems on solaris 2.8 (octave-forge 2004.07.07)

[Robert R. <re...@ii...>]

Paul Kienzle wrote:

> 
> On Jul 28, 2004, at 10:55 AM, Robert Reutemann wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>>
>> Trying to build the latest octave-forge release
>> (2004.07.07) on solaris (sparc) 2.8 using gcc 3.4.1
>> with octave 2.1.57 I ran into a couple of problems.

....

>> gmake check fails (segmentation violation while in
>> main/signal). I don't know yet, what other problems
>> I still have.

(It wasn't in main/signal, but in main/sparse, sorry,
see below.)

> 
> I would be much obliged if you could split up the
> make check work so that it only checks a directory
> at a time.  At least that way it will minimize the
> consequences of a segfault.  You probably don't
> want to go down to the level of the individual file
> since that will start and restart octave too many
> times.  Alternatively, the test program could monitor
> progress and restart at the next test after a segfault.

I tried to split up the make check stuff.
All the problems seem to be in sparse/....

Up to main/signal, fntests.m works, with the following
error:

--------------------------------------------------------

 >>>>> processing main/signal/kaiserord.m
   ***** test error("extend demo to show detail at criteria box corners");
!!!!! test failed
error: extend demo to show detail at criteria box corners

--------------------------------------------------------

Then, I have to comment *all* checks in sparse, except
for pcg.m. Including any of the other sparse tests
leads to a segmentation violation.

With the sparse stuff commented out, the tests run
through, with the following error:

--------------------------------------------------------

 >>>>> processing main/statistics/princomp.m
   ***** assert(Tsq,1,10*eps);
!!!!! test failed
error: assert (Tsq,1,10 * eps) expected
1
but got
            NaN
            NaN
Dimensions don't match
shared variables {
   Tsq =

              NaN
              NaN

   m =

     -0.70711   0.70711   0.00000
      0.70711   0.70711   0.00000
     -0.00000   0.00000   1.00000

   pc =

     -0.70711   0.70711   0.00000
      0.70711   0.70711   0.00000
     -0.00000   0.00000   1.00000

   w =

     1
     0
     0

   x =

     1  2  3
     2  1  3

   z =

      0.70711   0.00000   0.00000
     -0.70711  -0.00000   0.00000

}

--------------------------------------------------------

In batch_test.m, I again have to remove the sparse stuff
("fem_test"), since I get segmentation violations other-
wise.

With sparse commented out, batch_test.m passes all tests.

>> If anybody has experience with building octave and
>> octave-forge on solaris 2.8 with gcc I'll be thankful
>> for any hints and better solutions.
> 
> 
> Please post your experiences on the octave wiki
> 
>     http://wiki.octave.org
> 
> Category Install.
> 

I'll try to summarize my experiences there next.

I still didn't work on getting the scripts to run with
standard /bin/sh -- just using /bin/bash was easier.


Robert