From owner-bug-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Tue Dec 10 11:53:38 1996
Subject: Octave 2.0 segmentation fault on startup.
From: "John W. Eaton" <jwe at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
To: Craig Earls <acinma at star dot net>
Cc: bug-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 11:52:55 -0600

On 10-Dec-1996, Craig Earls <acinma at star dot net> wrote:

: Compiles with no complaints, segmentation fault upon startup, no user
: input.
: 
: Nebula:~# octave
: Octave, version 2.0 (i686-pc-linux-gnu).
: Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton.
: This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
: For details, type `warranty'.
: 
: Segmentation fault
: Nebula:~# 

This is almost certainly a libg++/libc version mismatch problem.  The
root of the problem is that libg++ and libc on Linux systems share
some basic I/O code, and they must use compatible versions of that
code to work together correctly.

I build Octave on a Linux system every day, using libg++ 2.7.1.0,
libc 5.2.18, binutils 2.6, and ld.so 1.7.14 and I never see problems
like this.  What versions of binutils, ld.so, and the libraries do you
have?

Does anyone know where a more or less complete list of which versions
of binutils, ld.so, and the various libraries are compatible with one
another?  If not, is anyone intereseted in making a list?

Thanks,

jwe