From bug-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Mon Nov 23 08:09:36 1998 Subject: det() broken on alpha/DigitalUnix4.0 From: Michael Smolsky To: bug-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 16:07:26 +0200 Bug report for Octave 2.0.10 configured for alphaev56-dec-osf4.0b Description: ----------- det() is calculated incorrectly I'm not subscribed to the octave mailing list. Please, inform me if the fix is available, and also which release I need to get to apply the patch. Repeat-By: --------- octave: {9}»Q=[1,-1;-1,2]*1e2;det(Q) ans = 1 while in Matlab: >> Q=[1,-1;-1,2]*1e2;det(Q) ans = 10000 (as it should be). This example is not unique. Fix: --- * If possible, replace this item with a description of how to fix the problem (if you don't have a fix for the problem, don't include this section, but please do submit your report anyway). Configuration (please do not edit this section): ----------------------------------------------- uname output: OSF1 siputer.slip.huji.ac.il V4.0 564 alpha configure opts: --enable-shared --enable-dl --enable-lite-kernel Fortran compiler: f77 FFLAGS: -fast -fpe1 F2C: F2CFLAGS: FLIBS: -lUfor -lfor -lFutil -lm_4sqrt -lm -lots -lm CPPFLAGS: INCFLAGS: -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/octave-2.0.10 C compiler: gcc, version 2.8.0 CFLAGS: -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -mieee -O2 CPICFLAG: C++ compiler: c++, version 2.8.0 CXXFLAGS: -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -mieee -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -fno-implicit-templates -O2 CXXPICFLAG: LDFLAGS: LIBFLAGS: -L/usr/local/lib/octave-2.0.10 RLD_FLAG: -Xlinker -rpath -Xlinker /usr/local/lib/octave-2.0.10 TERMLIBS: -lcurses LIBS: LEXLIB: LIBPLPLOT: LIBDLFCN: DEFS: -DOCTAVE_SOURCE=1 -DSEPCHAR=':' -DSEPCHAR_STR=":" -DUSE_GNU_INFO=1 -DUSE_READLINE=1 -DCXX_NEW_FRIEND_TEMPLATE_DECL=1 -DF77_APPEND_UNDERSCORE=1 -DOCTAVE_LITE=1 -DSIZEOF_SHORT=2 -DSIZEOF_INT=4 -DSIZEOF_LONG=8 -DHAVE_ALLOCA_H=1 -DHAVE_ALLOCA=1 -DNPOS=string::npos -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_DIRENT_H=1 -DTIME_WITH_SYS_TIME=1 -DHAVE_SYS_WAIT_H=1 -DHAVE_ASSERT_H=1 -DHAVE_CURSES_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H=1 -DHAVE_FLOAT_H=1 -DHAVE_GRP_H=1 -DHAVE_LIMITS_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_NAN_H=1 -DHAVE_NCURSES_H=1 -DHAVE_PWD_H=1 -DHAVE_SGTTY_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_SELECT_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIME_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIMES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H=1 -DHAVE_TERMIO_H=1 -DHAVE_TERMIOS_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_VARARGS_H=1 -DHAVE_ATEXIT=1 -DHAVE_BCOPY=1 -DHAVE_BZERO=1 -DHAVE_DUP2=1 -DHAVE_ENDGRENT=1 -DHAVE_ENDPWENT=1 -DHAVE_EXECVP=1 -DHAVE_FCNTL=1 -DHAVE_FORK=1 -DHAVE_GETCWD=1 -DHAVE_GETEGID=1 -DHAVE_GETEUID=1 -DHAVE_GETGID=1 -DHAVE_GETGRENT=1 -DHAVE_GETGRGID=1 -DHAVE_GETGRNAM=1 -DHAVE_GETHOSTNAME=1 -DHAVE_GETPGRP=1 -DHAVE_GETPID=1 -DHAVE_GETPPID=1 -DHAVE_GETPWENT=1 -DHAVE_GETPWNAM=1 -DHAVE_GETPWUID=1 -DHAVE_GETUID=1 -DHAVE_GETWD=1 -DHAVE_LSTAT=1 -DHAVE_MEMMOVE=1 -DHAVE_MKDIR=1 -DHAVE_MKFIFO=1 -DHAVE_PIPE=1 -DHAVE_PUTENV=1 -DHAVE_RENAME=1 -DHAVE_RINDEX=1 -DHAVE_RMDIR=1 -DHAVE_SETGRENT=1 -DHAVE_SETPWENT=1 -DHAVE_SETVBUF=1 -DHAVE_SIGACTION=1 -DHAVE_SIGPENDING=1 -DHAVE_SIGPROCMASK=1 -DHAVE_SIGSUSPEND=1 -DHAVE_STAT=1 -DHAVE_STRCASECMP=1 -DHAVE_STRDUP=1 -DHAVE_STRERROR=1 -DHAVE_STRNCASECMP=1 -DHAVE_TEMPNAM=1 -DHAVE_UMASK=1 -DHAVE_UNLINK=1 -DHAVE_USLEEP=1 -DHAVE_VFORK=1 -DHAVE_VFPRINTF=1 -DHAVE_VSPRINTF=1 -DHAVE_WAITPID=1 -DHAVE_DLOPEN=1 -DHAVE_DLSYM=1 -DHAVE_DLERROR=1 -DHAVE_DLCLOSE=1 -DWITH_DL=1 -DWITH_DYNAMIC_LINKING=1 -DHAVE_LIBM=1 -DHAVE_FINITE=1 -DHAVE_ISNAN=1 -DHAVE_ACOSH=1 -DHAVE_ASINH=1 -DHAVE_ATANH=1 -DHAVE_ERF=1 -DHAVE_ERFC=1 -DHAVE_GAMMA=1 -DHAVE_LGAMMA=1 -DHAVE_ST_BLKSIZE=1 -DHAVE_ST_BLOCKS=1 -DHAVE_ST_RDEV=1 -DHAVE_TM_ZONE=1 -DHAVE_GR_PASSWD=1 -DEXCEPTION_IN_MATH=1 -DRETSIGTYPE=void -DHAVE_SYS_SIGLIST=1 -DHAVE_POSIX_SIGNALS=1 -DHAVE_GETRUSAGE=1 -DHAVE_TIMES=1 User-preferences (please do not edit this section): -------------------------------------------------- EDITOR = "/usr/dt/bin/dtpad" IMAGEPATH = ".:/usr/local/share/octave/2.0.10/imagelib//" INFO_FILE = "/usr/local/info/octave.info" LOADPATH = ".:/home/fnsiguc/matlab/pistol:/home/fnsiguc/matlab/:/home/fnsiguc/matlab/mathworks//:.:/usr/local/libexec/octave/site/oct/alphaev56-dec-osf4.0b//:/usr/local/share/octave/site/m//:/usr/local/libexec/octave/2.0.10/oct/alphaev56-dec-osf4.0b//:/usr/local/share/octave/2.0.10/m//" OCTAVE_VERSION = "2.0.10" PAGER = "/usr/local/bin/less" PS1 = "{\\#}»" PS2 = "> " automatic_replot = 0 whitespace_in_literal_matrix = "traditional" default_save_format = "mat-binary" do_fortran_indexing = 1 empty_list_elements_ok = 1 eps = 2.22045e-16 gnuplot_binary = "gnuplot" ignore_function_time_stamp = "system" implicit_str_to_num_ok = 1 ok_to_lose_imaginary_part = "warn" output_max_field_width = 10 output_precision = 5 page_screen_output = 0 prefer_column_vectors = 0 prefer_zero_one_indexing = 1 print_answer_id_name = 1 print_empty_dimensions = 1 propagate_empty_matrices = 1 resize_on_range_error = 1 return_last_computed_value = 0 save_precision = 15 silent_functions = 0 split_long_rows = 1 treat_neg_dim_as_zero = 1 warn_assign_as_truth_value = 1 warn_comma_in_global_decl = 1 warn_divide_by_zero = 1 >From MAILER-DAEMON Mon Nov 23 16:03:18 1998 Received: by siputer.slip.huji.ac.il (5.65v3.2/1.1.10.5/31Jul98-1218AM) id AA18207; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 16:03:12 +0200 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 16:03:12 +0200 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem Subject: Returned mail: Remote protocol error Message-Id: <9811231403 dot AA18207 at siputer dot slip dot huji dot ac dot il> To: fnsiguc ----- Transcript of session follows ----- While talking to weizmann.weizmann.ac.il: >>> MAIL From: <<< 501 Syntax Error. Missing Domain Name 554 bug-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu dot dot dot Remote protocol error ----- Unsent message follows ----- Received: by siputer.slip.huji.ac.il (5.65v3.2/1.1.10.5/31Jul98-1218AM) id AA18225; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 16:03:12 +0200 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 16:03:12 +0200 From: Michael Smolsky Message-Id: <9811231403 dot AA18225 at siputer dot slip dot huji dot ac dot il> To: bug-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Cc: fnsiguc Subject: det() broken on alpha/DigitalUnix4.0 Bug report for Octave 2.0.10 configured for alphaev56-dec-osf4.0b Description: ----------- det() calculated incorrectly Repeat-By: --------- octave: {9}»Q=[1,-1;-1,2]*1e2;det(Q) ans = 1 while in Matlab: >> Q=[1,-1;-1,2]*1e2;det(Q) ans = 10000 (as it should be). This example is not unique. Fix: --- * If possible, replace this item with a description of how to fix the problem (if you don't have a fix for the problem, don't include this section, but please do submit your report anyway). Configuration (please do not edit this section): ----------------------------------------------- uname output: OSF1 siputer.slip.huji.ac.il V4.0 564 alpha configure opts: --enable-shared --enable-dl --enable-lite-kernel Fortran compiler: f77 FFLAGS: -fast -fpe1 F2C: F2CFLAGS: FLIBS: -lUfor -lfor -lFutil -lm_4sqrt -lm -lots -lm CPPFLAGS: INCFLAGS: -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/octave-2.0.10 C compiler: gcc, version 2.8.0 CFLAGS: -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -mieee -O2 CPICFLAG: C++ compiler: c++, version 2.8.0 CXXFLAGS: -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -mieee -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -fno-implicit-templates -O2 CXXPICFLAG: LDFLAGS: LIBFLAGS: -L/usr/local/lib/octave-2.0.10 RLD_FLAG: -Xlinker -rpath -Xlinker /usr/local/lib/octave-2.0.10 TERMLIBS: -lcurses LIBS: LEXLIB: LIBPLPLOT: LIBDLFCN: DEFS: -DOCTAVE_SOURCE=1 -DSEPCHAR=':' -DSEPCHAR_STR=":" -DUSE_GNU_INFO=1 -DUSE_READLINE=1 -DCXX_NEW_FRIEND_TEMPLATE_DECL=1 -DF77_APPEND_UNDERSCORE=1 -DOCTAVE_LITE=1 -DSIZEOF_SHORT=2 -DSIZEOF_INT=4 -DSIZEOF_LONG=8 -DHAVE_ALLOCA_H=1 -DHAVE_ALLOCA=1 -DNPOS=string::npos -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_DIRENT_H=1 -DTIME_WITH_SYS_TIME=1 -DHAVE_SYS_WAIT_H=1 -DHAVE_ASSERT_H=1 -DHAVE_CURSES_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H=1 -DHAVE_FLOAT_H=1 -DHAVE_GRP_H=1 -DHAVE_LIMITS_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_NAN_H=1 -DHAVE_NCURSES_H=1 -DHAVE_PWD_H=1 -DHAVE_SGTTY_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_SELECT_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIME_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIMES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H=1 -DHAVE_TERMIO_H=1 -DHAVE_TERMIOS_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_VARARGS_H=1 -DHAVE_ATEXIT=1 -DHAVE_BCOPY=1 -DHAVE_BZERO=1 -DHAVE_DUP2=1 -DHAVE_ENDGRENT=1 -DHAVE_ENDPWENT=1 -DHAVE_EXECVP=1 -DHAVE_FCNTL=1 -DHAVE_FORK=1 -DHAVE_GETCWD=1 -DHAVE_GETEGID=1 -DHAVE_GETEUID=1 -DHAVE_GETGID=1 -DHAVE_GETGRENT=1 -DHAVE_GETGRGID=1 -DHAVE_GETGRNAM=1 -DHAVE_GETHOSTNAME=1 -DHAVE_GETPGRP=1 -DHAVE_GETPID=1 -DHAVE_GETPPID=1 -DHAVE_GETPWENT=1 -DHAVE_GETPWNAM=1 -DHAVE_GETPWUID=1 -DHAVE_GETUID=1 -DHAVE_GETWD=1 -DHAVE_LSTAT=1 -DHAVE_MEMMOVE=1 -DHAVE_MKDIR=1 -DHAVE_MKFIFO=1 -DHAVE_PIPE=1 -DHAVE_PUTENV=1 -DHAVE_RENAME=1 -DHAVE_RINDEX=1 -DHAVE_RMDIR=1 -DHAVE_SETGRENT=1 -DHAVE_SETPWENT=1 -DHAVE_SETVBUF=1 -DHAVE_SIGACTION=1 -DHAVE_SIGPENDING=1 -DHAVE_SIGPROCMASK=1 -DHAVE_SIGSUSPEND=1 -DHAVE_STAT=1 -DHAVE_STRCASECMP=1 -DHAVE_STRDUP=1 -DHAVE_STRERROR=1 -DHAVE_STRNCASECMP=1 -DHAVE_TEMPNAM=1 -DHAVE_UMASK=1 -DHAVE_UNLINK=1 -DHAVE_USLEEP=1 -DHAVE_VFORK=1 -DHAVE_VFPRINTF=1 -DHAVE_VSPRINTF=1 -DHAVE_WAITPID=1 -DHAVE_DLOPEN=1 -DHAVE_DLSYM=1 -DHAVE_DLERROR=1 -DHAVE_DLCLOSE=1 -DWITH_DL=1 -DWITH_DYNAMIC_LINKING=1 -DHAVE_LIBM=1 -DHAVE_FINITE=1 -DHAVE_ISNAN=1 -DHAVE_ACOSH=1 -DHAVE_ASINH=1 -DHAVE_ATANH=1 -DHAVE_ERF=1 -DHAVE_ERFC=1 -DHAVE_GAMMA=1 -DHAVE_LGAMMA=1 -DHAVE_ST_BLKSIZE=1 -DHAVE_ST_BLOCKS=1 -DHAVE_ST_RDEV=1 -DHAVE_TM_ZONE=1 -DHAVE_GR_PASSWD=1 -DEXCEPTION_IN_MATH=1 -DRETSIGTYPE=void -DHAVE_SYS_SIGLIST=1 -DHAVE_POSIX_SIGNALS=1 -DHAVE_GETRUSAGE=1 -DHAVE_TIMES=1 User-preferences (please do not edit this section): -------------------------------------------------- EDITOR = "/usr/dt/bin/dtpad" IMAGEPATH = ".:/usr/local/share/octave/2.0.10/imagelib//" INFO_FILE = "/usr/local/info/octave.info" LOADPATH = ".:/home/fnsiguc/matlab/pistol:/home/fnsiguc/matlab/:/home/fnsiguc/matlab/mathworks//:.:/usr/local/libexec/octave/site/oct/alphaev56-dec-osf4.0b//:/usr/local/share/octave/site/m//:/usr/local/libexec/octave/2.0.10/oct/alphaev56-dec-osf4.0b//:/usr/local/share/octave/2.0.10/m//" OCTAVE_VERSION = "2.0.10" PAGER = "/usr/local/bin/less" PS1 = "{\\#}»" PS2 = "> " automatic_replot = 0 whitespace_in_literal_matrix = "traditional" default_save_format = "mat-binary" do_fortran_indexing = 1 empty_list_elements_ok = 1 eps = 2.22045e-16 gnuplot_binary = "gnuplot" ignore_function_time_stamp = "system" implicit_str_to_num_ok = 1 ok_to_lose_imaginary_part = "warn" output_max_field_width = 10 output_precision = 5 page_screen_output = 0 prefer_column_vectors = 0 prefer_zero_one_indexing = 1 print_answer_id_name = 1 print_empty_dimensions = 1 propagate_empty_matrices = 1 resize_on_range_error = 1 return_last_computed_value = 0 save_precision = 15 silent_functions = 0 split_long_rows = 1 treat_neg_dim_as_zero = 1 warn_assign_as_truth_value = 1 warn_comma_in_global_decl = 1 warn_divide_by_zero = 1