From bug-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Wed Apr 19 03:36:05 2000 Subject: [50 character or so descriptive subject here (for reference)] From: Stephen Eglen To: bug-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Cc: stephen at cogsci dot ed dot ac dot uk Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 09:36:00 +0100 (BST) Bug report for Octave 2.0.16 configured for alphaev56-dec-osf4.0f Description: ----------- octave> rand("seed") ans = error: floating point exception -- trying to return to prompt However, if I first set the seed to some value, it seems okay: octave> rand("seed", 20) octave> x = rand("seed") x = 20.000 Sorry, don't know what the fix is, but here is what happens under gdb: octave:1> rand("seed") Program received signal SIGFPE, Arithmetic exception. 0x3ffbffef54c in _IO_dtoa (d=1.846136346306692e-310, mode=2, ndigits=5, decpt=0x11fffe8f0, sign=0x11fffe8f4, rve=0x11fffe8f8) at ../../../gcc-2.95.2/libio/floatconv.c:1862 ../../../gcc-2.95.2/libio/floatconv.c:1862: No such file or directory. Current language: auto; currently c going up a few frames into the Octave code: #4 0x3ffbfee33c4 in pr_any_float (fmt=0x3ffffffac30 "%12.4e", os= at 0x14003e1e0, d=1.846136346306692e-310, fw=0) at pr-output.cc:1028 1028 os.form (fmt, d); (gdb) p fmt $1 = 0x3ffffffac30 "%12.4e" (gdb) p d $2 = 1.846136346306692e-310 Fix: --- Configuration (please do not edit this section): ----------------------------------------------- uname output: OSF1 mango V4.0 1229 alpha configure opts: --prefix=/home/data6/stephen --enable-shared --enable-lite-kernel Fortran compiler: g77 FFLAGS: -mieee-with-inexact -O F2C: F2CFLAGS: FLIBS: -lg2c -lm -L/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/alphaev56-dec-osf4.0f/2.95.2 -L/usr/lib/cmplrs/cc -L/usr/local/lib -lm CPPFLAGS: -I/home/data6/stephen/include INCFLAGS: -I/home/data6/stephen/include -I/home/data6/stephen/include/octave-2.0.16 C compiler: gcc, version 2.95.2 19991024 (release) CFLAGS: -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -mieee-with-inexact -g -O2 -Wall CPICFLAG: C++ compiler: c++, version 2.95.2 19991024 (release) CXXFLAGS: -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -mieee-with-inexact -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -fno-implicit-templates -g -O2 -Wall CXXPICFLAG: LDFLAGS: -g LIBFLAGS: -L/home/data6/stephen/lib/octave-2.0.16 RLD_FLAG: -Xlinker -rpath -Xlinker /home/data6/stephen/lib/octave-2.0.16 TERMLIBS: -lcurses LIBS: LEXLIB: LIBPLPLOT: LIBDLFCN: DEFS: -DOCTAVE_SOURCE=1 -DSEPCHAR=':' -DSEPCHAR_STR=":" -DUSE_READLINE=1 -D__NO_MATH_INLINES=1 -DCXX_NEW_FRIEND_TEMPLATE_DECL=1 -DHAVE_LIBM=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_FNMATCH_H=1 -DHAVE_GLOB_H=1 -DHAVE_GRP_H=1 -DHAVE_LIMITS_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_NAN_H=1 -DHAVE_POLL_H=1 -DHAVE_PWD_H=1 -DHAVE_SGTTY_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_POLL_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_GETTIMEOFDAY=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_SELECT=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_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_FINITE=1 -DHAVE_ISNAN=1 -DHAVE_ACOSH=1 -DHAVE_ASINH=1 -DHAVE_ATANH=1 -DHAVE_ERF=1 -DHAVE_ERFC=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 -DGNUPLOT_HAS_MULTIPLOT=1 -DGNUPLOT_HAS_FRAMES=1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. 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