[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#480431: Bug#480431: Bug#480431: Bug#480431: octaviz: Segfault on AMD64

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh at gmail.com> [2008-09-21 22:53]:

> 2008/9/5 Rafael Laboissiere <rafael at debian.org>:
> > * Thomas Weber <thomas.weber.mail at gmail.com> [2008-06-09 09:11]:
> >
> >> Am Samstag, den 10.05.2008, 07:33 +0200 schrieb Thomas Weber:
> >> > On 09/05/08 18:34 -0500, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> >> > > Package: octaviz
> >> > > Version: 0.4.7-1
> >> > > Severity: important
> >> > >
> >> > > With the attached script and data, Octaviz segfaults on AMD64.
> >> >
> >> > As I discussed with Jordi earlier: this is arch-specific, it doesn't
> >> > happen on i386.
> >>
> >> I've tracked this back till line 271 of vtkClipPolyData.cxx, where
> >>       cellScalars->GetComponent(1,0)
> >> is a NaN value.
> >
> > Should this bug be considered release-critical, as it is now (severity level
> > "serious")?
> 
> Oops, I just saw this. Way after it mattered, since Thomas already
> fixed the bug.
> 
> But yeah, segfaults are very embarrassing. I do personally think they are
> RC.

Sorry, the bug is already closed [1].  The segfault is avoided by
introducing an argument check in vtk_trisurf.m.

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480431#54

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Rafael