[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#532656: Bug#532656: Bug#532656: Bug#532656: octave3.2_3.2.0-1(mips/unstable): FTBFS on mips. Segfault in regression test.

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* Rafael Laboissiere <rafael at debian.org> [2009-06-11 16:07]:

> * Rafael Laboissiere <rafael at debian.org> [2009-06-11 01:08]:
> 
> > * Peter De Schrijver <p2 at debian.org> [2009-06-10 19:40]:
> > 
> > > Package: octave3.2
> > > Version: 3.2.0-1
> > > Severity: serious
> > > 
> > > There was an error while trying to autobuild your package:
> > > 
> > > > Automatic build of octave3.2_3.2.0-1 on mayr by sbuild/mips 99.999
> > > > Build started at 20090607-1015
> > 
> > Thanks, we are already aware of it.  It also heppens on mipsel.
> > 
> > I am currently investigating the problem using mahler.debian.org.
> 
> I got the culprit.  The test of data.cc never returns because the code below
> makes Octave 3.2.0 on mips (at least on mahler.debian.org) hangs forever:
> 
>     log2(complex(0,Inf))

FWIW, the following works:

    octave:1> complex(0,Inf)
    ans = 0 + Infi

-- 
Rafael