[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#699300: #699300: reproducible here

[Roland Mas]

As suggested on IRC, I tried to reproduce this bug on my
not-getting-any-younger laptop, and I did manage (using octave from
backports, since it's squeeze).  I include CPU info, since this seems to
be relevant.

roland at elastomir ~ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo 
processor	: 0
vendor_id	: AuthenticAMD
cpu family	: 6
model		: 8
model name	: mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP-M 2200+
stepping	: 1
cpu MHz		: 663.400
cache size	: 256 KB
fdiv_bug	: no
hlt_bug		: no
f00f_bug	: no
coma_bug	: no
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 1
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mp mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up
bogomips	: 1326.80
clflush size	: 32
cache_alignment	: 32
address sizes	: 34 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid

roland at elastomir ~ $ octave
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octave:1> [0 1; 2 3]*[4 5; 6 7]
panic: Illegal instruction -- stopping myself...
Instruction non permise
roland at elastomir ~ $ 

Roland.
-- 
Roland Mas

Qu'est-ce qui est jaune, qui pèse deux cents kilos et qui chante ?
Un sumotori dans sa salle de bains.