X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,TW_BG,TW_BQ,TW_IB,TW_QR,TW_YG,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: jenXL62swBAWhMTL3wnej93oaS0ClBQOAKs8jbEbx_o- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 01:25:47 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Fwd: octave updated to 3.4.0-3. Please test (strcat error) Message-ID: <20110401052547.GA17843@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <4D94E230 DOT 9010806 AT quicknet DOT nl> <4D94F157 DOT 4000306 AT quicknet DOT nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 04:22:38AM +0200, marco atzeri wrote: >On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:25 PM, A.R. Burgers wrote: >> Op 31-3-2011 22:44, marco atzeri schreef: >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:21 PM, A.R. Burgers ?wrote: >>>> >>>> LS, >>>> >>>> with the current octave, I get this octave strcat >>>> error on plot, both with xterm and the dumb terminal. >>>> Same error on two different windows XP systems. >>>> Same error with libstdc++6 and libgfortran3 from cygwin-ports gcc 4.5.2-2 >>>> >>>> Teun >>>> >>>> $ octave >>>> GNU Octave, version 3.4.0 >>>> Copyright (C) 2011 John W. Eaton and others. >>>> >>>> [snip] >>>> >>>> octave:1> ?t=(0:0.1:2*pi); >>>> octave:2> ?plot(t,sin(t)) >>>> error: Invalid call to strcat. ?Correct usage is: >>>> >>>> ?-- Function File: ?strcat (S1, S2, ...) >>>> >>>> error: called from: >>>> error: ? /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/help/print_usage.m at line 87, column >>>> 5 >>>> error: ? /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/strings/strcat.m at line 92, column 5 >>>> error: ? /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/plot/__gnuplot_get_var__.m at line >>>> 113, >>>> column 11 >>>> error: ? /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/plot/__go_draw_axes__.m at line 40, >>>> column 18 >>>> error: ? /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/plot/__go_draw_figure__.m at line 167, >>>> column 19 >>>> error: ? /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/plot/__gnuplot_drawnow__.m at line 86, >>>> column 5 >>>> octave:3> ?quit >>>> >>>> BURGERS AT P4949 ~ >>>> $ echo $TERM $DISPLAY >>>> xterm :0 >>>> >>>> BURGERS AT P4949 ~ >>>> $ cygcheck -c octave liblapack0 cygwin libqrupdate0 libgfortran3 >>>> libstdc++ >>>> gnuplot >>>> Cygwin Package Information >>>> Package ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Version ? ? ? ?Status >>>> cygwin ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1.7.9-1 ? ? ? ?OK >>>> gnuplot ? ? ? ? ? ? ?4.4.0-1 ? ? ? ?OK >>>> libgfortran3 ? ? ? ? 4.3.4-4 ? ? ? ?OK >>>> liblapack0 ? ? ? ? ? 3.2.2-2 ? ? ? ?OK >>>> libqrupdate0 ? ? ? ? 1.1.1-1 ? ? ? ?OK >>>> octave ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 3.4.0-3 ? ? ? ?OK >>>> >>> could you just check if reversing to cygwin ?1.7.8-1 solve the problem ? >>> >>> I also noted the same problem this morning, but it was puzzling and >>> NOT really repetitive. >> >> Your hunch was right, downgrading to 1.7.8-1 solves it >> >> Teun >> > >it seems caused by a change between cygwin snapshots 20110308 and 20110309 > >Corinna, gcf >Have we catch a fhandler / pipe special case ? Since it's in the dll_init() function, I don't see how it could be pipe related. Does strace implicate pipe handling? gcf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple