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Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:42:51 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: subversion segfault with snapshot 20121215
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On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 05:25:24PM +0100, marco atzeri wrote:
>On 12/18/2012 3:27 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> On Dec 18 15:12, marco atzeri wrote:
>>>
>>> just noted that
>>>
>>> $ svn checkout
>>> http://svn.code.sf.net/p/octave/code/trunk/octave-forge/ octave-code
>>>
>>> segfaults with snapshot and works fine with 1.7.17,
>>> so I guess it is snapshot problem
>>
>> Which snapshot introduced the problem?
>
>first after 1.7.17
>20121123.
>
>(and of course I tested starting from last one 20121215 and going back)

I added a workaround for this problem to CVS but I'm puzzled about why
it is happening.  For some reason, new() is no longer returning zeroed
memory.  That's pretty troubling.

A new snapshot is being generated now.

cgf

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