From p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk  Sun Mar 19 23:49:00 2000
From: p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk (Peter Dalgaard BSA)
Date: 20 Mar 2000 00:49:00 +0100
Subject: [Rd] R-1.0.0 on alpha/osf1 memory glitch (PR#490)
In-Reply-To: Thomas J Vogels's message of "19 Mar 2000 18:00:48 -0500"
References: <200003162225.XAA21838@pubhealth.ku.dk> <87hfe21s67.fsf@bavaria.ece.cmu.edu>
Message-ID: <x266ui4j2r.fsf@blueberry.kubism.ku.dk>

Thomas J Vogels <tov@ece.cmu.edu> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I just tried this on an AIX computer (4.3.2, also gcc + f77, R-1.0.0).
> The same "error" comes up -- xmalloc complains.  This is somewhat
> cosmetic as the data is fine so it may not be very high on the
> priority list.
> Anyways, let me know if I can help debug this--I don't know whether
> you have easy access to DEC or AIX boxes.  But with a dysfunctional
> gdb I'd need a hint about where this might happen.
> Regards,
>   -tom
...
> [snip]
> >     xmalloc: out of virtual memory
> 
> [snip]

Hmm. In system.c we have

    case SA_SAVE:
	if(runLast) R_dot_Last();
	if(R_DirtyImage) R_SaveGlobalEnv();
#ifdef HAVE_LIBREADLINE
#ifdef HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY_H
	if(R_Interactive && UsingReadline)
	    stifle_history(R_HistorySize);
	write_history(R_HistoryFile);
#endif
#endif
	break;


This looks wrong to me since write_history is getting called even if
!R_Interactive and !UsingReadline, in which case I don't think there
*is* a history to write and I'd suspect that anything could happen...
Could you try making that

        if(R_Interactive && UsingReadline) {
            stifle_history(R_HistorySize);
            write_history(R_HistoryFile);
	}

 
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[Rd] R-1.0.0 on alpha/osf1 memory glitch (PR#490)
Peter Dalgaard BSA