From luke@stat.umn.edu  Sun Aug 25 16:26:42 2002
From: luke@stat.umn.edu (Luke Tierney)
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 10:26:42 -0500
Subject: library(file) segfaults on solaris (PR#1942)
In-Reply-To: <200208251250.OAA28836@pubhealth.ku.dk>; from stvjc@channing.harvard.edu on Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 02:50:41PM +0200
References: <200208251250.OAA28836@pubhealth.ku.dk>
Message-ID: <20020825102642.A8348@nokomis.stat.umn.edu>

It's a bug in my init routine -- uses .Call but the C code did not
return a value.  Fixed in file_0.0-1.tar.gz.

luke

On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 02:50:41PM +0200, stvjc@channing.harvard.edu wrote:
> 
> luke's demonstration of external references, at
> 
> www.stat.umn.edu/~luke/file_0.0-0.tar.gz
> 
> (accessible through the developer page) causes
> a segfault on solaris 2.8 as soon as library(file)
> is attempted.  it runs fine on RH 7.2.  the segfault
> on solaris occured for R 1.5.1 and 1.6 (8-25 image)
> 
> a quick poke at gdb (which i can only get running
> for R 1.6, though this bug report is for 1.5.1) 
> shows the failure to be at eval.c:351
> SET_NAMED(tmp, 2)
> 
> 
> --please do not edit the information below--
> 
> Version:
>  platform = sparc-sun-solaris2.8
>  arch = sparc
>  os = solaris2.8
>  system = sparc, solaris2.8
>  status = Patched
>  major = 1
>  minor = 5.1
>  year = 2002
>  month = 08
>  day = 25
>  language = R
> 
> Search Path:
>  .GlobalEnv, package:ctest, Autoloads, package:base
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library(file) segfaults on solaris (PR#1942)
Luke Tierney