Re: save -ascii produce garbage

[Mario Storti]

> I posted this to bug-octave, because I am pretty certainit is not
> operator error. But maybe it is.
> 
> I am using g77-0.5.19, libc5.2.18, libg++2.7.1.4. I freshly recompiled
> gcc, g77, and octave when I discovered this, on the off chance I hand a
> library locale problem, there was no improvement.
(...)
> octave:3> exit
> Nebula:~# more test.asc 
> # name: a
> # type: matrix
> # rows: 2
> # columns: 2
>  -0e+3853 -6.8719493612338e+3868
>  -6.88202553331772e+3868 -6.8853842573457e+3868
> Nebula:~#
> 

I reported  the same on Nov 12,  and it seemed to  me that it was some
kind   of   inconsistency in  the libraries.    Finally, I installed a
statically linked version.

Mario

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