Re: error: memory exhausted or requested size too large for range of Octave's index type

[Carlo de Falco]

On 6/11/07, Carlo de Falco <address@hidden> wrote:
> > fntest.log should include the full test code for the failed tests. Maybe
> > if you ran the test separately as in "more off;
> > test('src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/cellfun.cc','verbose',stdout)" you might get
> > more information
> >
> > D.
> >
>
> Thanks David,
> unfortunately no, I don't get much more information:
>
> -------------------8<-----------------------
> est([ pwd '/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/cellfun.cc'],'verbose',stdout)
> >>>>> processing
> /home/software/OCTAVE/BUILD/octave-2.9.12+/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/cellfun.cc
> >>>>> /home/software/OCTAVE/BUILD/octave-2.9.12+/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/cellfun.cc
>   ***** error(cellfun(1))
> error: memory exhausted or requested size too large for range of
> Octave's index type -- trying to return to prompt
> -------------------8<-----------------------
>
> BTW I get the same rror any if I try to plot:
>
> -------------------8<-----------------------
> octave:1> plot(rand(1,10))
> error: memory exhausted or requested size too large for range of
> Octave's index type -- trying to return to prompt
> octave:2>
> -------------------8<-----------------------
>
> c.


OK, for the records,
I soved the problem by tracing execution with a debugger,
it seems the error was coming from regexp.oct which was loading
the wrong version of libpcre.
Setting the correct LD_LIBRARY_PATH solved the problem.
Sorry for the noise,
c.