seg fault during save quit restart and load sequence

[Robert I A Patterson]

Hi,

I want to perform some calculations and save my octave state so I can
come back and analyse my data later.  As a very simple test I tried

octave:1> v = 1:5;
octave:2> save -text test.txt
octave:3> quit

bash> octave
octave:1> load -text test.txt

At which point I get a segfault.  A fuller copy of the two octave
sessions are shown below.  My problem seems similar to the following
nabble post, to which I did not find any follow up.
http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Seg-fault-crash-when-loading-a-saved-variable-file-tt1670463.html#none

Would someone be able to tell me what my mistake is?

Thanks

Robert Patterson

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octave:1> v = 1:5
v =

   1   2   3   4   5

octave:2> save -text test.txt
octave:3> quit

address@hidden ~]$ octave

== Version amd copyright information deleted (see copy above) ==

octave:1> load -text test.txt
panic: Segmentation fault -- stopping myself...
attempting to save variables to `octave-core'...
save to `octave-core' complete
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
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