PKG_ADD bug?

[Paul Kienzle]

Hi all,

When I install octave-forge into ~/OF and set LOADPATH to
"~/OF//:" in ~/.octaverc, octave-2.1.48 seg-faults during 
startup.

This is presumably due to the PKG_ADD commands because
removing the PKG_ADD files removes the problem.

All the PKG_ADD commands are executed, as I can see by
starting using "octave -x".

If I install octave-forge into the default system
directories, everything works without problem.

I am using:

  CC_VERSION = 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-81)
  config_opts = '--enable-shared' '--disable-static' '--enable-rpath'

Has anyone else seen similar problems?

backtrace:

#0  chunk_alloc (ar_ptr=0x40d7cf00, nb=32) at malloc.c:2886
#1  0x40cd313a in __libc_malloc (bytes=25) at malloc.c:2714
#2  0x40b9b914 in xmalloc () at eval.c:41
#3  0x40b9baff in add_history () at eval.c:41
#4  0x40b9e236 in read_history_range () at eval.c:41
#5  0x40b9e606 in read_history () at eval.c:41
#6  0x405b3d5c in octave_read_history (
    f=0x8934368 "/home/pkienzle/.octave_hist")
    at /home/pkienzle/cvs/octave/liboctave/oct-rl-hist.c:91
#7  0x405af978 in gnu_history::do_read (this=0x7, address@hidden, 
    must_exist=false) at /usr/include/g++-3/std/bastring.h:343
#8  0x405b1e18 in command_history::read (address@hidden, must_exist=false)
    at /home/pkienzle/cvs/octave/liboctave/cmd-hist.cc:548
#9  0x405b1ccf in command_history::read (must_exist=false)
    at /home/pkienzle/cvs/octave/liboctave/cmd-hist.cc:541
#10 0x4033bd7d in octave_main (argc=2, argv=0xbffff72c, embedded=0)
    at /home/pkienzle/cvs/octave/src/octave.cc:530
#11 0x0804a573 in main (argc=2, argv=0xbffff72c)
    at /home/pkienzle/cvs/octave/src/main.c:35
#12 0x40c70177 in __libc_start_main (main=0x804a560 <main>, argc=2, 
    ubp_av=0xbffff72c, init=0x804a0ac <_init>, fini=0x8051780 <_fini>, 
    rtld_fini=0x4000e184 <_dl_fini>, stack_end=0xbffff71c)
    at ../sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:129


Thanks,

Paul Kienzle
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