Re: PSPP-BUG: segfault in PSPP

[Ben Pfaff]

"James R. Van Zandt" <address@hidden> writes:

> I also see you're running a 64 bit system, whereas I have a 32 bit
> system, and I suspect that's the real problem.  Would you mind dumping
> a core file and using gdb to find out where the segfault was?  With
> that, I may be able to identify a relevant compiler warning.  However,
> it's more likely Ben will have to field this one.

To learn more about what is going on here, I built both PSPP
0.4.0 and the latest version from CVS on pergolesi.debian.org in
a 64-bit chroot.  On "make check" on 0.4.0, about half of the
tests failed.  With the latest CVS snapshot, however, all tests
passed, and the example program worked fine.

I don't think that PSPP 0.4.0 is going to perform satisfactorily
on x86-64.  The upcoming release, and the current CVS for that
matter, should be much better.

(I am currently fielding a few problems with support for
big-endian systems though.  But those should be pretty easy to
fix.)
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