Re: [Bug-gnubg] bearoff.c error

[Hugh Sconyers]

hi

I have some new info.

if I use eval threads = 1,  the match finishes without any problem.

if I use eval threads = 2,  the gnu crashes with error message below.

this is on a dual processor intel 930 chip.

hope this helps.

hugh sconyers

> On Mon 19 Nov 2007 (10:58 -0800), Hugh Sconyers wrote:
> > hi
> >
> > I was trying out the new multi threads version build aug 3 2007.
> >
> > while trying to analyze a match (with processors set to 2),  I got this
> > error message:
> >
> > **error** bearoff.c line 1702 (GetDistCompressed) assertion failed: 
> > (False)
> >
> >
> > tried running it again and got the same message.
> >
> > thx
> > hugh
>
> The most common reason is that the bearoff database has been
> downloaded onto a Windows machine as an ASCII rather than a binary
> file. The will produce a corrupt file (every occurrence of a byte with
> a value of 13 will be replaced with two bytes with the values 13 and
> 10.
>
> Can you give the size of your bearoff database files (the exact size,
> such as 5180448, not 5Mb or 5180K or similar, for a one sided 15
> chequers on 6 points database)
>
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