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Re: __run_test_suite__ results in segfault on Windows systems
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Markus Mützel |
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Re: __run_test_suite__ results in segfault on Windows systems |
Date: |
Tue, 15 Jan 2019 18:36:11 +0100 |
On 15. Januar 2019 at 17:11 Uhr "John W. Eaton" wrote:
> Can anyone else reproduce this problem?
You're not the only one with this problem. This is bug #55047:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?55047
> Since __run_test_suite__ worked without crashing for Octave 4.4.1, I
> suppose it will be possible to bisect, but that's likely to be quite a
> slow process.
I tried to bisect but couldn't pinpoint a specific changeset because the source
didn't cross-compile for a while.
> Clearly, we need to have buildbot running the tests for Windows systems.
> In the past, I've thought about doing that by having buildbot start a
> VM running Windows, the copy the installer to the VM, execute it to
> install Octave, and then execute the tests and return the log to the
> master buildbot. But I haven't actually done this yet. Does anyone
> have experience with doing something similar?
A while back, I set up a Windows VM and started an SSH server on it. Nothing
more. I'll try to find the respective mails if that would be helpful.
Markus