Fwd: octave updated to 3.4.0-3. Please test (strcat error)

[A.R. Burgers]

Op 31-3-2011 22:44, marco atzeri schreef:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:21 PM, A.R. Burgers  wrote:
>> LS,
>>
>> with the current octave, I get this octave strcat
>> error on plot, both with xterm and the dumb terminal.
>> Same error on two different windows XP systems.
>> Same error with libstdc++6 and libgfortran3 from cygwin-ports gcc 4.5.2-2
>>
>> Teun
>>
>> $ octave
>> GNU Octave, version 3.4.0
>> Copyright (C) 2011 John W. Eaton and others.
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> octave:1>  t=(0:0.1:2*pi);
>> octave:2>  plot(t,sin(t))
>> error: Invalid call to strcat.  Correct usage is:
>>
>>   -- Function File:  strcat (S1, S2, ...)
>>
>> error: called from:
>> error:   /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/help/print_usage.m at line 87, column 5
>> error:   /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/strings/strcat.m at line 92, column 5
>> error:   /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/plot/__gnuplot_get_var__.m at line 113,
>> column 11
>> error:   /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/plot/__go_draw_axes__.m at line 40,
>> column 18
>> error:   /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/plot/__go_draw_figure__.m at line 167,
>> column 19
>> error:   /usr/share/octave/3.4.0/m/plot/__gnuplot_drawnow__.m at line 86,
>> column 5
>> octave:3>  quit
>>
>> BURGERS@P4949 ~
>> $ echo $TERM $DISPLAY
>> xterm :0
>>
>> BURGERS@P4949 ~
>> $ cygcheck -c octave liblapack0 cygwin libqrupdate0 libgfortran3 libstdc++
>> gnuplot
>> Cygwin Package Information
>> Package              Version        Status
>> cygwin               1.7.9-1        OK
>> gnuplot              4.4.0-1        OK
>> libgfortran3         4.3.4-4        OK
>> liblapack0           3.2.2-2        OK
>> libqrupdate0         1.1.1-1        OK
>> octave               3.4.0-3        OK
>>
> could you just check if reversing to cygwin  1.7.8-1 solve the problem ?
>
> I also noted the same problem this morning, but it was puzzling and
> NOT really repetitive.

Your hunch was right, downgrading to 1.7.8-1 solves it

Teun

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