OK, as I said in my first message, the Linux system I have access to is "Lame" and curl et.al. doesn't work (long story), so I'm happy that it is now at beta-e in any case.
Thanks for the explanation. > On 2020Sep 25, at 09:49, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> wrote: > > We don't update the zip installers as that would be extra work. > > The idea is that once you've installed from a zip install, you can then use > pacman to update the base library, addons, and the JE binary. > > If you do the zip install, the final steps will update the JE to the latest > suitable for your platform. The zip install will always have a non-avx > version that is perhaps back level. > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 12:36 PM Joey K Tuttle <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, I have a talent for writing confusing emails... ;-) >> >> My point was that the files downloaded from - >> >> https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/System/Installation/J902/Zips >> Linux >> >> are all dated 2020 August 14 - I just checked and this is still true as I >> write this note. That is to say, the link above gives the user beta-e, not >> beta-f. >> >> - joey >> >>> On 2020Sep 25, at 06:59, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> This bug was a blunder introduced during a tidying-up operation and I >> have fixed it for the next beta. >>> >>> It had nothing to do with AVX. The first version below says 9.01: is >> there something wrong with the beta distribution? >>> >>> Henry Rich >>> >>> On 9/25/2020 1:26 AM, Joey K Tuttle wrote: >>>> I find the failure in Darwin as well, causing a segmentation fault, >> earlier releases are OK. >>>> >>>> When I put the new jengine in a Darwin non-avx machine, I get >>>> >>>> JVERSION >>>> Engine: j901/j64/darwin >>>> Release-f: commercial/2020-06-11T16:03:29 >>>> Library: 9.01.24 >>>> Platform: Darwin 64 >>>> Installer: J901 install >>>> InstallPath: /applications/j901 >>>> Contact: www.jsoftware.com >>>> (1 1 $ < 0) {:: 'a';'c' >>>> a >>>> (3 1 $ <0){:: 'a';'b';'c' >>>> aaa >>>> So my speculation is that the segmentation fault is somewhere in the >> avx code. >>>> >>>> I have a lame Linux system (non-avx) and I say lame because I have to >> install from the tar.gz file rather than get the new version through >> pacman. There the expressions work ok, but when I run the newly installed >> jbeta, I get - >>>> >>>> JVERSION >>>> Engine: j902/j64/linux >>>> Beta-e: commercial/2020-08-14T10:06:25 >>>> Library: 9.02.05 >>>> Platform: Linux 64 >>>> Installer: J902 install >>>> InstallPath: /usr/local/lib/j902 >>>> >>>> That seems to indicate that Beta-f didn't make it into the distribution >> file. >>>> >>>> http://www.jsoftware.com/download/j902/install/j902_linux64.tar.gz >>>> >>>> They also work fine in Beta-e on a RaspberryPi but the current >> jengine available there is beta-d. >>>> >>>> Thanks - joey >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 2020Sep 24, at 20:39, 'robert therriault' via Beta < >> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Originally I posted this in error on the programming forum >>>>> >>>>> Henry, thanks for all the work that you put into improving the >> language through subsequent betas. >>>>> >>>>> I am away from my production computer, which has the different beta >> versions for j902, but I have found a difference between J901 and J902-f >>>>> >>>>> JVERSION >>>>> Engine: j901/j64avx2/darwin >>>>> Beta-m: commercial/2019-10-02T11:28:59 >>>>> Library: 9.01.24 >>>>> Qt IDE: 1.8.4/5.12.5 >>>>> Platform: Darwin 64 >>>>> Installer: J901 install >>>>> InstallPath: /users/bobtherriault/j901 >>>>> Contact: www.jsoftware.com >>>>> >>>>> (1 1 $ < 0) {:: 'a';'c' >>>>> a >>>>> (3 1 $ <0){:: 'a';'b';'c' >>>>> aaa >>>>> >>>>> Either of these lines will crash the entire session of j902-f >>>>> JVERSION >>>>> Engine: j902/j64avx2/darwin >>>>> Beta-f: commercial/2020-09-24T12:49:44 >>>>> Library: 9.02.05 >>>>> Qt IDE: 1.8.7/5.12.7(5.12.7) >>>>> Platform: Darwin 64 >>>>> Installer: J902 install >>>>> InstallPath: /users/bobtherriault/j902 >>>>> Contact: www.jsoftware.com >>>>> >>>>> Hope this helps. I will be back from vacation on Monday, but I can >> still do a little more investigation from my laptop if necessary. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, bob >>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >>> >>> -- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >>> https://www.avg.com >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
