Your message dated Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:58:59 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#545806: libgsl0-dev: GSL should deal with an
uninitialised rng better
has caused the Debian Bug report #545806,
regarding libgsl0-dev: GSL should deal with an uninitialised rng better
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Package: libgsl0-dev
Version: 1.11+dfsg-1
Severity: normal
Hi,
If you call any of the random-number functions in GSL and forget to
initialise the random number generator (or initialise it wrongly), GSL
SEGVs. This is poor - it should produce an error message. I deal with
queries from people this has confused surprisingly frequently.
Regards,
Matthew
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.20-2-macpro-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages libgsl0-dev depends on:
ii libgsl0ldbl 1.11+dfsg-1 GNU Scientific Library (GSL) -- li
libgsl0-dev recommends no packages.
libgsl0-dev suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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Hi,
Matthew: Ok if I close this bug report 'as it is a feature' ?
As long as you'll allow "not a bug" rather than "is a feature", I'm
happy ;-)
Regards,
Matthew
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Matthew Vernon, Research Fellow
Ecology and Epidemiology Group,
University of Warwick
http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/mcvernon
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