Control: retitle -1 octave crashes on print -deps with no file Control: tags -1 + confirmed upstream Control: forwarded -1 https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?38166
Dmitry Borisyuk wrote: > The following commands cause octave to crash: > > octave:1> x=0:10; plot(x,x); > octave:2> print(1,'-deps') > warning: print.m: epstool binary is not available. > Some output formats are not available. > warning: print.m: fig2dev binary is not available. > Some output formats are not available. > warning: print.m: pstoedit binary is not available. > Some output formats are not available. > terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::out_of_range' > what(): basic_string::substr > panic: Aborted -- stopping myself... > attempting to save variables to `octave-core'... > save to `octave-core' complete > Aborted > > Of course, it was my mistake, because I have no printer; > I just left out the name of file to print to. > But still I expect an error message, not crash here. Confirmed; in fact it doesn't matter whether you have a printer or not. The combination of the "-d" option with not specifying an output file is what causes the crash. Some other interesting behaviors result from various combinations of graphics_toolkit and different "-d" options. Has been reported upstream at the link provided. -- mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
