always try newest version. 20141022 is 4 years old!
> Dnia 28 listopad 2018 o 01:07 Jonathan Franklin > <jonathan.franklin.1...@gmail.com> napisał(a): > > Hello, > > I have used your code for a while now without any issues, but all of a > sudden it has started throwing an error message at me. I am writing as > directed in the error message itself. > > Even just running one of the examples in the man document produces the > same error: > > > parallel: This should not happen. You have found a bug. > Please contact < parallel@gnu.org mailto:parallel@gnu.org > and include: > * The version number: 20141022 > * The bugid: pidtable format: 2009 1971 > > * The command line being run > * The files being read (put the files on a webserver if they are big) > > If you get the error on smaller/fewer files, please include those instead. > > > In this case I put a pile of .png files into a directory and then from > within that directory ran: > > >> find . -name '*.png' | parallel gzip --best > > I recognize that this is an older version of parallel, but it is the one > that comes with Ubuntu 16.04 and it has worked FINE up until I tried it > today. The last time I ran it was about 2 weeks ago and it worked fine then. > I have done standard security updates of my linux box since then, but no > major upgrades or any other software installations since then. > > Thank you kindly for your help with this issue, > > -- Jonathan >