Octave crashing

[John W. Eaton]

On 18-Nov-2009, Matthias Brennwald wrote:

| I upgraded to Octave 3.2.3. If I try to start Octave, the following  
| happens:
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| wut-brennwald:matGSOD brennmat$ octave
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| panic: impossible state reached in file `load-path.cc' at line 657
| panic: Abort trap -- stopping myself...
| attempting to save variables to `octave-core'...
| save to `octave-core' complete
| Abort trap
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| This is on an Intel-Mac with Mac OS X 10.5. Octave was installed and  
| compiled through MacPorts. Any ideas what might be wrong and what to do?

Does this happen regardless of which directory you are in when you
start Octave?

Is there a PKG_ADD or .octaverc file in the directory where you are
starting Octave?  If so, what is in those files?

Also, it's best to report bugs to the address@hidden list.

jwe