Re: core dump (was: How to install extra module in the latest context?)

[luigi scarso <luigi.scarso@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Alan Braslau <alan.braslau@cea.fr> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 05:39:05PM +0200, luigi scarso wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Alan Braslau <alan.braslau@cea.fr> wrote:
>> > On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 11:36:32AM +0200, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>> >>
>> >> You don't need to be sorry. It was fixed 20 minutes ago.
>> >>
>> >
>> > mtx-context     | fatal error: no return code, message: luatex: execution interrupted
>> >
>> > Oops! luatex now dumps core.
>> > No minimal test file (yet).
>> > (must be triggered by some metapost code - looking into locating it.)
>> >
>> > Alan
>> Latest minimals with Linux 32 bit is ok with
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> \input knuth
>>
>> \stoptext
>>
>>
>> --
>> luigi
>
>
> The luatex core dump (both on freebsd-amd64 and linux-amd64)
> is due to a metapost bug (without any diagnostic messages).
> I do not believe that it is related to the recent updates
> but rather to a (recent) error in my coding.
>
> Taco may want to chase this, but I will need to provide him
> with a reproducible minimal test file...
> Just as an indication, I found two big errors in my metapost code:
> 1) a typo resulting in assignment to an array element of an undeclared array;
> 2) reference to a loop variable outside of a loop
> (which, of course, does not work).
> I believe that the core dump was due to the first mistake,
> but I cannot reproduce it simply.
Ah ok --- there was also an email about an error in metapost 1.5 on
the metapost list,
but maybe it's not related.

-- 
luigi
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