[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#532656: Bug#532656: Bug#532656: octave3.2_3.2.0-1(mips/unstable): FTBFS on mips. Segfault in regression test.

[Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org>]

* Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org> [2009-06-11 01:08]:

> * Peter De Schrijver <p2@debian.org> [2009-06-10 19:40]:
> 
> > Package: octave3.2
> > Version: 3.2.0-1
> > Severity: serious
> > 
> > There was an error while trying to autobuild your package:
> > 
> > > Automatic build of octave3.2_3.2.0-1 on mayr by sbuild/mips 99.999
> > > Build started at 20090607-1015
> 
> Thanks, we are already aware of it.  It also heppens on mipsel.
> 
> I am currently investigating the problem using mahler.debian.org.

I got the culprit.  The test of data.cc never returns because the code below
makes Octave 3.2.0 on mips (at least on mahler.debian.org) hangs forever:

    log2(complex(0,Inf))
 
Any idea on how to debug this?

-- 
Rafael