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bug #30284: Crash on load if you run octave from a directory in which you don't have bits (read? list?)

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Mon 28 Jun 2010 07:17:24 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  None Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Segfault, Bus Error, etc.
Status:  Works For Me Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Jason Originator Email:  -email is unavailable-
Open/Closed:  * Closed Release:  * 3.2.3
Release:  Operating System:  * GNU/Linux
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Mon 28 Jun 2010 10:25:59 PM UTC, comment #1: 

There was a problem with previous Octave versions when permissions/ownership on the current directory were not available.  This has been fixed and while I could repeat your issue with an old version (3.0.5) the development version no longer crashes.

Rik <rik5>
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Mon 28 Jun 2010 07:17:24 PM UTC, original submission:  

[jgross@pancake-bunny]:/mit$ cd octave
[jgross@pancake-bunny]:/mit/octave$ ls
ls: cannot open directory .: Permission denied
[jgross@pancake-bunny]:/mit/octave$ octave
GNU Octave, version 3.2.3
Copyright (C) 2009 John W. Eaton and others.
This is free software; see the source code for copying conditions.
There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  For details, type `warranty'.

Octave was configured for "x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu".

Additional information about Octave is available at http://www.octave.org.

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For more information, visit http://www.octave.org/help-wanted.html

Report bugs to <bug@octave.org> (but first, please read
http://www.octave.org/bugs.html to learn how to write a helpful report).

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panic: impossible state reached in file `load-path.cc' at line 657
panic: Aborted -- stopping myself...
attempting to save variables to `octave-core'...
warning: unable to open `octave-core' for writing...
Aborted
[jgross@pancake-bunny]:/mit/octave$ exit
exit
Connection to scripts closed.


I do not know how to reproduce the bug.  When I ssh'd back into the computer on which the bug occurred, I could not cd to /mit/octave.  fs listacl /mit/octave gives
Access list for octave/ is
Normal rights:
  system:swmaint rlidwka
  system:expunge ld
  system:authuser rl
  alexp rlidwka

I am none of the above, so I shouldn't have been able to cd into that directory in the first place.

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