Hi, I recently pulled latest svn and saw these strange messages right after the GNU APL banner. Backing up, it appears to have begun with r1616 for me.
I did a `make clean` and fresh `./configure` for each build to narrow down when the issue began. System: Devuan GNU/Linux, x86_64 --- ./configure CORE_COUNT_WANTED=4 RATIONAL_NUMBERS_WANTED=y --with-ctrld_del --with-gtk3 configure: ---- SUMMARY OF TESTS (please include in error reports) ---- apl_MAINTAINER_MODE: no apl_missing_headers: 1 apl_missing_functions: 0 apl_FFT: no (affects: ⎕FFT) apl_PCRE: no (affects: ⎕RE) apl_PNG: yes (affects: ⎕PNG) apl_POSTGRES: no (may affect: ⎕SQL) apl_SQLITE3: no (may affect: ⎕SQL) apl_SQL no (affects: ⎕SQL) apl_X11 (libxcb): yes (fallback for ⎕PLOT) apl_GTK3: yes (affects: ⎕PNG, ⎕GTK, maybe ⎕PLOT) apl_GUI: yes (affects: ⎕PLOT) --- $ apl --cfg configurable options: --------------------- ASSERT_LEVEL_WANTED=1 (default) SECURITY_LEVEL_WANTED=0 (default) APSERVER_PATH=/tmp/GNU-APL/APserver (default) APSERVER_PORT=16366 (default) APSERVER_TRANSPORT=0 (default) CORE_COUNT_WANTED=4 DYNAMIC_LOG_WANTED=no (default) MAX_RANK_WANTED=8 (default) RATIONAL_NUMBERS_WANTED=no (default) SHORT_VALUE_LENGTH_WANTED=12, therefore: sizeof(Value) : 464 bytes sizeof(Cell) : 24 bytes sizeof(Value header): 176 bytes VALUE_CHECK_WANTED=no (default) VALUE_HISTORY_WANTED=no (default) VF_TRACING_WANTED=no (default) VISIBLE_MARKERS_WANTED=no (default) how ./configure was (probably) called: -------------------------------------- ./configure 'CORE_COUNT_WANTED=4' 'RATIONAL_NUMBERS_WANTED=y' '--with-ctrld_del' '--with-gtk3' BUILDTAG: --------- Project: GNU APL Version / SVN: 1.8 / SVN: 1616M Build Date: 2022-11-15 07:31:37 UTC Build OS: Linux 5.7.0rlabs x86_64 config.status: 'CORE_COUNT_WANTED=4' 'RATIONAL_NUMBERS_WANTED=y' '--with-ctrld_del' '--with-gtk3' Archive SVN: 1616 Output on startup, following GNU APL banner (It's slightly different on each run): *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called * *** something is V *** *** s some** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERYtERYomething is VERY WROhin WRONG if this function is caNG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called **lg is VERY led *** * sWRONG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERo WRONG ifsometmething is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this fuY this function is called *** something is VERY WRONG if this function is called hing is VERY WRONG if this functi WRONG if this functioon is called n incts called ion is called[30; 1H -Russ