The following patch by Steve Linton appears to cure the Itanium problem in 4.4.12: patch for saveload.c:
704a705 > static Obj ProtectFname; 727a729,731 > /* For some reason itanium GC seems unable to spot fname */ > ProtectFname = fname; > 730a735,736 > ProtectFname = (Obj)0L; > 1071a1078 > 1078a1086 > InitGlobalBag(&ProtectFname, "Protected Filename for SaveWorkspace"); On Jan 11, 9:29 pm, David Joyner <wdjoy...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:45 AM, Dr. David Kirkby > > <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > > Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > >> It turns out that there is an Itanium-only (?) bug in GAP's garbade- > >> collection that breaks SaveWorkspace(), that can be reproduced in GAP > >> 4.4.12. > >> (4.4.10 seems to have identical code in that part, but the bug does > >> not seem to manifest itself there for some reason) > >> so we have to wait for GAP kernel people to fix this, before this can > >> go ahead. > > >> Dmitrii > > > Assuming 4.4.11 is a stable release, could that be tested on the Itanium > > IIRC, this is not a correct assumption, I have forgotten what the problem > with 4.4.11 was, but I think it was more serious than an Itanium problem. > > My guess is that we have to wait for Steve Linton to address the > GAP Itanium issue, but that is just a guess. > > > operating systems Sage supports? Or perhaps you think it's not worth the > > bother, and better to wait for the developers to fix the bug. > > > -- > > To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > > sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > > URL:http://www.sagemath.org
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