Would you run the example in the debugger and set a breakpoint in plP_text and send me a hexdump of the contents of *string? A backtrace would also be handy.
> On Mar 19, 2015, at 11:22 AM, Orion Poplawski <or...@cora.nwra.com> wrote: > >> On 03/18/2015 10:48 PM, Jim Dishaw wrote: >> >>> On Mar 18, 2015, at 11:18 PM, Orion Poplawski <or...@cora.nwra.com> wrote: >>> >>> The check in the plplot package for the octave bindings is failing in >>> Fedora rawhide. I point my finger at gcc 5.0.0 :), but I have no idea >>> what is going on so just putting this out there. >>> >>> plplot uses a swig generated interface for the octave wrapper. By the >>> time the swig wrapper is calling the plplot C function I'm seeing UTF8 >>> string pointers pointing to garbage (or perhaps just off by a byte, who >>> knows). >>> >>> I've rebuilt swig, then octave, but no avail. So, I have no idea what >>> is going on. >>> >>> test ouput is like: >>> >>> 5: x33c >>> 5: >>> 5: *** PLPLOT WARNING *** >>> 5: Driver does not support native gradients, switching to software >>> fallback gradient. >>> 5: >>> 5: >>> 5: *** PLPLOT ERROR, ABORTING OPERATION *** >>> 5: UTF-8 string is malformed: �*���*, aborting operation >>> 5: >>> 5: *** PLPLOT ERROR, ABORTING OPERATION *** >>> 5: UTF-8 string is malformed: ��c��*, aborting operation >>> 5: Output file name is >>> /builddir/build/BUILD/plplot-5.10.0-git/fedora/ctest_examples_output_dir/x31o.p >>> 5: >>> 5: *** PLPLOT ERROR, ABORTING OPERATION *** >>> 5: UTF-8 string is malformed: И|��*, aborting operation >>> …. >> >> I was not able to replicate this error. I tried "make test", "make >> test_octave_psc", and "make test_octave_xwin" and did not get the above >> error. What character encoding is your version octave setup for? What is >> the value of HAVE_LIBUNICODE? Based on the error, I'm guessing >> HAVE_LIBUNICODE is not defined and perhaps a non utf-8 encoded string is >> passed. >> > > I'm pretty sure that this is triggered by changes in Fedora rawhide (gcc 5, ?) > as I get the same error building plplot 5.10.0. > > -- > Orion Poplawski > Technical Manager 303-415-9701 x222 > NWRA, Boulder/CoRA Office FAX: 303-415-9702 > 3380 Mitchell Lane or...@nwra.com > Boulder, CO 80301 http://www.nwra.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
