[GiNaC-list] ginac fails tests

[Richard B. Kreckel]

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Sheplyakov Alexei wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 02:59:04PM -0700, Kim Lux wrote:
> > creating times
> > make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/***/Desktop/ecco
> > install/GiNaC-1.3.0/check'
> > make  check-TESTS
> > make[3]: Entering directory `/home/****/Desktop/ecco
> > install/GiNaC-1.3.0/check'
> > GiNaC will now take an exam with specific input (like a pupils' exam):
> > ./exams.ref exams.out differ: byte 1, line 1
> > FAIL: run_exams
> > GiNaC will now run through some rather costly random consistency checks:
> > ./checks.ref checks.out differ: byte 1, line 1
> > FAIL: run_checks
> > GiNaC will now run through some basic timings:
> > ./times.ref times.out differ: byte 1, line 1
> > FAIL: run_times
> > ===================
> > 3 of 3 tests failed
> > ===================
> > make[3]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1
> > make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/***/Desktop/ecco
> > install/GiNaC-1.3.0/check'
> > make[2]: *** [check-am] Error 2
> > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/***/Desktop/ecco
> > install/GiNaC-1.3.0/check'
> > make[1]: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/***/Desktop/ecco install/GiNaC-1.3.0'
> > make: *** [check] Error 2
> >
> >
> > Any ideas ???
>
> 1) you are using "wrong" g++, i.e. its version does NOT match the one
> your CLN package was compiled with;
>
> 2) you have got
> 	a) two (or more) versions of CLN installed,
> 	b) tricky combination of compiler/linker flags, e.g.
> 	   CPPFLAGS pointing to headers of CLN version X, and LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> 	   pointing to SOs of CLN version Y (Y!=X);

3) Static variable initialization fiasco.  There's a patch, over here:
   <http://thep.physik.uni-mainz.de/pipermail/ginac-devel/2005-January/000751.html>.
   The next version is going to have it included.

Regards
  -richy.
-- 
Richard B. Kreckel
<http://www.ginac.de/~kreckel/>