Re: error package installation: panic: impossible state reached in file `load-path.cc' at line 657

[Olaf Till]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:51:56AM -0800, c.man wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I would like installa an another package for octave from
> http://octave.sourceforge.net/
> The package is "plot".
> So, in Octave I write:
> 
> octave:8> pkg install plot-1.0.7.tar.gz
> 
> but, I have this message error:
> 
> panic: impossible state reached in file `load-path.cc' at line 657
> panic: Aborted -- stopping myself...
> attempting to save variables to `octave-core'...
> save to `octave-core' complete
> Aborted

This seems to be the same bug as reported here for version 3.2.2:

http://www-old.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/bug-octave/2009-August/009350.html

I don't know what has become of it.

Olaf