--- liboctave/dMatrix.cc.orig	2008-01-26 09:45:53.000000000 +0100
+++ liboctave/dMatrix.cc	2008-01-26 09:46:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -2547,48 +2547,32 @@
   for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < nc; i++)
     iperm(i) = i;  // identity permutation
 
-  // leading permutations in forward order
-  for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < (ilo-1); i++)
+  // trailing permutations must be done in reverse order
+  for (octave_idx_type i = nc - 1; i >= ihi; i--)
     {
       octave_idx_type swapidx = static_cast<octave_idx_type> (dpermute(i)) - 1;
       octave_idx_type tmp = iperm(i);
-      iperm(i) = iperm (swapidx);
+      iperm(i) = iperm(swapidx);
       iperm(swapidx) = tmp;
     }
 
-  // construct inverse balancing permutation vector
-  Array<octave_idx_type> invpvec (nc);
-  for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < nc; i++)
-    invpvec(iperm(i)) = i;     // Thanks to R. A. Lippert for this method
-
-  OCTAVE_QUIT;
- 
-  Matrix tmpMat = retval;
-  for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < nc; i++)
-    for (octave_idx_type j = 0; j < nc; j++)
-      retval(i,j) = tmpMat(invpvec(i),invpvec(j));
-
-  OCTAVE_QUIT;
-
-  for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < nc; i++)
-    iperm(i) = i;  // identity permutation
-
-  // trailing permutations must be done in reverse order
-  for (octave_idx_type i = nc - 1; i >= ihi; i--)
+  // leading permutations in forward order
+  for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < (ilo-1); i++)
     {
       octave_idx_type swapidx = static_cast<octave_idx_type> (dpermute(i)) - 1;
       octave_idx_type tmp = iperm(i);
-      iperm(i) = iperm(swapidx);
+      iperm(i) = iperm (swapidx);
       iperm(swapidx) = tmp;
     }
 
   // construct inverse balancing permutation vector
+  Array<octave_idx_type> invpvec (nc);
   for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < nc; i++)
     invpvec(iperm(i)) = i;     // Thanks to R. A. Lippert for this method
 
   OCTAVE_QUIT;
  
-  tmpMat = retval;
+  Matrix tmpMat = retval;
   for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < nc; i++)
     for (octave_idx_type j = 0; j < nc; j++)
       retval(i,j) = tmpMat(invpvec(i),invpvec(j));