Current stable is OK on FC27
/run-octave -f -q --no-gui
octave:1> __octave_config_info__ ("hg_id")
ans = 1ad2297f8ece
octave:2> quit
released 4.2.1 (as distributed by Fedora) crashes:
/usr/bin/octave -f -q --no-gui
octave:1> __octave_config_info__ ("hg_id")
ans = 1327ea4f5a93
octave:2> quit
panic: Aborted -- stopping myself...
attempting to save variables to 'octave-workspace'...
panic: attempted clean up failed -- aborting...
Aborted (core dumped)
Dmitri.
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