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  Re: povray-3.7.0.RC3 - Segmentation fault error  
From: Thorsten Froehlich
Date: 29 Nov 2011 13:23:24
Message: <4ed5231c$1@news.povray.org>
On 29.11.11 11:53, davcruz wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> I'm getting a segmentation fault error when I call povray in a machine running
> Fedora 11. This error appears even when I do not provide a input file. I had
> already compiled this version in 2 machines running Fedora 15, and it ran like a
> charm... But in the older one I get that error. I compiled boost 1.48 in all 3
> machines.
>
> I ran gdb and obtained the following output:
>
> Starting program: /programs_local/povray-3.7.0.RC3/povray-3.7.0.RC3/unix/povray
> /export02/user/davide/pymol_compositions/pov/beta_secre_1.pov
> [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
> povray: This is a RELEASE CANDIDATE version of POV-Ray. General distribution is
> discouraged.
> [New Thread 0xb7f5fb70 (LWP 3183)]
>
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> boost::detail::shared_count::operator= (r=<value optimized out>,
>      this=<value optimized out>) at boost/detail/shared_count.hpp:237
> 237         if( tmp != pi_ )
>
>
> I'll provide more info if necessary

The crash is deep inside a boost internal function. Are you sure boost does 
not trigger some compiler bug here?

Thorsten


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