[SciPy-user] floating point exeption

Steve Schmerler elcorto at gmx.net
Sun Dec 11 14:01:32 EST 2005


Prabhu Ramachandran wrote:
>>>>>>"Steve" == Steve Schmerler <elcorto at gmx.net> writes:
> 
> 
>     Steve> I'm relatively new to Linux and don't really feel like
>     Steve> fiddling with my libc :) Is it advisable to install libc6
>     Steve> from testing (version 2.3.5)?
> 
> There are links to recompiled debs for sarge on Andrew's page (they
> work for me on sarge).  Here it is:
> 
>  http://www.its.caltech.edu/~astraw/debian_glibc_patch_r22/
> 
> Get the libc6*_2.3.2.ds1-22.1_i386.deb files corresponding to what you
> have installed on your system (run dpkg -l libc6* to find out),
> install them with "dpkg -i *.deb" and you should be all set.
> 
> cheers,
> prabhu
> 

I was a bit affraid of patching libc but it works now. Thanx a lot!!

cheers,
steve

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Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected 
without, I thought, proper consideration.
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