[bug #68119] make check fails on tarball release 11.1

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                 Summary: make check fails on tarball release 11.1
                   Group: GNU Octave
               Submitter: juanpi
               Submitted: Thu 05 Mar 2026 10:40:59 AM CET
                Category: Test Suite
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Segfault, Bus Error, etc.
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name:
        Originator Email:
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Unlocked
                 Release: 11.1.0
        Operating System: GNU/Linux
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None


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Date: Thu 05 Mar 2026 10:40:59 AM CET By: Juan Pablo Carbajal <juanpi>
Hi all,

Trying to build v11 form tar release. Compiles without issues, but checks are
failing

$ make check
  GEN      oct-conf-post-private.h
config.status: creating oct-conf-post-private.h-tmp
config.status: executing oct-conf-post-private.h commands
  GEN      oct-conf-post-public.h
config.status: creating oct-conf-post-public.h-tmp
config.status: executing oct-conf-post-public.h commands
  GEN      liboctave/mk-version-h.sh
config.status: creating liboctave/mk-version-h.sh-tmp
config.status: executing liboctave/mk-version-h.sh commands
  GEN      libinterp/corefcn/mk-mxtypes-h.sh
config.status: creating libinterp/corefcn/mk-mxtypes-h.sh-tmp
config.status: executing libinterp/corefcn/mk-mxtypes-h.sh commands
  GEN      octave-config.h
  GEN      build-aux/subst-script-vals.sh
config.status: creating build-aux/subst-script-vals.sh-tmp
config.status: executing build-aux/subst-script-vals.sh commands
make  check-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/juanpi/Resources/octave-11.1.0'
Making check in libgnu
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/juanpi/Resources/octave-11.1.0/libgnu'
make  check-recursive
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/juanpi/Resources/octave-11.1.0/libgnu'
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/juanpi/Resources/octave-11.1.0/libgnu'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'check-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/juanpi/Resources/octave-11.1.0/libgnu'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/juanpi/Resources/octave-11.1.0/libgnu'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/juanpi/Resources/octave-11.1.0/libgnu'
Making check in test
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/juanpi/Resources/octave-11.1.0/test'
make  check-am
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/juanpi/Resources/octave-11.1.0/test'
make  check-local
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/juanpi/Resources/octave-11.1.0/test'

Integrated test scripts:

   [ CPU    |  CLOCK ]
  liboctave/array/Array-base.cc-tst .............................. pass
21/21   [ 0.039s |  0.039s]
  liboctave/array/CMatrix.cc-tst ................................. pass
11/11   [ 0.017s |  0.017s]
  liboctave/array/CSparse.cc-tst ................................. pass
10/10   [ 0.029s |  0.029s]
  liboctave/array/Sparse.cc-tst .................................. pass
107/107  [ 0.306s |  0.306s]
  liboctave/array/dMatrix.cc-tst ................................. pass
10/10   [ 0.016s |  0.016s]
  liboctave/array/dSparse.cc-tst ................................. pass
12/12   [ 0.024s |  0.024s]
  liboctave/array/fCMatrix.cc-tst ................................ pass
11/11   [ 0.017s |  0.017s]
  liboctave/array/fMatrix.cc-tst ................................. pass    8/8
   [ 0.012s |  0.012s]
  liboctave/array/idx-vector.cc-tst .............................. pass    2/2
   [ 0.003s |  0.003s]
  liboctave/util/oct-inttypes.cc-tst ............................. pass
28/28   [ 0.020s |  0.020s]
  libinterp/corefcn/Cell.cc-tst .................................. pass    5/5
   [ 0.006s |  0.006s]
  libinterp/corefcn/__contourc__.cc-tst .......................... pass    1/1
   [ 0.002s |  0.002s]
  libinterp/corefcn/__dsearchn__.cc-tst .......................... pass    1/1
   [ 0.002s |  0.002s]
  libinterp/corefcn/__eigs__.cc-tst .............................. pass    1/1
   [ 0.002s |  0.002s]
  libinterp/corefcn/__ichol__.cc-tst .............................fatal:
caught signal Segmentation fault -- stopping myself...
/bin/bash: line 1: 300426 Segmentation fault      (core dumped) ( /bin/bash
../run-octave --no-init-file --quiet --no-history -p
/home/juanpi/Resources/octave-11.1.0/test/mex
/home/juanpi/Resources/octave-11.1.0/test/fntests.m
/home/juanpi/Resources/octave-11.1.0/test "" )
make[4]: *** [Makefile:3579: check-local] Error 139
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/juanpi/Resources/octave-11.1.0/test'
make[3]: *** [Makefile:3427: check-am] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/juanpi/Resources/octave-11.1.0/test'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:3429: check] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/juanpi/Resources/octave-11.1.0/test'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:28824: check-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/juanpi/Resources/octave-11.1.0'
make: *** [Makefile:29122: check] Error 2


Any ideas why this is happening?
Let me know if you need more info.








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