Package: gp

Version: 2.5.4

I just installed the latest pari on my macbook pro (OS X 10.8.3).

Several of the functions I normally use, no longer work. For example, polroots. I then tried your testsuit, and many tests failed, see below.

polroots failure:

Christians-MacBook-Pro:pari-2.5.4 christianzickert$ gp

                  GP/PARI CALCULATOR Version 2.5.4 (released)

               i386 running darwin (x86-64 kernel) 64-bit version

compiled: Aug  6 2013, gcc-4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2336.11.00)

               (readline not compiled in, extended help enabled)

                     Copyright (C) 2000-2013 The PARI Group

PARI/GP is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and comes 

WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY WHATSOEVER.

Type ? for help, \q to quit.

Type ?12 for how to get moral (and possibly technical) support.

parisize = 8000000, primelimit = 500509

? polroots(x^5-3*x+2)

  ***   at top-level: polroots(x^5-3*x+2)

  ***                 ^-------------------

  *** polroots: impossible inverse modulo: Mod(5, 27457).

  ***   Break loop: type 'break' to go back to GP

break>  

make test-all

* Testing lll for gp-sta..TIME=2 for gp-dyn..TIME=3

* Testing mat for gp-sta..TIME=2 for gp-dyn..TIME=4

* Testing matsnf for gp-sta..TIME=277 for gp-dyn..TIME=285

* Testing member for gp-sta..BUG [5] for gp-dyn..BUG [7]

* Testing minim for gp-sta..TIME=11 for gp-dyn..TIME=12

* Testing modpr for gp-sta..BUG [2] for gp-dyn..BUG [4]

* Testing multivar-mul for gp-sta..BUG [8182] for gp-dyn..BUG [8772]

* Testing nf for gp-sta..BUG [3] for gp-dyn..BUG [4]

* Testing nffactor for gp-sta..BUG [6] for gp-dyn..BUG [6]

* Testing nfhilbert for gp-sta..BUG [3] for gp-dyn..BUG [4]

* Testing nfields for gp-sta..../src/test/dotest: line 69:  9083 Done                    ( cat $file_in; echo 'print("Total time spent: ",gettime);' )

      9084 Segmentation fault: 11  | $RUNTEST $gp -q --test > $file_test 2>&1

BUG [445] for gp-dyn..../src/test/dotest: line 69:  9096 Done                    ( cat $file_in; echo 'print("Total time spent: ",gettime);' )

      9097 Segmentation fault: 11  | $RUNTEST $gp -q --test > $file_test 2>&1

BUG [453]

* Testing nfrootsof1 for gp-sta..BUG [3] for gp-dyn..BUG [4]

* Testing number for gp-sta..BUG [36] for gp-dyn..BUG [33]

* Testing objets for gp-sta..BUG [1] for gp-dyn..BUG [1]

* Testing padic for gp-sta..BUG [3] for gp-dyn..BUG [4]

* Testing partition for gp-sta..^Z

[1]+  Stopped                 make test-all

Christian