The current version of S_alloc in src/main/memory.c is char *S_alloc(long nelem, int eltsize) { unsigned int i, size; char *p = R_alloc(nelem, eltsize); for(i=0 ; i<size; i++) p[i] = 0; return p; } which segfaults because `size' is not initialized. I am not what the right fix is, adding size = nelem * eltsize; before the loop seems to work. As an aside ... I think the seed* functions in S are called seed_in seed_out and not seeds_in and seeds_out as currently in src/main/random.c. Thanks, -k =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-