[Biodevelopers] Blastall core dump on Alpha running Redhat 7.2

[Iddo Friedberg]

How not to use BLAST... ;)

Chris Dwan wrote:
> 
> I have an odd blastall behavior:  We have two sequences, which appear to 
> be anathema to blastall version 2.2.8 running on an AlphaServer E40, 
> Redhat 7.2 as distributed by HP.  The error occurs both with the 
> downloaded binaries, and with a version of the ncbi toolbox which I 
> built locally.
> 
> If I attempt to align these sequences in nucleic acid space using bl2seq 
> (or blastall, searching with either against a formatted target 
> containing the other) then I get a core dump.  The core file indicates 
> that an "error 8:  Arithmetic error" was the cause of death.  Tblastx 
> also works fine.
> 
> Everything works just peachy on an Intel Linux system, or an Apple OS X 
> system.
> 
> I would appreciate any suggestions, hints, or fixes.  The sequences are 
> below.
> 
> -Chris Dwan
> 
>  >93-NE-13
> ATGTTGGGGAAATGCTTGACCGCGGGCTGTTGCTCGCGATTGCTTTTTTTGTGGTGTATC
> GTGCCGTCCTGTTTTGTTGCGCTCGTCAGCGCCAGCAACAGCAACAGCTCCCATTTACAG
> CTGATTTACAACTTGACGCTATGTGAGCTGAATGGCACGGATTGGCTAGCTAATAGATTT
> GATTGGGCAGTGGAATGTTTTGTCATTTTTCCTGTGCTGACTCACATTGTCTCCTATGGT
> GCCCTCACTACTAGCCATTTCCTTGACACAGTCGGTCTGGTCACTGTGTCTACCGCCGGT
> TTTCGTCACGGGCGGTATGTTCTGAGTAGCATCTACGCGGTCTGTGCCCTGGCTGCGTTG
> TTTTGCTTCGTCATTAGATTTGTGAAGAATTGCATGTCCTGGCGCTATTCATGTACCAGA
> TATACCAACTTTCTTCTGGATACTAAGGGCAGACTCTATCGTTGGCGGTCGCCCGTCATC
> ATAGAGAAAAATGGTAAAGTTGAGGTCGAAGGTCATCTGATCGACCTCAAGAGAGTTGTG
> CTTGATGGTTCCGTGGCAACCCCTGTAACCAGAGTTTCAGCGGAACAATGGGGTCGTCCT
> TAG
> 
>  >91-KY-3
> ATGTTGGGGAAATGCTTGACCGCGGGCTGTTGCTCGCGATTGCTTTTTTTGTGGTGTATC
> GTGCCGTCCTGTTTTGTTGCGCTCGTCAGCGCCAACAGCAACAGCAGCTCCCATTTACAG
> CTGATTTACAACTTGACGCTATGTGAGCTGAATGGCACAGATTGGCTAGCTAGTAGATTT
> GATTGGGCAGTGGAGTGTTTTGTCATCTTTCCTGTGCTGACTCACATTGTCTCCTATGGC
> GCCCTCACTACCAGCCATTTCCTTGACACAGTCGGTCTGGCCACTGTGTCTACCGCCGGT
> TTTCTTCGCGGGCGGTATGTTCTGAGTAGCATCTACGCGGTCTGTGCCCTGGCTGCGTTG
> TTTTGCTTCGTCATTAGATTGGCGAAGAATTGCATGTCCTGGCGCTATTCATGTACCAGA
> TATACCAACTTTCTTCTGGATACTAAGGGCAGACTCTATCGTTGGCGGTCGCCCGTCATC
> ATAGAGAAAAAGGGTAAAGTTGAGGTCGAAGGTCATCTGATCGACCTCAAGAGAGTTGTG
> CTTGATGGTTCCGTGGCAACCCCTGTAACCAGAGTTTCAGCGGAACAATGGGGTCGTCCT
> TAG
> 
> 
> 
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