Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/m4/issm_options.m4
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/m4/issm_options.m4	(revision 27756)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/m4/issm_options.m4	(revision 27757)
@@ -200,9 +200,14 @@
 			export CFLAGS="-Wno-deprecated-register -Wno-return-type"
 			export CXXFLAGS="-Wno-deprecated-register -Wno-return-type"
-			if test "${LDFLAGS}" == ""; then
-				export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-no_compact_unwind"
-			else
-				export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-no_compact_unwind"
-			fi
+			dnl NOTE: Commenting out the following, for now, as ISSM seems to 
+			dnl 	  compile and run fine, but certain errors (e.g. file not 
+			dnl 	  found) were not bubbling up, and instead causing MATLAB 
+			dnl 	  to crash.
+			dnl
+# 			if test "${LDFLAGS}" == ""; then
+# 				export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-no_compact_unwind"
+# 			else
+# 				export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-no_compact_unwind"
+# 			fi
 		;;
 		*)
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/modules/QmuStatisticsx/QmuStatisticsx.cpp
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/modules/QmuStatisticsx/QmuStatisticsx.cpp	(revision 27756)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/modules/QmuStatisticsx/QmuStatisticsx.cpp	(revision 27757)
@@ -85,5 +85,5 @@
 		}
 	}
-	if(found==0)_error_("cound not find " << field << " at step " << step  << "\n");
+	if(found==0)_error_("could not find " << field << " at step " << step  << "\n");
 
 	/*assign output pointers:*/
@@ -170,5 +170,5 @@
 		_printf0_("    opening file: " << file << "\n");
 		FILE* fid=fopen(file,"rb");
-		if(fid==NULL)_error_("cound not open file: " << file << "\n");
+		if(fid==NULL)_error_("could not open file: " << file << "\n");
 
 		/*figure out size of file, and read the whole thing:*/
@@ -403,5 +403,5 @@
 		_printf0_("    opening file:\n");
 		FILE* fid=fopen(file,"rb");
-		if(fid==NULL)_error_("cound not open file: " << file << "\n");
+		if(fid==NULL)_error_("could not open file: " << file << "\n");
 
 		/*figure out size of file, and read the whole thing:*/