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Re: [Help-smalltalk] GNU Smalltalk 2.3 released


From: Paul D. Fernhout
Subject: Re: [Help-smalltalk] GNU Smalltalk 2.3 released
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:08:14 -0500
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Paolo-

Thanks for this release. Just checked it into a local svn repository for some "experiments". :-) [Cue "Young Frankenstein"-ian laughter; see previous posts for details related to using pinches of GST to add something sweet to a certain bitter hot beverage. :-)]

Anyway, I tried to compile 2.3 as-is on a Debian system (mostly running testing). I am getting the same problem Brad Watson posted to the list about for 2.2, where he wrote:
> I'm working on compiling and installing Smalltalk
> 2.2a, however, I encountered a problem with the probe
> for comint.el in the configure script: it halts
> indefinately until I C-c out of it.

You asked him to run two commands (on 09/25/2006 11:25 AM), just for reference I ran them and got:

  $ emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -l comint.el
  bash: emacs: command not found

  $ emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -l comint.elc
  bash: emacs: command not found

This is probably around the spot in the configure code that hangs:

============
{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for comint.el" >&5
echo $ECHO_N "checking for comint.el... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
if test "${ac_cv_emacs_comint+set}" = set; then
  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
else

  ac_cv_emacs_comint=no
  if test $EMACS != no; then
    $EMACS -batch -q -no-site-file -l comint.el 2>&1 | \
      grep 'Cannot open load file' > /dev/null 2>&1 || ac_cv_emacs_comint=yes
    $EMACS -batch -q -no-site-file -l comint.elc 2>&1 | \
      grep 'Cannot open load file' > /dev/null 2>&1 || ac_cv_emacs_comint=yes
  fi

fi
{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_emacs_comint" >&5
echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_emacs_comint" >&6; }
===========

I commented out that part out after the first two lines and it proceeds; I don't know enough of that scripting to understand if my commenting out broke anything important needed later for the build.

I typed "make" afterwards and it completed OK and then ran:
  $ ./gst
  GNU Smalltalk ready
  st> 2 + 3 !
  5
  st>

Anyway, this is not a major problem for me; just thought I'd report it as an issue, especially if anyone else encounters it. Might just be what happens when emacs is not available?

Otherwise, congratulations on the milestone!

--Paul Fernhout

Paolo Bonzini wrote:
GNU Smalltalk 2.3 is now available from the GNU FTP server:

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/smalltalk/smalltalk-2.3.tar.gz




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