Re: [Gcl-devel] 2.6.2

[Vadim V. Zhytnikov]

Camm Maguire:

> Greetings!

Sorry for some delay (hardware replacement and total
OS reinstall).


> OK, I've made a branch tag Version_2_6_2pre, and a non-branch
> (i.e. read-only) tag Version_2_6_2c1.  My intention is that nothing
> else will go into 2.6.2 except for release notes describing the
> results of testing as outlined below.  So I would like to request the
> following from our official port maintainers, which to my
> understanding are:
>
> GNU/Linux, Debian 12 platforms, FC1: me
> OpenBSD : Magnus Henoch
> FreeBSD : Mark Murray (if still around), otherwise me
> MacOSX  : Aurelien
> Windows : Mike Thomas, with Vadim and David Billinghurst perhaps assisting
> Solaris : me

Just small addition.  I mantain gcl for ALT Linux distribution
(www.altlinux.com).  I'll provide report for this platform a bit
later (though I don't expect much difference from other Linux
distros ...).

But I have some unexpected troubles on Windows XP SP1
(Athlon XP 3000+, 512Mb).

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$ msysinfo
msysinfo-1.3: Send this to the MSYS support list:

MSYS 1.0.10(0.46/3/2) 2004-03-15 07:17 i686 unknown; targ=MINGW32
GNU bash, version 2.04.0(1)-release (i686-pc-msys); ENV=.profile
GNU Make version 3.79.1,Built for i686-pc-msys; MAKE_MODE=unix
gcc.exe (GCC) 3.3.3 (mingw special); targ=MINGW32
GNU ld version 2.15.90 20040222
   789320 Tue Mar 16 09:32:49 2004 /bin/msys-1.0.dll
    52064 Thu Jan 02 04:05:27 2003 /bin/msysltdl-3.dll
   135680 Tue Mar 16 09:32:48 2004 /bin/make.exe
    86016 Mon Feb 16 18:23:23 2004 /mingw/bin/gcc.exe
   610304 Mon Feb 23 03:48:22 2004 /mingw/bin/ld.exe
HOME=/home/vadim
Sysname=MINGW32_NT-5.1  OSTYPE=msys  TERM=msys
=========================================================

I can't build Maxima (neither CVS nor 5.9.0) on 2_6_2pre.
In both cases:

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Compiling C:/msys/1.0/home/vadim/maxima/src/specfn.lisp.
End of Pass 1.
End of Pass 2.
OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=2, Space=2, Speed=2
Finished compiling binary-gcl/specfn.o.

;      - Loading binary file "binary-gcl/specfn.o"
Loading binary-gcl/specfn.o
Error in CONDITIONS::CLCS-LOAD [or a callee]: Caught fatal error [memory 
may be damaged]

Fast links are on: do (use-fast-links nil) for debugging
Broken at FILLARRAY.  Type :H for Help.
 1 (Continue) Retry loading file "binary-gcl/specfn.o".
 2 (Abort) Return to top level.
dbl:MAXIMA>>
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