[Gcl-devel] Error building GCL-2.6.2 Win XP/ MINGW GCC 3.2.3 / MSYS 1.0.10

[Camm Maguire]

Greetings!  Would some knowledgeable mingw user please help out
Frederic Bastenaire (address@hidden)?  Please cc: comp.lang.lisp, and
mention the precompiled mingw binaries at

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcl/binaries/stable/

and the address@hidden mailing list as the proper venue for such
questions.

Still having newsfeed problems.

Take care,

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>From comp.lang.lisp:
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Hi fellow lispers,

I am trying to build GCL-2.6.2 on Win XP, with MINGW/GCC 3.2.3, and
MSYS 1.0.10.
Building GCL-2.5.3 was a piece of cake, but I have no luck with
GCL-2.6.2.

Running the configure script is OK, but a non recognised option:
-fno-zero-initialized-in-bss
So I remove this option from the makedefs file and run make.
You also have to define cc as a synony for gcc, so the make works.

Everything runs then fine for a (very long) while... then make crashes
while building the info doc:

make[1]: Entering directory `/home/gcl-2.6.2/info'
makeinfo gcl-tk.texi
 Values'..texi:594: Cross reference to nonexistent node `Return
makeinfo: Removing output file `/home/gcl-2.6.2/info/gcl-tk.info' due
to errors; use --force to preserve.
make[1]: [gcl-tk.info] Error 2 (ignored)
makeinfo gcl-si.texi    
' in @synindex. Unknown index `vr' and/or `fn
./system.texi:65: Unknown command `'.
makeinfo: Removing output file `/home/gcl-2.6.2/info/gcl-si.info' due
to errors; use --force to preserve.
make[1]: [gcl-si.info] Error 2 (ignored)
makeinfo --html gcl-si.texi
' in @synindex. Unknown index `vr' and/or `fn
./system.texi:65: Unknown command `'.
makeinfo: Removing output file
`/home/gcl-2.6.2/info/gcl-si/index.html' due to errors; use --force to
preserve.
make[1]: *** [gcl-si/index.html] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/gcl-2.6.2/info'
make: *** [do-info] Error 2

If I look in the unixport directory, there is indeed a save_gcl.exe
file, but running it crashes
immediately:

Error: The variable SYSTEM::*SYSTEM-BANNER* is unbound.
Fast links are on: do (si::use-fast-links nil) for debugging
Error signalled by COND.
Backtrace: 

Error: The tag (NIL) is undefined.
Fast links are on: do (si::use-fast-links nil) for debugging
Error signalled by COND.
Backtrace: SYSTEM:UNIVERSAL-ERROR-HANDLER

Error: The tag (NIL) is undefined.
Fast links are on: do (si::use-fast-links nil) for debugging
Error signalled by SYSTEM:UNIVERSAL-ERROR-HANDLER.
Backtrace: SYSTEM:UNIVERSAL-ERROR-HANDLER
Error handler called recursively (:ERROR NIL
                                        
SYSTEM:UNIVERSAL-ERROR-HANDLER
                                         "" "The tag ~s is undefined."
                                         (NIL))

Has anyone build GCL-2.6.2 successfully?
Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance,

Fr?d?ric Bastenaire (fba at free dot fr)

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