Re: [Gcl-devel] GCL 2.6.6 branch created

[Camm Maguire]

Greetings!  Are you sure you checked it into 2.6.6?  I can't get it on
this branch via cvs update.  And please, if you would not mind, make
sure cvs head has any changes you need in 2.6.6 too.

Take care,

"Mike Thomas" <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Camm.
> 
> | gcl (2.6.6-1) unstable; urgency=high
> |
> |   * New upstream release
> |   * Allow .data section to be first in executable, as on solaris.  Also
> |     allow for new bfd section size semantics
> |   * Don't try to write map file when not using GNU ld.  Also allow
> |     compile-file to process pathnames with whitespace on Windows
> |   * Fix corner case fixnum arithmetic on 64bit machines
> |   * Rework gmp_wrappers semantics for older gcc
> |   * Explicitly mprotect loaded code pages PROT_EXEC on x86 Linux, as FC3
> |     now requires it.
> |   * lisp-implementation-version is GCL
> |   * Reader extension patch allowing for foo::(bar foobar) semantics
> 
> I've checked in the following additions to this list:
> 
>       * a shell script variable fix in "unixport/makefile" for MSYS
>       * __MINGW32__ malloc initialisation fix in "o/alloc.c"
>       * Windows file/directory fixes in "o/unixfsys.c"
>       * MinGW32 -march in configure - removes deprecation warnings
>       * MinGW32 directory fix - "o/mingfile.c".
> 
> I believe that this fixes all Windows slip ups in 2.6.5 plus the full kit
> and kaboodle for Axiom compilation other than the special mods Tim normally
> rolls in.  I have yet to test this on any of Maxima, ACL2 or Axiom.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Mike Thomas.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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